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Howells, Nebraska - 3 schools
An equity score of 67/100 ranks Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools #38 of 200 districts in Nebraska (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,720 per pupil, Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools ranks #65 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
301
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$19,720
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools operates 3 public schools serving 301 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Nebraska. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary 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 Colfax County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,720 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 76.0% local, 14.4% state, and 9.5% 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 67/100, ranked #38 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 297.3:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 9.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.9% White, 10.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Howells-Dodge Elementary School/Dodge, with a diversity index of 25.7/100.
Howells Senior High School accounts for 45.8% of all Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools a distant remainder — means Howells-Dodge Consolidated 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.
Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools school enrollment varies 5.1× across entities
Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools school enrollment ranges from 27 students (lowest) to 138 students (highest), a spread of 111 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools student-counselor ratio is 297:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools is typically wider than the Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 9.9% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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