County / FIPS 31019
Buffalo County
Nebraska
Buffalo County runs 28 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 2 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
28
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
2
Land area
968
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Buffalo County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$351.7M
Per resident
$7,023
Change since FY2021
+3%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $342M |
| 2022 | $280M |
| 2023 | $289M |
| 2024 | $326M |
| 2025 | $352M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Buffalo County ranks 1133rd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Buffalo County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Chi Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | |
| Kearney Regional Medical Center | Kearney |
Public schools in Buffalo County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst Elementary School | Amherst Public Schools | Amherst | 224 |
| Amherst High School | Amherst Public Schools | Amherst | 170 |
| Bryant Elementary School | Kearney Public Schools | Kearney | 241 |
| Buffalo Hills Elementary | Kearney Public Schools | Kearney | 316 |
| Central Elementary School | Kearney Public Schools | Kearney | 254 |
| Elm Creek Elementary School | Elm Creek Public Schools | Elm Creek | 225 |
| Elm Creek High School | Elm Creek Public Schools | Elm Creek | 149 |
| Emerson Elementary School | Kearney Public Schools | Kearney | 241 |
| Gibbon Elementary School | Gibbon Public Schools | Gibbon | 318 |
| Gibbon High School | Gibbon Public Schools | Gibbon | 236 |
| Glenwood Elementary School | Kearney Public Schools | Kearney | 131 |
| Horizon Middle School | Kearney Public Schools | Kearney | 619 |
| Kearney Education Center | Kearney Public Schools | Kearney | 416 |
| Kearney High School | Kearney Public Schools | Kearney | 1,629 |
| Kenwood Elementary School | Kearney Public Schools | Kearney | 381 |
| Meadowlark Elementary School | Kearney Public Schools | Kearney | 408 |
| Northeast Elementary School | Kearney Public Schools | Kearney | 398 |
| Park Elementary School | Kearney Public Schools | Kearney | 282 |
| Pleasanton Elementary School | Pleasanton Public Schools | Pleasanton | 176 |
| Pleasanton High School | Pleasanton Public Schools | Pleasanton | 128 |
| Ravenna Elementary School | Ravenna Public Schools | Ravenna | 244 |
| Ravenna Senior High | Ravenna Public Schools | Ravenna | 169 |
| Shelton Elementary School | Shelton Public Schools | Shelton | 157 |
| Shelton High School | Shelton Public Schools | Shelton | 112 |
| Sunrise Middle School | Kearney Public Schools | Kearney | 577 |
| West Kearney High School | West Kearney High School | Kearney | 50 |
| Windy Hills Elementary School | Kearney Public Schools | Kearney | 259 |
| Hanny Arram Center | Kearney Public Schools | Kearney | — |