Cross County Community School District is a consolidated school district in
Polk County, Nebraska
Polk County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 5,214. Its county seat is Osceola. The county was formed in 1856, and was organized in 1870. It was named for President James K. ...
, United States. In 2002, the communities of
Benedict and
Stromsburg
Stromsburg is a city in Polk County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,028 as per the 2020 census.
History
Stromsburg was settled early in Nebraska history. A group of Swedish settlers from the town of Ockelbo arrived in the 1860 ...
consolidated their school districts to form Cross County Public Schools. The school's team mascot is the
Cougar
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. The current K-12 school building was built three miles south of Stromsburg and five miles north of Benedict, at the intersection of
U.S. Route 81 and
Nebraska Highway 66
Nebraska Highway 66 is a highway in central and eastern Nebraska. It is a discontinuous highway with four segments heading in a west-to-east direction. The first segment begins at Nebraska Highway 14 south of Central City and ends at U.S. Highway 8 ...
, being completed in late 2009. The district’s mailing address is in Stromsburg.
Sports and extracurricular activities
Cross County currently offers basketball, track and field, golf, robotics, wrestling, weights, theater, band, choir, and speech as the main extracurricular activities for boys and the same for girls, with the exception of football. During football season, girls have the option of volleyball or softball.
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School districts in Nebraska
Education in York County, Nebraska
Education in Polk County, Nebraska
School districts established in 2002
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