At $20,822 per pupil, Sargent Public Schools ranks #59 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
174
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$20,822
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sargent Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 174 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 Custer County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,822 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 81.9% local, 12.1% state, and 5.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 73:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 19.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.0% White, 7.2% Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Sargent Elementary School, enrolling 80 students (55% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 4% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (174 to 167 students), and the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,839,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 53.2% went to instruction, 37.9% to support services, and 2.2% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Sargent Elementary School accounts for 46.0% of all Sargent Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sargent Public Schools a distant remainder — means Sargent Public Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Sargent Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 73:1 — 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.
Sargent Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 19.9% — 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 Sargent Public Schools is typically wider than the Sargent Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Sargent Public Schools has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 174 students.
How much does Sargent Public Schools spend per student?
Sargent Public Schools spends $20,822 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Sargent Public Schools?
Sargent Public Schools students are 85.0% White, 7.2% Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.