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Crawford, Nebraska - 2 schools
At $22,209 per pupil, Crawford Public Schools ranks #33 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
174
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$22,209
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Crawford Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 174 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 Dawes County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,209 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending. See how Nebraska compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 60.4% local, 24.8% state, and 14.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 166:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 24.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.1% White, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Crawford Elementary School, enrolling 87 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Crawford Elementary School accounts for 50.0% of all Crawford Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Crawford Public Schools a distant remainder — means Crawford 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.
Crawford Public Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 50.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Crawford Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 166:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Crawford Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 24.1% — 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 Crawford Public Schools is typically wider than the Crawford Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Crawford Public Schools has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 174 students.
How much does Crawford Public Schools spend per student?
Crawford Public Schools spends $22,209 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Crawford Public Schools?
Crawford Public Schools students are 92.1% White, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.