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Sidney Public Schools

Sidney, Nebraska · Public school district · #38 of 45 Nebraska districts by enrollment

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1,119

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,430

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Nebraska median

13.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Nebraska median 14.5

Sidney Public Schools is a public school district based in Sidney, Nebraska, serving 1,119 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #38 of the 45 Nebraska districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 16% of them. Its schools average 224 students each, fewer than the Nebraska median of 400. It spends about $12,430 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.5 students per teacher.

How Sidney compares

SidneyNebraska median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,430

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

Instruction spending per student$7,500

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

Students per school224

Nebraska median 400 · 44% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.5

Nebraska median 14.5 · 7% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor186

Nebraska median 402 · 54% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$18.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 38%Local 53%

Measure	Sidney	Nebraska median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,430	$12,277	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,500	$7,814	FY2020-21
Total spending	$17.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$18.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	83	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	188	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.5	14.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	186	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
Ashland-Greenwood Public SchsAshland	1,149	4	$11,803	13.7	#37
Sidney Public SchoolsSidney · this district	1,119	5	$12,430	13.5	#38
Douglas Co West Community SchsValley	1,096	4	$13,565	12.3	#39
Wahoo Public SchoolsWahoo	1,088	4	$12,391	13.8	#40
Adams Central Public SchoolsHastings	1,056	3	$14,758	13.9	#41

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Cass Lake-Bena Public SchoolsCass Lake, MN	1,119	$19,548	10.7
Hollis-Brookline Cooperative School DistrictHollis, NH	1,119	$17,772	11.5
Evergreen LocalMetamora, OH	1,119	$14,217	15.1
Keene ISDKeene, TX	1,119	$10,929	13.8

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-sidney-public-schools