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Neligh, Nebraska - 3 schools
An equity score of 63/100 ranks Neligh-Oakdale Schools #57 of 200 districts in Nebraska (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,511 per pupil, Neligh-Oakdale Schools ranks #131 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
351
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,511
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Neligh-Oakdale Schools operates 3 public schools serving 351 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Nebraska. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary 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 Antelope County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,511 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending. See how Nebraska compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 73.4% local, 19.8% state, and 6.7% 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 63/100, ranked #57 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 117.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 14.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.3% White, 8.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Eastward Elementary School, with a diversity index of 32.0/100.
Its largest campus is Neligh-Oakdale High School, enrolling 144 students (41% of the district's total enrollment).
Neligh-Oakdale High School accounts for 40.9% of all Neligh-Oakdale Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Neligh-Oakdale 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.
Neligh-Oakdale Schools student-counselor ratio is 117:1 — 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.
Neligh-Oakdale Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 14.2% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.