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Wynot, Nebraska - 3 schools
At $20,864 per pupil, Wynot Public Schools ranks #51 of 244 Nebraska districts by per-pupil spending (Nebraska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
187
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$20,864
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wynot Public Schools operates 3 public schools serving 187 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Nebraska. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary 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 Cedar County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,864 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 52.5% local, 40.2% state, and 7.4% 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 182.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 11.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.3% White, 2.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wynot Middle School, with a diversity index of 9.5/100.
Its largest campus is Wynot Elementary School, enrolling 82 students (46% of the district's total enrollment).
Wynot Elementary School accounts for 43.9% of all Wynot Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Wynot 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.
Wynot Public Schools school enrollment varies 2.0× across entities
Wynot Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 40 students (lowest) to 82 students (highest), a spread of 42 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Wynot Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 183:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Wynot Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 11.6% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.