School district · Nebraska

Harvard Public Schools

Harvard Public Schools in Nebraska: 3 public schools with 194 students and 7.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $24,447 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 3
Students: 194
Students per teacher: 7.4; NE 13.7 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $24,447; NE $15.6K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 26.1
Counselors (FTE): 1.0
Students per counselor: 194; NE 331 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 0.1; Librarians (FTE): 0.5

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Nebraska's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Nebraska: 59%

Not published: too few students tested.

Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS); proficient means Levels 2-3

Math

Nebraska: 58%

Not published: too few students tested.

Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS); proficient means Levels 2-3

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$14.0K15

$16.7K16

$17.4K17

$17.9K18

$17.4K19

$17.9K20

$19.1K21

$22.7K22

$23.6K23

$24.4K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 14% · $866K
State: 27% · $1.6M
Local: 58% · $3.5M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $15,957
Support services: $7,486
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $547K
Long-term debt: $30K

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 1Middle schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Harvard Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	91	7.6	Harvard
Harvard Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	53	10.8	Harvard
Harvard High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	50	5.4	Harvard

Sources

Address: 506 E North St, Harvard, NE 68944
Phone: (402)772-2171

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.