At $23,084 per pupil, Eustis-Farnam Public Schools ranks #38 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
166
Total Enrollment
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$23,084
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Eustis-Farnam Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 166 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 Frontier County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,084 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 79.6% local, 12.2% state, and 8.2% 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 91:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 27.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.0% White, 2.7% African American, 0.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Elementary School at Eustis, enrolling 115 students (63% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses held roughly steady from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (166 to 169 students, +1.8%), per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $4,806,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 46.9% went to instruction, 30.5% to support services, and 16.4% to capital outlay, a capital-heavy year, consistent with active construction, renovation, or major equipment purchases. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Elementary School at Eustis accounts for 63.2% of all Eustis-Farnam Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Eustis-Farnam Public Schools a distant remainder — means Eustis-Farnam Public Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Eustis-Farnam Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 91:1 — 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.
Eustis-Farnam Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 27.8% — 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 Eustis-Farnam Public Schools is typically wider than the Eustis-Farnam Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
How many schools are in Eustis-Farnam Public Schools?
Eustis-Farnam Public Schools has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 166 students.
How much does Eustis-Farnam Public Schools spend per student?
Eustis-Farnam Public Schools spends $23,084 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Eustis-Farnam Public Schools?
Eustis-Farnam Public Schools students are 95.0% White, 2.7% African American, 0.8% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.