Public schools in Nebraska

1,097 public schools and 273 school districts in Nebraska: students, class sizes, charter schools and spending per student, by district.

Public schools

Nebraska has 1,097 public schools with 330,483 students and 13.9 students per teacher (US: 15.2).

247 schools serve free meals to every student.

Elementary schools: 534
Middle schools: 149
High schools: 322
Students per teacher: 13.9; US: 15.2

School districts

Districts with schools here, by students here.

District	Schools	Students	Spending / student
Omaha Public Schools	112	52,524	$17,744
Lincoln Public Schools	78	42,301	$14,781
Millard Public Schools	36	23,253	$12,459
Papillion la Vista Community Schools	22	12,069	$12,796
Elkhorn Public Schools	20	11,653	$12,135
Grand Island Public Schools	23	9,983	$14,130
Bellevue Public Schools	21	9,502	$14,026
Gretna Public Schools	12	7,013	$13,044
Westside Community Schools	14	6,330	$16,071
Kearney Public Schools	15	6,066	$13,037
Fremont Public Schools	14	5,283	$13,093
Norfolk Public Schools	12	4,543	$13,936

Largest schools

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Grand Island Senior High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	2,696	17.8	Grand Island
Central High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	2,587	20.7	Omaha
Millard North High School	9–12	2,572	17.3	Omaha

All 1,097 schools

Sources

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).

Largest school districts

All 273 districts

District	Schools	Students	Spending / student
Omaha Public Schools	112	52,524	$17,744
Lincoln Public Schools	78	42,301	$14,781
Millard Public Schools	36	23,253	$12,459
Papillion la Vista Community Schools	22	12,069	$12,796
Elkhorn Public Schools	20	11,653	$12,135
Grand Island Public Schools	23	9,983	$14,130
Bellevue Public Schools	21	9,502	$14,026
Gretna Public Schools	12	7,013	$13,044
Westside Community Schools	14	6,330	$16,071
Kearney Public Schools	15	6,066	$13,037
Fremont Public Schools	14	5,283	$13,093
Norfolk Public Schools	12	4,543	$13,936
Bennington Public Schools	8	4,381	$11,942
Columbus Public Schools	9	4,171	$13,742
So Sioux City Community Schs	8	3,871	$15,387
Hastings Public Schools	8	3,789	$13,763
North Platte Public Schools	11	3,730	$14,440
Ralston Public Schools	8	3,491	$13,840
Scottsbluff Public Schools	8	3,420	$14,843
Lexington Public Schools	8	3,242	$14,619
Norris School Dist 160	4	2,343	$12,514
Crete Public Schools	6	2,275	$14,695
Blair Community Schools	5	2,184	$12,534
Waverly School District 145	5	2,110	$14,157
Beatrice Public Schools	4	2,102	$13,380
Schuyler Community Schools	6	1,977	$13,942
Gering Public Schools	6	1,976	$12,443
York Public Schools	4	1,598	$13,247
Seward Public Schools	3	1,485	$14,245
Plattsmouth Community Schools	4	1,479	$15,040
Northwest Public Schools	5	1,445	$15,051
Nebraska City Public Schools	4	1,413	$13,240
Mc Cook Public Schools	5	1,345	$14,841
Alliance Public Schools	5	1,310	$13,767
Aurora Public Schools	4	1,230	$16,187
Springfield Platteview Community Schools	4	1,230	$16,449
Ashland-Greenwood Public Schs	4	1,149	$14,099
Douglas Co West Community Schs	4	1,096	$15,099
Wahoo Public Schools	4	1,088	$15,809
Adams Central Public Schools	3	1,056	$16,223
Lakeview Community Schools	4	1,037	$14,476
Auburn Public Schools	4	1,019	$14,204
Wayne Community Schools	4	1,016	$13,472
Holdrege Public Schools	4	1,006	$16,515
Sidney Public Schools	5	980	$14,295
Cozad Community Schools	4	965	$15,306
Fairbury Public Schools	3	906	$16,997
Falls City Public Schools	4	899	$17,061
Broken Bow Public Schools	5	892	$13,545
Chadron Public Schools	4	870	$15,651
Fort Calhoun Community Schs	2	842	$13,979
Milford Public Schools	2	809	$14,902
O'neill Public Schools	2	809	$17,176
Minden Public Schools	3	794	$17,223
Central City Public Schools	3	793	$17,023
Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools	3	791	$14,519
Gothenburg Public Schools	2	769	$17,503
Ogallala Public Schools	3	766	$17,157
West Point Public Schools	3	740	$17,504
Palmyra District O R 1	3	724	$12,831