Other / mixed grade configuration · Minatare, NE

Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School

Federal NCES profile for Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 30/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 317380002236
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🌟 Gifted program
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Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School earns 30/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in Nebraska.

#4 of 4
schools in Minatare · Resource Index
30
Resource Index · Lower
13
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School ranks #4 of 4 schools in Minatare, NE.

Enrollment

13

Nebraska · 2024-25 NCES data

What stands out at Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School

Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School is a small combined-grade school in Minatare, Nebraska, enrolling 13 students.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 99% of Nebraska schools, with 13 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index trails 96% of the 1,003 Nebraska schools with a score on record, one of the lower results on this measure.

Its student body is predominantly Hispanic or Latino (92% of enrollment) (diversity index 14/100).

The surrounding Minatare Public Schools spends $27,366 per pupil, 55% above the Nebraska average, a better-resourced district than most.

Its district draws 16.4% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Minatare Public Schools also operates Minatare High School (48 students) and Minatare Elementary School (43 students) alongside Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School.

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 Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School compares

Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School on the metrics families compare, against Nebraska and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Nebraska Nebraska avg U.S. avg
Enrollment 13 top 99% - -

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

13
Bigger than 2% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Funding equity
$27,366
per pupil, district-wide - above Nebraska avg of $17,680
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

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

Hispanic or Latino 92.3%
White 7.7%

Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 92.3% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 14.2/100

Simpson diversity index - at 14.2, Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School is less mixed than the Nebraska school average of 34.9.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Minatare Public Schools, which includes Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School.

$27,366
Per student
+55%
vs Nebraska
Avg $17,680
+65%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 13.3%
State 70.2%
Federal 16.4%

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 Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Minatare High School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Minatare Elementary School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Minatare Public Schools · 2 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 Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School'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 Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School

How many students attend Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School?

Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School has 13 students enrolled. It is a public school in Minatare, NE.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School?

The largest demographic group at Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School is Hispanic or Latino at 92.3% of enrollment, in Minatare, NE.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School?

Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School has a Resource Investment Index of 30/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 1 factor: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

How does Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School rank among schools in Minatare?

By Resource Investment Index, Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School ranks #4 of 4 schools in Minatare, NE. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all schools in Minatare on the city page.

Is Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School a good school?

Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School earns 30/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in Nebraska. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Minatare Public Schools?

Besides Minatare Pre-Start Pre-School, Minatare Public Schools also operates Minatare High School (48 students) and Minatare Elementary School (43 students). See the Minatare 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

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.