NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools NE

Best-Resourced Schools in Chadron, NE

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

5 public K-12 schools in Chadron from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

907

Students

51.6/100

Avg Resource Index

11.1:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Chadron has more public-school enrollment than 2% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Chadron lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

2 of the 5 listed Chadron schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 18-point gap between Pine Ridge Job Corps and Chadron Primary shows the range hidden by Chadron's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment: Top 98%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 90th percentile
Teacher staffing: 94th percentile

Chadron Middle School accounts for 32.5% of all Chadron public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Chadron-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Chadron school enrollment varies 8.0× across entities

Chadron school enrollment ranges from 37 students (lowest) to 295 students (highest), a spread of 258 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Chadron student-teacher ratio is 11.1:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Pine Ridge Job Corps	63	37	high	Pine Ridge Job Corps
2.	Chadron Senior High School	51	242	high	Chadron Public Schools
3.	Chadron Middle School	50	295	elementary	Chadron Public Schools
4.	Chadron Intermediate	49	112	elementary	Chadron Public Schools
5.	Chadron Primary	45	221	Combined	Chadron Public Schools

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Chadron

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

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Which Chadron school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Pine Ridge Job Corps has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Chadron schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Chadron, NE? ▼

Chadron has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 907 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.