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Thedford, Nebraska - 2 schools
At $21,869 per pupil, Thedford Public Schools ranks #39 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
137
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$21,869
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Thedford Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 137 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 Thomas County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,869 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 75.0% local, 19.0% state, and 6.0% 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 119:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 23.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.3% White, 3.5% African American, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Thedford Elem Attendance Cntr, enrolling 65 students (55% of the district's total enrollment).
Thedford Elem Attendance Cntr accounts for 47.4% of all Thedford Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Thedford Public Schools a distant remainder — means Thedford 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.
Thedford Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 119:1 — 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.
Thedford Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 23.7% — 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 Thedford Public Schools is typically wider than the Thedford Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Thedford Public Schools has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 137 students.
How much does Thedford Public Schools spend per student?
Thedford Public Schools spends $21,869 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Thedford Public Schools?
Thedford Public Schools students are 91.3% White, 3.5% African American, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.