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High Plains Community Schools
A public school district in Polk, Nebraska, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 207
- Students enrolled
- 26.2
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 59.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $25,300
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 207 in 2024–25
- Ranks 14,768th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 196th of 252 in Nebraska. Larger than 16% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $25,300 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 87% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
High Plains Community Schools spent $26,712 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $9,908 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $26,712 | $5.7 million | 212 |
| FY2023 | $25,300 | $5.6 million | 223 |
| FY2022 | $22,818 | $5.4 million | 236 |
| FY2021 | $22,078 | $5.6 million | 255 |
| FY2020 | $19,947 | $5.3 million | 266 |
| FY2019 | $19,788 | $5.1 million | 260 |
| FY2018 | $23,276 | $5.2 million | 225 |
| FY2017 | $21,365 | $5.0 million | 233 |
| FY2016 | $21,846 | $5.0 million | 228 |
| FY2015 | $19,364 | $4.8 million | 247 |
| FY2014 | $19,597 | $4.5 million | 231 |
| FY2013 | $18,713 | $4.3 million | 230 |
| FY2012 | $18,149 | $4.1 million | 228 |
| FY2011 | $17,735 | $4.1 million | 230 |
| FY2010 | $15,329 | $3.9 million | 255 |
| FY2009 | $13,662 | $3.7 million | 269 |
| FY2008 | $12,401 | $3.6 million | 294 |
| FY2007 | $11,431 | $3.5 million | 306 |
| FY2006 | $10,984 | $3.4 million | 312 |
| FY2005 | $9,908 | $3.2 million | 325 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $467,000 | 6.7% |
| State | $993,000 | 14.2% |
| Local | $5.5 million | 79.1% |
| Total | $7.0 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
2 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| High Plains Community Elementary School | 114 |
| High Plains Community JR/SR High School | 93 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not applicable
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 3100123
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Nebraska — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Nebraska — A to Z, each with its page.
- Nebraska on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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