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Lincoln Public Schools
A public school district in Lincoln, Nebraska, with 78 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 42,301
- Students enrolled
- 3,035.7
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 6,183.3
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $13,573
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 42,301 in 2024–25
- Ranks 125th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 2nd of 252 in Nebraska. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $13,573 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 31% 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
Lincoln Public Schools spent $14,781 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,571 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.
Source: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $14,781 | $615.7 million | 41,654 |
| FY2023 | $13,573 | $568.0 million | 41,850 |
| FY2022 | $12,831 | $535.7 million | 41,747 |
| FY2021 | $12,404 | $516.9 million | 41,674 |
| FY2020 | $12,038 | $508.7 million | 42,258 |
| FY2019 | $11,764 | $494.3 million | 42,020 |
| FY2018 | $11,367 | $474.4 million | 41,737 |
| FY2017 | $11,375 | $456.2 million | 40,109 |
| FY2016 | $10,863 | $432.8 million | 39,842 |
| FY2015 | $10,548 | $411.7 million | 39,034 |
| FY2014 | $10,276 | $389.3 million | 37,879 |
| FY2013 | $10,190 | $376.5 million | 36,943 |
| FY2012 | $10,030 | $366.4 million | 36,528 |
| FY2011 | $9,739 | $349.6 million | 35,896 |
| FY2010 | $9,827 | $343.1 million | 34,915 |
| FY2009 | $8,957 | $305.1 million | 34,061 |
| FY2008 | $8,717 | $291.7 million | 33,466 |
| FY2007 | $8,317 | $273.9 million | 32,934 |
| FY2006 | $7,961 | $258.8 million | 32,505 |
| FY2005 | $7,571 | $244.3 million | 32,270 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $63.5 million | 10.0% |
| State | $184.6 million | 29.0% |
| Local | $388.0 million | 61.0% |
| Total | $636.1 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
78 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- LINCOLN 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
- 3172840
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 October 21, 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 2024
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 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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