Pender Public Schools 鈥� Thurston County, NE: Schools & Enrollment

Key statistics

433

Students enrolled

2

Public schools

35

Classroom teachers (FTE)

12.2:1

Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

Pre-K 30
Kindergarten 34
Grade 1 30
Grade 2 26
Grade 3 23
Grade 4 24
Grade 5 39
Grade 6 36
Grade 7 30
Grade 8 33
Grade 9 32
Grade 10 39
Grade 11 28
Grade 12 29

By race/ethnicity

White 84%
Hispanic/Latino 10%
Two or more races 3%
American Indian or Alaska Native 2%
Asian <1%
Black or African American <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

43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 185 of 433 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 31%
Reduced-price lunch 12%

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

$17,293 spent per student on day-to-day operations Nebraska median: $18,490 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $10,402
Support services $5,832
Other (food service, etc.) $1,059

Where the money comes from

Local 64%
State 27%
Federal 8%

Total revenue $9.2 milliontotal spending $8.5 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)

Rural: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

44

District office

609 WHITNEY ST, Pender NE 68047

Phone

(402) 385-3244

County

Thurston County

Official website

NCES District ID

3175390

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About PENDER PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Mission Statement-The mission of the Pender Public School District is to provide quality educational opportunities in a safe, positive learning environment that motivates and challenges all students to become productive and responsible citizens.