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Stapleton, Nebraska - 2 schools
At $17,590 per pupil, Stapleton Public Schools ranks #106 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
180
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$17,590
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Stapleton Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 180 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 Logan County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,590 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 69.4% local, 23.7% state, and 6.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 77:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 32.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.3% White, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Stapleton Elementary School, enrolling 90 students (58% of the district's total enrollment).
Stapleton Elementary School accounts for 50.0% of all Stapleton Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Stapleton Public Schools a distant remainder — means Stapleton 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.
Stapleton Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 77:1 — 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.
Stapleton Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 32.8% — 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.
Stapleton Public Schools has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 180 students.
How much does Stapleton Public Schools spend per student?
Stapleton Public Schools spends $17,590 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Stapleton Public Schools?
Stapleton Public Schools students are 87.3% White, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian, 1.4% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.