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Blair, Nebraska - 6 schools
An equity score of 10/100 ranks Blair Community Schools #199 of 200 districts in Nebraska (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,181 per pupil, Blair Community Schools ranks #237 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,274
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$11,181
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Blair Community Schools operates 6 public schools serving 2,274 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Nebraska. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Washington County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,181 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 25 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending. See how Nebraska compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 77.4% local, 12.9% state, and 9.8% 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 10/100, ranked #199 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 494.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 11.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.3% White, 7.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Blair South Elementary School, with a diversity index of 27.2/100.
Its largest campus is Blair High School, enrolling 681 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Blair South Elementary School, at 131 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Blair High School accounts for 28.9% of all Blair Community Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Blair Community 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.
Blair Community Schools school enrollment varies 5.2× across entities
Blair Community Schools school enrollment ranges from 131 students (lowest) to 681 students (highest), a spread of 550 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.
Blair Community Schools student-counselor ratio is 495:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Blair Community Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 11.3% — 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.
Blair Community Schools has 6 schools, including 1 high, 1 elementary, 1 middle, 3 combined. Total enrollment is 2,274 students.
How much does Blair Community Schools spend per student?
Blair Community Schools spends $11,181 per student. The district has an equity score of 10/100, ranking #199 in Nebraska.
What is the demographic composition of Blair Community Schools?
Blair Community Schools students are 87.3% White, 7.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Blair Community Schools?
Blair Community Schools has an equity score of 10/100, ranking #199 out of 200 districts in Nebraska.