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Firth, Nebraska - 4 schools
An equity score of 19/100 ranks Norris School Dist 160 #192 of 200 districts in Nebraska (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,970 per pupil, Norris School Dist 160 ranks #243 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,483
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$10,970
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Norris School Dist 160 operates 4 public schools serving 2,483 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Nebraska. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 1 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 Lancaster County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,970 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 25 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending. See how Nebraska compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 68.7% local, 23.5% state, and 7.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 19/100, ranked #192 of 200 in Nebraska against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 426.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.5% White, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Norris High School, with a diversity index of 16.8/100.
Its largest campus is Norris High School, enrolling 736 students (31% of the district's total enrollment).
Norris High School accounts for 29.6% of all Norris School Dist 160 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Norris School Dist 160-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Norris School Dist 160 student-counselor ratio is 427:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Norris School Dist 160 chronic absenteeism rate is 16.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Norris School Dist 160 is typically wider than the Norris School Dist 160-aggregate figure suggests.