Other / mixed grade configuration · Broken Bow, NE

Early Childhood Services

Federal NCES profile for Early Childhood Services, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 310001101855
43 students enrolled

Enrollment

43

Nebraska · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

32.5%

vs 30.9% Nebraska avg

+5% vs state

What stands out at Early Childhood Services

Early Childhood Services is a small combined-grade school in Broken Bow, Nebraska, enrolling 43 students.

Its free-meal eligibility rate of 32.5% lands close to the Nebraska typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 94% of Nebraska schools, with 43 enrolled.

Its student body is led by White (72%) and Hispanic or Latino (23%) (diversity index 42/100).

The surrounding Broken Bow Public Schools spends $12,898 per pupil, 27% below the Nebraska average, a leaner-resourced district than most.

Broken Bow Public Schools also operates North Park Elementary School (376 students) and Broken Bow High School (234 students) alongside Early Childhood Services.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Early Childhood Services compares

Early Childhood Services on the metrics families compare, against Nebraska and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Nebraska Nebraska avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 32.5% ▲ 5% 30.9% 51.7%
Enrollment 43 top 94% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

43
Bigger than 5% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
32.5%
free-lunch eligible - 5% above the Nebraska average of 30.9%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Funding equity
$12,898
per pupil, district-wide - below Nebraska avg of $17,680
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 72.1%
Hispanic or Latino 23.3%
African American 4.7%

Largest group: White at 72.1% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 42.4/100

Simpson diversity index - at 42.4, Early Childhood Services is more mixed than the Nebraska school average of 34.9.

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Broken Bow Public Schools, which includes Early Childhood Services.

$12,898
Per student
-27%
vs Nebraska
Avg $17,680
-22%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 75.9%
State 17.5%
Federal 6.5%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Early Childhood Services Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
North Park Elementary School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Broken Bow High School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Broken Bow Middle School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
New Discoveries Preschool Larger Similar economic need No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Early Childhood Services's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Broken Bow Public Schools · 4 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Nebraska, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Early Childhood Services's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Early Childhood Services

How many students attend Early Childhood Services?

Early Childhood Services has 43 students enrolled. It is a public school in Broken Bow, NE.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Early Childhood Services?

32.5% of students at Early Childhood Services are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Nebraska average of 30.9%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Early Childhood Services?

The largest demographic group at Early Childhood Services is White at 72.1% of enrollment, in Broken Bow, NE.

What other schools are in Broken Bow Public Schools?

Besides Early Childhood Services, Broken Bow Public Schools also operates North Park Elementary School (376 students), Broken Bow High School (234 students), and Broken Bow Middle School (166 students). See the Broken Bow Public Schools district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

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