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Gibbon, Nebraska - 2 schools
An equity score of 38/100 ranks Gibbon Public Schools #141 of 200 districts in Nebraska (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,965 per pupil, Gibbon Public Schools ranks #188 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Gibbon Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 554 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 Buffalo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,965 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 68.7% local, 20.6% state, and 10.7% 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 38/100, ranked #141 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 575:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 31.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.3% Hispanic or Latino, 48.1% White, 1.2% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Gibbon Elementary School, enrolling 324 students (56% of the district's total enrollment).
Gibbon Elementary School accounts for 56.3% of all Gibbon Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Gibbon Public Schools a distant remainder — means Gibbon 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.
Gibbon Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 575:1 — 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.
Gibbon Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 31.3% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Gibbon Public Schools has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 554 students.
How much does Gibbon Public Schools spend per student?
Gibbon Public Schools spends $13,965 per student. The district has an equity score of 38/100, ranking #141 in Nebraska.
What is the demographic composition of Gibbon Public Schools?
Gibbon Public Schools students are 50.3% Hispanic or Latino, 48.1% White, 1.2% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Gibbon Public Schools?
Gibbon Public Schools has an equity score of 38/100, ranking #141 out of 200 districts in Nebraska.