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Curtis, Nebraska - 2 schools
An equity score of 89/100 ranks Medicine Valley Public Schools #3 of 200 districts in Nebraska (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,590 per pupil, Medicine Valley Public Schools ranks #55 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Medicine Valley Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 209 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 Frontier County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,590 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 63.9% local, 30.4% state, and 5.7% 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 89/100, ranked #3 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 77:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 53.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.0% White, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 3.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Medicine Valley Elementary, enrolling 97 students (63% of the district's total enrollment).
Medicine Valley Elementary accounts for 46.4% of all Medicine Valley Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Medicine Valley Public Schools a distant remainder — means Medicine Valley 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.
Medicine Valley Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 77:1 — 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.
Medicine Valley Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 53.6% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Medicine Valley Public Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Medicine Valley Public Schools?
Medicine Valley Public Schools has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 209 students.
How much does Medicine Valley Public Schools spend per student?
Medicine Valley Public Schools spends $20,590 per student. The district has an equity score of 89/100, ranking #3 in Nebraska.
What is the demographic composition of Medicine Valley Public Schools?
Medicine Valley Public Schools students are 88.0% White, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 3.1% African American, 1.8% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Medicine Valley Public Schools?
Medicine Valley Public Schools has an equity score of 89/100, ranking #3 out of 200 districts in Nebraska.