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Broken Bow, Nebraska - 5 schools
An equity score of 18/100 ranks Broken Bow Public Schools #194 of 200 districts in Nebraska (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,898 per pupil, Broken Bow Public Schools ranks #213 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
890
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$12,898
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Broken Bow Public Schools operates 5 public schools serving 890 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Nebraska. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Custer County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,898 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 75.9% local, 17.5% state, and 6.5% 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 18/100, ranked #194 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 420.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.3% White, 15.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Early Childhood Services, with a diversity index of 42.4/100.
Its largest campus is North Park Elementary School, enrolling 376 students (42% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Early Childhood Services, at 43 students, a 9x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
North Park Elementary School accounts for 42.2% of all Broken Bow Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Broken Bow 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.
Broken Bow Public Schools school enrollment varies 8.7× across entities
Broken Bow Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 43 students (lowest) to 376 students (highest), a spread of 333 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Broken Bow Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 420:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Broken Bow Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 16.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Broken Bow Public Schools is typically wider than the Broken Bow Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.