NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools NE

Best-Resourced Schools in Schuyler, NE

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

7 public K-12 schools in Schuyler 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

2,033

Students

45/100

Avg Resource Index

24.2:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Schuyler has more public-school enrollment than 13% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Schuyler Elementary School enrolls 35.2% of Schuyler's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Schuyler's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Schuyler lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 31 to 715 students, a 23-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment: Top 87%
School count: Top 65%
Resource Index average: 70th percentile
Teacher staffing: 3rd percentile

Schuyler Elementary School accounts for 35.2% of all Schuyler public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Schuyler-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

Schuyler school enrollment varies 23× across entities

Schuyler school enrollment ranges from 31 students (lowest) to 715 students (highest), a spread of 684 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. 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

Schuyler operates one school district — a single-district system

Schuyler's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

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

Schuyler student-teacher ratio is 24.2:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

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

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Schuyler Elementary-Fisher's	74	31	Combined	Schuyler Community Schools
2.	Dual Language School	56	56	Combined	Schuyler Community Schools
3.	Schuyler Middle School	51	400	middle	Schuyler Community Schools
4.	Schuyler Elementary School	49	715	Combined	Schuyler Community Schools
5.	Schuyler Central High School	49	643	high	Schuyler Community Schools
6.	Schuyler Headstart	23	75	Combined	Schuyler Community Schools
7.	North Ward Prekindergarten	13	113	Combined	Schuyler Community Schools

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Schuyler

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 Schuyler school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Schuyler Elementary-Fisher's has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Schuyler schools in this federal-data comparison at 74/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Schuyler, NE? ▼

Schuyler has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,033 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 24.2:1.

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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.