Ponca Public Schools
A public school district in Ponca, Nebraska, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 442
- Students enrolled
- 38.6
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 81.8
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $16,407
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 442 in 2024–25
- Ranks 11,604th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 103rd of 252 in Nebraska. Larger than 34% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $16,407 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 55% 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
Ponca Public Schools spent $16,407 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,500 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.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $16,407 | $7.3 million | 442 |
| FY2022 | $15,295 | $6.9 million | 451 |
| FY2021 | $14,503 | $6.6 million | 453 |
| FY2020 | $13,521 | $6.1 million | 453 |
| FY2019 | $13,345 | $6.2 million | 466 |
| FY2018 | $13,620 | $6.4 million | 468 |
| FY2017 | $13,906 | $6.4 million | 458 |
| FY2016 | $13,184 | $6.1 million | 462 |
| FY2015 | $12,178 | $5.7 million | 467 |
| FY2014 | $12,265 | $5.5 million | 452 |
| FY2013 | $11,532 | $5.3 million | 459 |
| FY2012 | $11,896 | $5.1 million | 431 |
| FY2011 | $10,557 | $4.6 million | 438 |
| FY2010 | $10,343 | $4.5 million | 435 |
| FY2009 | $9,634 | $4.2 million | 440 |
| FY2008 | $8,769 | $3.9 million | 442 |
| FY2007 | $8,295 | $3.8 million | 454 |
| FY2006 | $8,233 | $3.3 million | 400 |
| FY2005 | $7,500 | $3.0 million | 400 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $320.0 thousand | 3.8% |
| State | $2.5 million | 29.8% |
| Local | $5.6 million | 66.5% |
| Total | $8.5 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
3 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Jackson Elementary | 116 |
| Ponca Elementary School | 128 |
| Ponca High School | 198 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- PONCA PUBLIC 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
- 3175770
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 25, 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 2023
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 2023.
Data retrieved