The West Central REEC is the University of Nebraska's research farm for the twenty counties of west central Nebraska, at 402 West State Farm Road in North Platte, in Lincoln County. The main site runs about 1,800 acres, roughly 1,100 of it pasture and the rest dryland and irrigated crops, with faculty from eight departments and laboratories for agroecosystem entomology, irrigation water management, pesticide application technology and cropping systems.

Two-year community and technical college serving northwest Iowa and the tri-state region. Programs in business, healthcare, trades, and technology. Multiple campuses including main campus in Sioux City.

Western Nebraska Community College - Chappell in Chappell, Nebraska.

Western Nebraska Community College campus in Alliance.

West Holt Public Schools serves the students and families of the West Holt district in Holt County, Nebraska with public education from elementary through high school, with facilities in Atkinson and.