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Springview, Nebraska - 2 schools
At $27,697 per pupil, Keya Paha County Schools ranks #11 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
86
Total Enrollment
2
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$27,697
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Keya Paha County Schools operates 2 public schools serving 86 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 Keya Paha County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $27,697 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 25 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending. See how Nebraska compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 77.6% local, 16.9% state, and 5.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 39:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 84.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.9% White, 3.8% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Keya Paha County High School, enrolling 39 students (50% of the district's total enrollment).
Keya Paha County High School accounts for 45.3% of all Keya Paha County Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Keya Paha County Schools a distant remainder — means Keya Paha County 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.
Keya Paha County Schools student-counselor ratio is 39:1 — 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.
Keya Paha County Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 84.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Keya Paha County Schools has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 86 students.
How much does Keya Paha County Schools spend per student?
Keya Paha County Schools spends $27,697 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Keya Paha County Schools?
Keya Paha County Schools students are 94.9% White, 3.8% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.