County / FIPS 31047
Dawson County
Nebraska
Dawson County runs 19 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 3 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS.
At a glance
Public schools
19
Hospitals
3
With a star rating
0
Land area
1,014
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Dawson County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$147.5M
Per resident
$6,118
Change since FY2021
−4%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $153M |
| 2022 | $121M |
| 2023 | $125M |
| 2024 | $186M |
| 2025 | $148M |
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. Dawson County ranks 1966th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Dawson County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Lexington Regional Health Center | Lexington | Not rated |
| Cozad Community Hospital | Cozad | Not rated |
| Gothenburg Health | Gothenburg | Not rated |
Public schools in Dawson County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Elementary School | Lexington Public Schools | Lexington | 383 |
| Cozad Early Education Center | Cozad Community Schools | Cozad | 64 |
| Cozad Elementary School | Cozad Community Schools | Cozad | 428 |
| Cozad High School | Cozad Community Schools | Cozad | 260 |
| Cozad Middle School | Cozad Community Schools | Cozad | 197 |
| Dudley Elementary School | Gothenburg Public Schools | Gothenburg | 422 |
| Early Learning Academy | Lexington Public Schools | Lexington | 267 |
| Elementary School at Sumner | Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Schs | Sumner | 115 |
| Gothenburg Secondary School | Gothenburg Public Schools | Gothenburg | 389 |
| Junior-Senior High at Sumner | Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Schs | Sumner | 107 |
| Lexington High School | Lexington Public Schools | Lexington | 913 |
| Lexington Middle School | Lexington Public Schools | Lexington | 685 |
| Morton Elementary School | Lexington Public Schools | Lexington | 360 |
| Overton Elementary School | Overton Public Schools | Overton | 164 |
| Overton High School | Overton Public Schools | Overton | 113 |
| Pershing Elementary School | Lexington Public Schools | Lexington | 317 |
| Sandoz Elementary School | Lexington Public Schools | Lexington | 296 |
| Swede Preschool Academy | Gothenburg Public Schools | Gothenburg | 36 |
| Early Intervention/Homebound | Lexington Public Schools | Lexington | — |