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Harrisburg, Nebraska - 3 schools
At $28,186 per pupil, Banner County Public Schools ranks #10 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
151
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$28,186
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Banner County Public Schools operates 3 public schools serving 151 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Nebraska. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Banner County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $28,186 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 70.4% local, 19.3% state, and 10.3% 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 64.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 11.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.4% White, 17.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Banner County Middle School, with a diversity index of 32.0/100.
Banner County Elementary School accounts for 43.7% of all Banner County Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Banner County 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.
Banner County Public Schools school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities
Banner County Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 25 students (lowest) to 66 students (highest), a spread of 41 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.
Banner County Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 65:1 — 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.
Banner County Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 11.1% — 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.