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Morrill, Nebraska - 3 schools
An equity score of 89/100 ranks Morrill Public Schools #2 of 200 districts in Nebraska (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,415 per pupil, Morrill Public Schools ranks #84 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
330
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$18,415
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Morrill Public Schools operates 3 public schools serving 330 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 $18,415 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 53.0% local, 26.4% state, and 20.6% 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 #2 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 99:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 36.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.5% White, 31.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Morrill High School, with a diversity index of 45.6/100.
Its largest campus is Morrill High School, enrolling 122 students (46% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Tri Community Preschool, at 29 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Morrill High School accounts for 37.0% of all Morrill Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Morrill 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.
Morrill Public Schools school enrollment varies 4.2× across entities
Morrill Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 29 students (lowest) to 122 students (highest), a spread of 93 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.
Morrill Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 99:1 — 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.
Morrill Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 36.3% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.