School systems & governing boards · NE

Nebraska school systems.

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267school systems

1,070operating schools connected

328,649students in finance records

259complete 2019–2024 finance trends

0governance layers connected

What changed from 2019 to 2024?

Nebraska school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 259 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$18,103Median of complete system records

Median change after inflation+0.1%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars

Median nominal change+22.8%Before the CPI-U adjustment

Aggregate enrollment change+0.8%Same complete systems in every year

Enrollment in consistently reporting systems259 systems in every year

Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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267 systems

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Loup County Public Schools

TAYLOR, NE

Students: 89
Schools: 2
Spending / pupil: $32,213

-23.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +27.1% enrollment

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Sioux County Public Schools

HARRISON, NE

Students: 88
Schools: 4
Spending / pupil: $38,523

+6.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.0% enrollment

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Sandhills Public Schools

DUNNING, NE

Students: 84
Schools: 2
Spending / pupil: $38,952

+9.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.7% enrollment

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Mc Pherson County Schools

TRYON, NE

Students: 52
Schools: 2
Spending / pupil: $45,462

+22.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -20.0% enrollment

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Educational Service Unit 01

WAKEFIELD, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 1
Spending / pupil: $0

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Educational Service Unit 10

KEARNEY, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 0
Spending / pupil: $0

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Educational Service Unit 11

HOLDREGE, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 0
Spending / pupil: $0

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Educational Service Unit 13

SCOTTSBLUFF, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 8
Spending / pupil: $0

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Educational Service Unit 15

TRENTON, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 1
Spending / pupil: $0

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Educational Service Unit 16

OGALLALA, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 0
Spending / pupil: $0

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Educational Service Unit 17

AINSWORTH, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 0
Spending / pupil: $0

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Educational Service Unit 18

LINCOLN, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 0
Spending / pupil: $0

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Educational Service Unit 19

OMAHA, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 0
Spending / pupil: $0

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Educational Service Unit 02

FREMONT, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 1
Spending / pupil: $0

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Educational Service Unit 03

LAVISTA, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 9
Spending / pupil: $0

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Educational Service Unit 04

AUBURN, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 2
Spending / pupil: $0

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Educational Service Unit 05

BEATRICE, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 1
Spending / pupil: $0

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Educational Service Unit 06

MILFORD, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 0
Spending / pupil: $0

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Educational Service Unit 07

COLUMBUS, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 3
Spending / pupil: $0

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Educational Service Unit 08

NELIGH, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 2
Spending / pupil: $0

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Educational Service Unit 09

HASTINGS, NE

Students: 0
Schools: 2
Spending / pupil: $0

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Central Community College Area

GRAND ISLAND, NE

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Metropolitan Community College Area

OMAHA, NE

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Mid-Plains Community College Area

NORTH PLATTE, NE

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Northeast Community College Area

NORFOLK, NE

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Southeast Community College Area

LINCOLN, NE

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Western Nebraska Community College Area

SCOTTSBLUFF, NE

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.