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School district · Nebraska · LEAID 3175770

Ponca Public Schools

Ponca Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (442 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Ponca Public Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$61,312
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$18,948
Per-pupil spending
442
Students enrolled
40th
Pct. in NE
$61,312

Ponca Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (442 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $61,312, below the national average of $70,245, serving 442 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Ponca Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (442 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 40th percentile for Nebraska
  • 40th percentile nationally
  • 34% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Nebraska ranks #31 of 49 on the salary estimate and #35 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Ponca Public Schools ranks #121 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #111 of 200 by per-pupil spending. Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs pay #1 at $90,446 is not Laurel-concord-coleridge School spending #1 at $62,234 per pupil
  • +14.6% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Nebraska median

Among 246 Nebraska districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Ponca Public Schools's instructional payroll puts 84.5% into regular program , 3.8 points above the state median of 80.7%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Nebraska district.

Program Ponca Public NE median Gap
Regular program 84.5% 80.7% +3.8 pp
Special education 10.8% 11.8% -1.0 pp
Other programs 4.6% 7.4% -2.7 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 246 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 3175770 · FY2023.

LEAID 3175770 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Ponca Public F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-LOW P40 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P40 national PPE-MID $19K/pupil ENR-TINY 442 students INSTR-LOW 34% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Johnson FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $61,312 estimated average teacher salary · P40 in Nebraska · P40 nationally · 34% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Northwest (+$214est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Ponca Public

Salary neighbourhood · Ponca Public

Ponca Public sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
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National salary distribution for Ponca Public

Ponca Public Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$61,312 40th percentile higher than 40% of 10,684 US districts

Show national distribution $30,000–$40,000: 155 US districts (1%). Below this entry. $40,000–$50,000: 1,360 US districts (13%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). Below this entry. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). This entry sits in this band. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Above this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Above this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). Above this entry. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). Above this entry. $110,000–$120,000: 249 US districts (2%). Above this entry. $120,000–$130,000: 156 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $130,000–$140,000: 112 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $140,000–$150,000: 57 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $150,000–$160,000: 25 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $160,000–$170,000: 13 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $170,000–$180,000: 10 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $180,000–$190,000: 0 US districts (0%). Above this entry. Ponca Public Schools $30,000 $190,000 every reliable-salary US district, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023

Ponca Public in Nebraska's lower-third pay band

Same 200 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Ponca Public Schools ranks #121 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #111 of 200 by per-pupil spending. Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs pay #1 at $90,446 is not Laurel-concord-coleridge School spending #1 at $62,234 per pupil

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Ponca Public Schools is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Laurel-concord-coleridge School leads spending at $62,234 per pupil; Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs leads pay.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

What stands out about Ponca Public Schools

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +14.6% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Nebraska's statewide +9.1% by 5.5 points, a growth rate faster than 70% of the 221 Nebraska districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment fell from 466 to 442 students (5.2% down) across FY2019–FY2023 while the instructional salary pool per teacher went up. Districts on that path are usually holding staffing steady against a falling roll, which lifts the per-teacher figure without anyone getting a raise, so read this page's salary estimate alongside the enrolment line rather than on its own.
  • It is a very small district (442 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$61,311.642

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Nebraska price level
90.3 / 100

BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.

National-price equivalent
$67,907

+11% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Nebraska run below the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. A district in a costlier state can advertise a larger nominal salary and still leave a teacher with less.

Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how Nebraska compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.

How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Ponca Public Schools

What the Numbers Say About Ponca Public Schools

Ponca Public Schools is a small school district in Nebraska, serving 442 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $18,948. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $61,312, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3175770 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Nebraska statewide average of $63,159, teacher pay in Ponca Public Schools runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 2.9% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (12.7% differential). Among enrolling districts in Nebraska, it pays more than 40% of them. Nebraska itself ranks #31 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Ponca Public Schools reports $8.4M in total expenditure against $8.5M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 34% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $2.0M, special-education teacher pay is $0.3M.

How does Ponca Public Schools compare?

Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Nebraska average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.

Ponca Public Schools $61,312
Omaha Public Schools $74,787
Nebraska avg $63,159
National avg $70,245

Ponca Public Schools pays -18.0% less than Omaha Public Schools · per-pupil $18,948 vs $18,493

Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.

Data-derived comparison paths

Find comparable Nebraska districts

On pay, Ponca Public Schools sits closest to Johnson Co Central Public Schs; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Randolph Public Schools. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.

Closest on estimated pay
  1. Johnson Co Central Public Schs
  2. Broken Bow Public Schools
  3. Fairbury Public Schools
  4. Harvard Public Schools
  5. Heartland Community Schools
  6. Newman Grove Public Schools
  7. Wakefield Public Schools
  8. Hershey Public Schools
  9. Northwest Public Schools
  10. Battle Creek Public Schools
  11. Walthill Public Schools
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Randolph Public Schools
  2. Crofton Community Schools
  3. Bancroft-rosalie Comm Schools
  4. Southern School District 1
  5. Arapahoe Public Schools
  6. Pender Public Schools
  7. Humphrey Public Schools
  8. Plainview Public Schools
  9. Gordon-rushville Public Schs
  10. Wahoo Public Schools
  11. Shelby - Rising City Public Schools

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Ponca Public Schools's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Ponca Public Schools: closest on enrollment (442 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($61,312 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.

Similar enrollment

Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.

Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.

Revenue & Expenditure

$8.5M
Total Revenue
$8.4M
Total Expenditure
$2.8M
Instruction Salaries
34% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$2.0M
Regular Program
$0.3M
Special Education
$0.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Ponca Public Schools: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 85% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 15% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Nebraska Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Nebraska districts belongs to Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs at $90,446. Placed 73 of 91, Ponca Public Schools is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. Kansas and Kentucky are the states closest to Nebraska on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

View all Nebraska districts →

Other Nebraska Districts

Smaller-district sample from 199 Nebraska peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Tri County Public Schools
$62,458
430 students
Homer Community Schools
$69,920
428 students
West Holt Public Schools
$63,684
459 students
Sutton Public Schools
$56,670
420 students
Perkins County Schools
$65,634
419 students
Oakland Craig Public Schools
$63,823
416 students

This is a sample of 6 from 199 Nebraska districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ponca Public Schools
What is the average teacher salary in Ponca Public Schools?

The average teacher salary in Ponca Public Schools is $61,312 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).

How does Ponca Public Schools teacher pay compare to the Nebraska average?

Ponca Public Schools pays 2.9% less than the Nebraska state average of $63,159. The district's average is $61,312.

How does Ponca Public Schools teacher pay compare to the national average?

Ponca Public Schools pays 12.7% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $61,312.

What is the per-pupil spending in Ponca Public Schools?

Ponca Public Schools spends approximately $18,948 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Ponca Public Schools's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 34% of Ponca Public Schools's total expenditure of $8.4M (NCES FY2023).

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According to the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey, PlainTeacher's figures are computed directly, no number is typed in by an editor. Ponca Public Schools's salary and finance figures are computed directly from its FY2023 F-33 submission, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of FY2023.