St. Marys Schools
under 1 mi Grades PreK-12 186 students 7.2 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed 75% to 4-year college
Private schools in O'Neill, NE
3 schools in O'Neill itself.
O'Neill private schools at a glance
O'Neill has 3 private schools of its own. They are St. Marys Schools, St. Mary's Catholic School and Word of Life Christian School. In O'Neill itself: 2 Catholic and 1 other Christian; 3 teach elementary grades and 3 teach high school. All of them are co-ed. 1 reports membership in a school association, most often the National Catholic Educational Association (2023-24 federal survey). Of the 3 high schools that reported it, the typical one sends 75% of graduates on to a 4-year college (2023-24 federal survey). The typical school has about 186 students and 8.3 students per teacher (2023-24 federal survey).
2 Catholic
8.3 students per teacher, typical
Private schools in O'Neill (3)
Schools that give O'Neill as their address come first. Closest schools first. No school can pay to change its place in this list or its badge.
Affiliation, co-ed or single-sex, association membership and the share of graduates going on to a 4-year college come from the 2023-24 federal Private School Universe survey.
No school in O'Neill matches all of those.
St. Mary's Catholic School
under 1 mi Grades PreK-12 186 students 8.3 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed 75% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-12 30 students 9.1 students per teacher Assembly of God Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
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Questions parents ask
How many private schools are there in O'Neill?
3 private schools give O'Neill as their address: St. Marys Schools, St. Mary's Catholic School and Word of Life Christian School. Together they enrolled about 402 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest in O'Neill is St. Marys Schools with 186 students.
Does Nebraska pay for private school?
No state program pays private school tuition. No Nebraska program pays private school tuition. Voters repealed the state scholarship law in November 2024 (Referendum 435), and lawmakers removed proposed private school scholarship money from the 2026 budget.