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Lincoln Public Schools

Lincoln, Nebraska · Public school district · #2 of 45 Nebraska districts by enrollment

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42,301

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,404

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Nebraska median

13.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Nebraska median 14.5

Lincoln Public Schools is a public school district based in Lincoln, Nebraska, serving 42,301 students in 78 schools. By enrollment it ranks #2 of the 45 Nebraska districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 98% of them. Its schools average 542 students each, more than the Nebraska median of 400. It spends about $12,404 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.9 students per teacher.

How Lincoln compares

LincolnNebraska median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,404

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

Instruction spending per student$8,035

Nebraska median $7,814 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school542

Nebraska median 400 · 36% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.9

Nebraska median 14.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor333

Nebraska median 402 · 17% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$563.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 32%Local 58%

Measure	Lincoln	Nebraska median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,404	$12,277	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,035	$7,814	FY2020-21
Total spending	$747.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$563.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	3,035	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	6,183	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.9	14.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	333	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
Omaha Public SchoolsOmaha	52,524	112	$14,665	16.7	#1
Lincoln Public SchoolsLincoln · this district	42,301	78	$12,404	13.9	#2
Millard Public SchoolsOmaha	23,253	36	$10,400	15.3	#3
Papillion La Vista Community SchoolsPapillion	12,069	22	$11,110	14.7	#4
Elkhorn Public SchoolsElkhorn	11,653	20	$10,473	14.5	#5

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Leander ISDLeander, TX	42,608	$10,015	13.7
Anchorage School DistrictAnchorage, AK	42,573	$16,972	19.3
Fayette CountyLexington, KY	42,138	$14,051	13.8
Cherokee CountyCanton, GA	42,031	$11,358	14.4

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.

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