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Minatare, Nebraska - 3 schools
At $27,366 per pupil, Minatare Public Schools ranks #12 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
152
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$27,366
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Minatare Public Schools operates 3 public schools serving 152 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Nebraska. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Scotts Bluff County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $27,366 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 13.3% local, 70.2% state, and 16.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 48:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 53.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.0% Hispanic or Latino, 32.5% White, 0.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Minatare High School, with a diversity index of 57.4/100.
Its largest campus is Minatare High School, enrolling 48 students (46% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School, at 13 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Minatare High School accounts for 31.6% of all Minatare Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Minatare 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.
Minatare Public Schools school enrollment varies 3.7× across entities
Minatare Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 48 students (highest), a spread of 35 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.
Minatare Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 48:1 — 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.
Minatare Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 53.5% — 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.
Minatare Public Schools has 3 schools, including 3 combined. Total enrollment is 152 students.
How much does Minatare Public Schools spend per student?
Minatare Public Schools spends $27,366 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Minatare Public Schools?
Minatare Public Schools students are 64.0% Hispanic or Latino, 32.5% White, 0.7% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.