At $33,024 per pupil, Loup County Public Schools ranks #5 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Loup County Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 83 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 Loup County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $33,024 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 80.5% local, 13.7% state, and 5.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 35.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 7.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.5% White, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Loup County Elementary School, enrolling 50 students (57% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 7.2% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (83 to 89 students), while the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $2,896,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 50.9% went to instruction, 40.1% to support services, and 2.9% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Loup County Elementary School accounts for 56.8% of all Loup County Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Loup County Public Schools a distant remainder — means Loup County 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.
Loup County Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 36:1 — 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.
Loup County Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 7.7% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
How many schools are in Loup County Public Schools?
Loup County Public Schools has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 83 students.
How much does Loup County Public Schools spend per student?
Loup County Public Schools spends $33,024 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Loup County Public Schools?
Loup County Public Schools students are 86.5% White, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.