Kearney Public Schools
A public school district in Kearney, Nebraska, with 15 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 6,066
- Students enrolled
- 390.8
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 823.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,473
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 6,066 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,551st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 10th of 252 in Nebraska. Larger than 91% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $11,473 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 12% 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
Kearney Public Schools spent $11,473 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,820 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
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $11,473 | $70.6 million | 6,152 |
| FY2022 | $11,003 | $68.0 million | 6,177 |
| FY2021 | $10,252 | $62.1 million | 6,055 |
| FY2020 | $9,624 | $58.9 million | 6,121 |
| FY2019 | $9,972 | $58.9 million | 5,905 |
| FY2018 | $10,040 | $58.4 million | 5,815 |
| FY2017 | $10,422 | $58.4 million | 5,604 |
| FY2016 | $10,011 | $55.0 million | 5,498 |
| FY2015 | $9,965 | $53.6 million | 5,374 |
| FY2014 | $9,719 | $52.0 million | 5,354 |
| FY2013 | $9,617 | $50.9 million | 5,297 |
| FY2012 | $9,564 | $50.6 million | 5,287 |
| FY2011 | $9,318 | $48.6 million | 5,218 |
| FY2010 | $9,107 | $47.3 million | 5,199 |
| FY2009 | $8,545 | $43.4 million | 5,084 |
| FY2008 | $8,110 | $40.9 million | 5,040 |
| FY2007 | $7,813 | $39.0 million | 4,996 |
| FY2006 | $7,390 | $34.7 million | 4,693 |
| FY2005 | $6,820 | $32.2 million | 4,717 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $7.2 million | 8.4% |
| State | $20.2 million | 23.5% |
| Local | $58.6 million | 68.1% |
| Total | $86.0 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
15 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Bryant Elementary School | 248 |
| Buffalo Hills Elementary | 272 |
| Central Elementary School | 284 |
| Emerson Elementary School | 235 |
| Glenwood Elementary School | 118 |
| Hanny Arram Center | 2 |
| Horizon Middle School | 648 |
| Kearney Education Center | 332 |
| Kearney High School | 1,663 |
| Kenwood Elementary School | 398 |
| Meadowlark Elementary School | 417 |
| Northeast Elementary School | 397 |
| Park Elementary School | 257 |
| Sunrise Middle School | 536 |
| Windy Hills Elementary School | 259 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- KEARNEY 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
- 3172390
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Nebraska — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Nebraska — A to Z, each with its page.
- Nebraska on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved