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Harvard, Nebraska - 3 schools
An equity score of 64/100 ranks Harvard Public Schools #53 of 200 districts in Nebraska (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,654 per pupil, Harvard Public Schools ranks #29 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
207
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$22,654
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Harvard Public Schools operates 3 public schools serving 207 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Nebraska. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 high 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 Clay County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,654 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 64.8% local, 18.3% state, and 16.8% 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 64/100, ranked #53 of 200 in Nebraska against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 417.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 27.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.1% White, 36.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Harvard Elementary School, with a diversity index of 49.3/100.
Its largest campus is Harvard Elementary School, enrolling 91 students (47% of the district's total enrollment).
Harvard Elementary School accounts for 44.0% of all Harvard Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Harvard 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.
Harvard Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 418:1 — 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.
Harvard Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 27.9% — 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 Harvard Public Schools is typically wider than the Harvard Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.