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Nebraska City Public Schools

Nebraska City, Nebraska · Public school district · #32 of 45 Nebraska districts by enrollment

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1,413

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,687

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Nebraska median

14.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Nebraska median 14.5

Nebraska City Public Schools is a public school district based in Nebraska City, Nebraska, serving 1,413 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #32 of the 45 Nebraska districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 30% of them. Its schools average 353 students each, fewer than the Nebraska median of 400. It spends about $12,687 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.3 students per teacher.

How Nebraska City compares

Nebraska CityNebraska median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,687

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

Instruction spending per student$8,562

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

Students per school353

Nebraska median 400 · 12% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.3

Nebraska median 14.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor471

Nebraska median 402 · 17% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$21.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 31%Local 59%

Measure	Nebraska City	Nebraska median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,687	$12,277	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,562	$7,814	FY2020-21
Total spending	$18.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$21.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	99	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	185	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.3	14.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	471	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
Seward Public SchoolsSeward	1,485	3	$12,123	14.0	#29
Plattsmouth Community SchoolsPlattsmouth	1,479	4	$14,519	14.2	#30
Northwest Public SchoolsGrand Island	1,445	5	$13,218	15.1	#31
Nebraska City Public SchoolsNebraska City · this district	1,413	4	$12,687	14.3	#32
Mc Cook Public SchoolsMc Cook	1,345	5	$13,221	14.0	#33

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Northwestern Con School CorporationFairland, IN	1,414	$8,951	15.7
Conway School DistrictConway, NH	1,413	$20,379	11.0
Blackford County SchoolsHartford City, IN	1,412	$10,806	15.3
Metcalfe CountyEdmonton, KY	1,412	$11,526	15.3

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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