The study below compares the so-called Greater Nebraska School Association (GNSA) to some of the smaller districts in the state on an index composed of the membership they claim versus actual student attendance. Very clearly the smaller schools are far more efficient and effective in terms of students actually being there to learn and absorb teaching. An earlier study shows drop-out rates, and in that study large schools in Nebraska are no where near as efficient or effective as the small schools in the state.

There are approximately 28 of the biggest Nebraska schools in the GNSA, and their "vapor" rate of missing students appears to cost taxpayers as much as $48 million each year. By comparison, the nearly 70 school districts that comprise class D2, the smallest high school districts, show a "vapor" cost of only $208, 400. Read that again, the smallest schools do far better in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. We are not talking about someone's opinion or political power, we are talking about hard, cold, objective, measurable fact.