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Alliance, Nebraska - 5 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Alliance Public Schools #152 of 200 districts in Nebraska (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,683 per pupil, Alliance Public Schools ranks #198 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,345
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$13,683
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Alliance Public Schools operates 5 public schools serving 1,345 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Nebraska. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Box Butte County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,683 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending. See how Nebraska compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 69.0% local, 21.3% state, and 9.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 34/100, ranked #152 of 200 in Nebraska against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 251.6:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 44.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.9% White, 29.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Alliance Early Child Ed Prog, with a diversity index of 63.0/100.
Its largest campus is Alliance High School, enrolling 451 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Alliance Early Child Ed Prog, at 78 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Alliance High School accounts for 33.5% of all Alliance Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Alliance Public Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Alliance Public Schools school enrollment varies 5.8× across entities
Alliance Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 78 students (lowest) to 451 students (highest), a spread of 373 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Alliance Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 252:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Alliance Public Schools is typically wider than the Alliance Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Alliance Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 44.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Alliance Public Schools has 5 schools, including 1 high, 1 elementary, 1 middle, 2 combined. Total enrollment is 1,345 students.
How much does Alliance Public Schools spend per student?
Alliance Public Schools spends $13,683 per student. The district has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #152 in Nebraska.
What is the demographic composition of Alliance Public Schools?
Alliance Public Schools students are 56.9% White, 29.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian, 0.2% African American, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Alliance Public Schools?
Alliance Public Schools has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #152 out of 200 districts in Nebraska.