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Grand Island Public Schools

Grand Island, Nebraska · Public school district · #6 of 45 Nebraska districts by enrollment

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9,983

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,446

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Nebraska median

15.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Nebraska median 14.5

Grand Island Public Schools is a public school district based in Grand Island, Nebraska, serving 9,983 students in 23 schools. By enrollment it ranks #6 of the 45 Nebraska districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 89% of them. Its schools average 434 students each, about the same as the Nebraska median of 400. It spends about $12,446 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.5 students per teacher.

How Grand Island compares

Grand IslandNebraska median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,446

Nebraska median $12,277 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,584

Nebraska median $7,814 · 10% above · FY2020-21

Students per school434

Nebraska median 400 · 8% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.5

Nebraska median 14.5 · 7% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor416

Nebraska median 402 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$134.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 53%Local 38%

Measure	Grand Island	Nebraska median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,446	$12,277	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,584	$7,814	FY2020-21
Total spending	$133.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$134.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	644	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,378	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.5	14.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	416	402	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Nebraska median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Nebraska

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Papillion La Vista Community SchoolsPapillion	12,069	22	$11,110	14.7	#4
Elkhorn Public SchoolsElkhorn	11,653	20	$10,473	14.5	#5
Grand Island Public SchoolsGrand Island · this district	9,983	23	$12,446	15.5	#6
Bellevue Public SchoolsBellevue	9,502	21	$12,543	14.7	#7
Gretna Public SchoolsGretna	7,013	12	$10,505	15.2	#8

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Freehold Regional High School DistrictEnglishtown, NJ	10,005	$18,409	15.0
Parkland School DistrictAllentown, PA	9,996	$16,404	14.7
Oconee 01Walhalla, SC	9,978	$13,257	12.8
Tipton CountyCovington, TN	9,975	$8,976	n/a

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ne-grand-island-public-schools