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Hershey Public Schools

A public school district in Hershey, Nebraska, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

539
Students enrolled
40.8
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
80.6
All staff, full-time equivalent
$14,962
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 539 in 2024–25
Ranks 10,599th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 84th of 252 in Nebraska. Larger than 40% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $14,962 in fiscal year 2023
More than 44% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Hershey Public Schools spent $14,962 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,157 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Hershey Public Schools spent $14,962 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,157 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$14,962$8.3 million557
FY2022$14,669$7.7 million526
FY2021$14,294$7.4 million520
FY2020$13,457$6.9 million516
FY2019$13,174$6.9 million523
FY2018$12,459$6.9 million556
FY2017$12,476$6.8 million544
FY2016$12,099$6.4 million527
FY2015$11,827$6.1 million519
FY2014$10,363$6.0 million575
FY2013$10,449$5.8 million552
FY2012$10,514$5.5 million525
FY2011$10,148$5.3 million519
FY2010$10,230$5.2 million513
FY2009$10,314$5.2 million500
FY2008$9,622$4.9 million505
FY2007$8,919$4.6 million517
FY2006$8,585$4.1 million479
FY2005$8,157$3.7 million459

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Hershey Public Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$446.0 thousand4.1%
State$2.8 million25.6%
Local$7.6 million70.3%
Total$10.8 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

2 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Hershey Public Schools
SchoolStudents
Hershey Elementary School300
Hershey High School239

The district’s entry

Name as NCES lists it
HERSHEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not applicable
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
3171820

Elsewhere

Sources

Data retrieved