Crofton School System

• Crofton Community School - Crofton Community School is a K-12 school system fully accredited by the Nebraska Department of Education. The school participates in the Nebraska School Activities Association at a C-1 classification. The school system covers approximately 175 square miles, and supports a student enrollment of 484 students in grades K-12, which designates Crofton Community School as the largest school system in Knox County, Nebraska.

Crofton Community School is proud of its excellent school facilities having built a new Jr./Sr. high school building and extensively renovating the elementary school building in 1992. Crofton promotes an aggressive academic and extracurricular program, and has become known throughout the state for academic excellence in virtually all areas of the curriculum depicted by numerous multi-state academic victories in college-sponsored academic contests.

Crofton looks to the future with excitement and anticipation. The school system has established high goals and expectations utilizing the latest in computer technology and learning. Having one of the fastest growing school systems in the Northeast Nebraska area, the district has committed itself to employing the finest instructors to lead the school, its students, and the entire community with leadership quality into the 21st century.

For more information, please call the High School - (402) 388-2440, the Grade School (402) 388-4357, or by Fax (402) 388-4265, or visit the Crofton High School Home page.

• St. Rose of Lima Catholic School - St. Rose of Lima Catholic School is a state-approved elementary school with an enrollment of 154 in grades one through eight. St. Rose has a staff of 10 certified educational professionals. The specific mission of St. Rose is "to assist all our students to assimilate skills, knowledge, methods, and moral and social attitudes which enable them to integrate faith and culture as they grow and mature." For more information, call the school office at (402) 388-4393.

Area Colleges

• Briar Cliff College - Sioux City, IA
• Morningside College - Sioux City, IA
• Mount Marty College - Yankton, SD
• Nebraska Indian Community College - Santee, NE
• Northeast Community College College - Norfolk, NE
• University of South Dakota - Vermillion, SD
• University of Nebraska - Lincoln, NE
• Wayne State College - Wayne, NE