School district · Nebraska
High Plains Community Schools
High Plains Community Schools in Nebraska: 2 public schools with 207 students and 7.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $26,712 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 207
- Students per teacher
- 7.9
- NE 13.7 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $26,712
- 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)
- 26.2
- Counselors (FTE)
- 2.0
- Students per counselor
- 104
- NE 331 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.4
- Librarians (FTE): 0.5
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.
$19.4K15
$21.8K16
$21.4K17
$23.3K18
$19.8K19
$19.9K20
$22.1K21
$22.8K22
$25.3K23
$26.7K24
- Federal
- 3.0% · $219K
- State
- 22% · $1.6M
- Local
- 75% · $5.5M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $14,344
- Support services
- $10,142
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $473K
- Long-term debt
- $608K
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 1High schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–6 | 114 | 7.8 | |
| 7–12 | 93 | 8.1 |
Sources
- Address
- 260 S Pine, Polk, NE 68654
- Phone
- (402)765-2271
- 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).