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Winnebago, Nebraska - 2 schools
An equity score of 72/100 ranks Winnebago Public Schools District 17 #22 of 200 districts in Nebraska (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $25,135 per pupil, Winnebago Public Schools District 17 ranks #19 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
629
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$25,135
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Winnebago Public Schools District 17 operates 2 public schools serving 629 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Nebraska. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 Thurston County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,135 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 25 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending. See how Nebraska compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 8.8% local, 52.3% state, and 38.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 72/100, ranked #22 of 200 in Nebraska against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 58.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 3.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Winnebago Elementary School, enrolling 438 students (70% of the district's total enrollment).
Winnebago Elementary School accounts for 69.6% of all Winnebago Public Schools District 17 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Winnebago Public Schools District 17 a distant remainder — means Winnebago Public Schools District 17-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.
Winnebago Public Schools District 17 chronic absenteeism rate is 58.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Winnebago Public Schools District 17's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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