Palmer Public Schools
A public school district in Palmer, Nebraska, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 313
- Students enrolled
- 25.2
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 52.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $15,096
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 313 in 2024–25
- Ranks 13,206th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 142nd of 252 in Nebraska. Larger than 25% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $15,096 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 45% 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
Palmer Public Schools spent $15,096 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,165 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 | $15,096 | $4.9 million | 322 |
| FY2022 | $15,015 | $4.8 million | 323 |
| FY2021 | $14,050 | $4.5 million | 320 |
| FY2020 | $13,601 | $4.4 million | 326 |
| FY2019 | $14,009 | $4.5 million | 321 |
| FY2018 | $14,058 | $4.4 million | 312 |
| FY2017 | $14,171 | $4.1 million | 286 |
| FY2016 | $12,770 | $3.7 million | 291 |
| FY2015 | $11,993 | $3.4 million | 287 |
| FY2014 | $12,232 | $3.3 million | 267 |
| FY2013 | $12,110 | $3.1 million | 255 |
| FY2012 | $11,919 | $3.1 million | 260 |
| FY2011 | $11,092 | $2.9 million | 260 |
| FY2010 | $10,163 | $2.7 million | 264 |
| FY2009 | $9,818 | $2.5 million | 253 |
| FY2008 | $9,190 | $2.2 million | 237 |
| FY2007 | $7,953 | $1.9 million | 234 |
| FY2006 | $8,201 | $1.8 million | 219 |
| FY2005 | $8,165 | $1.9 million | 236 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $463.0 thousand | 8.3% |
| State | $1.9 million | 35.0% |
| Local | $3.1 million | 56.6% |
| Total | $5.6 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
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Palmer Elementary School | 184 |
| Palmer Junior-Senior High | 129 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- PALMER 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
- 3100089
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