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Loup County Public Schools

Loup County Public Schools in Nebraska: 2 public schools with 88 students and 5.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $32,213 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 2
Students: 88
Students per teacher: 5.9; NE 13.7 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $32,213; 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): 14.9
Counselors (FTE): 1.0
Students per counselor: 88; NE 331 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 0.0; Librarians (FTE): 0.8

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

$25.8K15

$29.8K16

$30.2K17

$32.0K18

$34.2K19

$31.4K20

$32.5K21

$34.9K22

$33.0K23

$32.2K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 6.8% · $219K
State: 22% · $700K
Local: 72% · $2.3M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $18,270
Support services: $12,921
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $77K
Long-term debt: $0

Schools

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

Elementary schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Loup County Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	50	7.6	Taylor
Loup County High SchoolFree meals for all	7–12	38	4.6	Taylor

Sources

Address: 608 Williams St, Taylor, NE 68879
Phone: (308)942-6115

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.