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Arcadia, Nebraska - 2 schools
At $25,157 per pupil, Arcadia Public Schools ranks #18 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
124
Total Enrollment
2
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$25,157
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Arcadia Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 124 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Nebraska. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined 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 Valley County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,157 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 25 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending. See how Nebraska compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 55.9% local, 37.7% state, and 6.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 66:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 11.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.2% White, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Arcadia Elementary School, enrolling 82 students (62% of the district's total enrollment).
Arcadia Elementary School accounts for 62.1% of all Arcadia Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Arcadia Public Schools a distant remainder — means Arcadia Public Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Arcadia Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 66:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Arcadia Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 11.9% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Arcadia Public Schools has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 124 students.
How much does Arcadia Public Schools spend per student?
Arcadia Public Schools spends $25,157 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Arcadia Public Schools?
Arcadia Public Schools students are 93.2% White, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.