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Nebraska school systems.

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267school systems
1,070operating schools connected
328,649students in finance records
259complete 2019–2024 finance trends
0governance layers connected
What changed from 2019 to 2024?

Nebraska school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 259 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$18,103Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+0.1%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+22.8%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change+0.8%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems259 systems in every year
201920202021202220232024328,724323,629
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$15,596$14,778

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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Yutan Public Schools

YUTAN, NE

Students
500
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,244

-8.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +9.4% enrollment

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Centennial Public Schools

UTICA, NE

Students
497
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$20,398

-6.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +8.0% enrollment

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Freeman Public Schools

ADAMS, NE

Students
490
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,086

-9.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.9% enrollment

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Wood River Rural Schools

WOOD RIVER, NE

Students
490
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$20,298

+6.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.0% enrollment

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Centura Public Schools

CAIRO, NE

Students
485
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$16,889

-4.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.0% enrollment

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Cedar Bluffs Public Schools

CEDAR BLUFFS, NE

Students
469
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$18,290

+14.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +9.6% enrollment

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Elkhorn Valley Schools

TILDEN, NE

Students
467
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,919

-7.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +15.0% enrollment

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Doniphan-Trumbull Public Schs

DONIPHAN, NE

Students
454
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$19,912

+12.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.0% enrollment

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Wisner-Pilger Public Schools

WISNER, NE

Students
453
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$19,179

-4.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.6% enrollment

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Homer Community Schools

HOMER, NE

Students
444
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,047

-15.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +13.8% enrollment

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Ponca Public Schools

PONCA, NE

Students
441
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$16,950

+3.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.4% enrollment

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Summerland Public Schools

EWING, NE

Students
438
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$18,009
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West Holt Public Schools

ATKINSON, NE

Students
432
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$18,641

-2.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.4% enrollment

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Thayer Central Community Schs

HEBRON, NE

Students
428
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$18,869

+4.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.9% enrollment

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Pender Public Schools

PENDER, NE

Students
423
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,293

-4.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +8.5% enrollment

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Tri County Public Schools

DEWITT, NE

Students
420
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,669

-11.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.4% enrollment

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Superior Public Schools

SUPERIOR, NE

Students
418
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$18,364

-2.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.8% enrollment

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Perkins County Schools

GRANT, NE

Students
415
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$19,424

-1.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.2% enrollment

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Shelby - Rising City Public Schools

SHELBY, NE

Students
408
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$17,978

-4.0% spending / pupil after inflation · 0.0% enrollment

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Oakland Craig Public Schools

OAKLAND, NE

Students
405
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,074

+4.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.9% enrollment

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Twin River Public Schools

GENOA, NE

Students
402
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$21,836

+3.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.0% enrollment

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Ravenna Public Schools

RAVENNA, NE

Students
401
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$19,337

+13.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.1% enrollment

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Southern Valley Schools

OXFORD, NE

Students
397
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$21,960

-1.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.8% enrollment

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Laurel-Concord-Coleridge School

LAUREL, NE

Students
396
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$26,025

+29.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.2% enrollment

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Sutton Public Schools

SUTTON, NE

Students
396
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,606

+3.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.4% enrollment

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Stanton Community Schools

STANTON, NE

Students
395
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$18,577

-3.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.1% enrollment

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Kimball Public Schools

KIMBALL, NE

Students
391
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$18,716

-11.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.1% enrollment

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Ainsworth Community Schools

AINSWORTH, NE

Students
389
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$21,275

-0.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.3% enrollment

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Hemingford Public Schools

HEMINGFORD, NE

Students
388
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$19,930

+6.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.6% enrollment

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Alma Public Schools

ALMA, NE

Students
382
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,940

-0.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +8.2% enrollment

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.