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BLAIR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

Blair, Nebraska · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

2,184
Students enrolled
5
Public schools
154
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 131
  • Kindergarten 123
  • Grade 1 135
  • Grade 2 144
  • Grade 3 175
  • Grade 4 161
  • Grade 5 153
  • Grade 6 157
  • Grade 7 158
  • Grade 8 166
  • Grade 9 152
  • Grade 10 162
  • Grade 11 171
  • Grade 12 196

By race/ethnicity

  • White 88%
  • Hispanic/Latino 8%
  • Two or more races 3%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

24% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 520 of 2,184 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 16%
  • Reduced-price lunch 8%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$12,534 spent per student on day-to-day operations Nebraska median: $18,490 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,866
  • Support services $4,153
  • Other (food service, etc.) $515

Where the money comes from

  • Local 70%
  • State 27%
  • Federal 3%

Total revenue $34.0 milliontotal spending $31.0 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Town: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

189

District office

1326 PARK STREET, Blair NE 68008

County

Washington County

Official website

NCES District ID

3104100

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About BLAIR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The school district of Blair encompasses over 142 square miles and serves the Northeastern portion of Washington County, including the city of Blair. Current student enrollment for grades PK-12 exceeds 2,420 students. Over 175 certified staff members and 122 support staff are employed to ensure the best education possible for our youth. Blair is one of the 25 largest school districts in the State of Nebraska and maintains the highest accreditation from the Nebraska State Department of Education, as well as membership in the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges. The patrons of the Blair Community School District have made a commitment to quality education and this is reflected by the excellent facilities and extensive programs available to our students. This commitment to excellence is reflected in the fact that Blair High School, opened to students in 1970, received the prestigious Secondary School Recognition Award for Excellence from the U.S. Department of Education in 1989.
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