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Lakeview Community Schools

Columbus, Nebraska · Public school district · #42 of 45 Nebraska districts by enrollment

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1,037

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,862

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Nebraska median

14.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Nebraska median 14.5

Lakeview Community Schools is a public school district based in Columbus, Nebraska, serving 1,037 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #42 of the 45 Nebraska districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 7% of them. Its schools average 259 students each, fewer than the Nebraska median of 400. It spends about $12,862 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.4 students per teacher.

How Lakeview Community compares

Lakeview CommunityNebraska median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,862

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

Instruction spending per student$8,300

Nebraska median $7,814 · 6% above · FY2020-21

Students per school259

Nebraska median 400 · 35% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.4

Nebraska median 14.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor518

Nebraska median 402 · 29% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$14.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 15%Local 78%

Measure	Lakeview Community	Nebraska median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,862	$12,277	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,300	$7,814	FY2020-21
Total spending	$20.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$14.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	72	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	144	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.4	14.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	518	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
Adams Central Public SchoolsHastings	1,056	3	$14,758	13.9	#41
Lakeview Community SchoolsColumbus · this district	1,037	4	$12,862	14.4	#42
Auburn Public SchoolsAuburn	1,019	4	$11,852	15.0	#43
Wayne Community SchoolsWayne	1,016	4	$12,020	15.6	#44
Holdrege Public SchoolsHoldrege	1,006	4	$13,711	11.8	#45

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
AmherstAmherst, MA	1,038	$29,468	9.4
River Vale Public School DistrictRiver Vale, NJ	1,038	$24,124	10.5
Little Falls City School DistrictLittle Falls, NY	1,038	$21,319	10.7
Millwood Public SchoolsOklahoma City, OK	1,038	$10,930	17.6

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-lakeview-community-schools