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Scribner, Nebraska - 2 schools
At $21,409 per pupil, Scribner-Snyder Community Schs ranks #44 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
171
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$21,409
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Scribner-Snyder Community Schs operates 2 public schools serving 171 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 Dodge County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,409 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 77.4% local, 13.1% state, and 9.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 153:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 7.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.8% White, 8.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Elementary School at Scribner, enrolling 94 students (61% of the district's total enrollment).
Elementary School at Scribner accounts for 55.0% of all Scribner-Snyder Community Schs student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Scribner-Snyder Community Schs a distant remainder — means Scribner-Snyder Community Schs-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.
Scribner-Snyder Community Schs student-counselor ratio is 153:1 — 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.
Scribner-Snyder Community Schs chronic absenteeism rate is 7.8% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Comparisons are relative to Scribner-Snyder Community Schs's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Scribner-Snyder Community Schs?
Scribner-Snyder Community Schs has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 171 students.
How much does Scribner-Snyder Community Schs spend per student?
Scribner-Snyder Community Schs spends $21,409 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Scribner-Snyder Community Schs?
Scribner-Snyder Community Schs students are 87.8% White, 8.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.