Nebraska · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Nebraska The 50 Nebraska districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
$31,462 Top per-pupil spend
$15,709 Avg across top 50
50 Districts listed The spending picture in one line
Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs spends $31,462 per student, the most of any Nebraska district listed, against an average of $15,709 across the top 50.
$31,462 top spend (Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs)
$13,472 lowest on this list
2.3× spread across the listed districts
631 students in the top district # District Enrollment Schools Per-Pupil $ 1 Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs Macy 631 3 $31,462 2 Winnebago Public Schools District 17 Winnebago 629 2 $25,135 3 South Central Nebraska Unified 5 Fairfield 714 8 $19,203 4 Bridgeport Public Schools Bridgeport 506 2 $18,358 5 Wood River Rural Schools Wood River 510 3 $18,291 6 David City Public Schools David City 676 3 $18,133 7 Gordon-Rushville Public Schs Gordon 550 4 $18,069 8 Valentine Community Schools Valentine 623 5 $17,563 9 O'neill Public Schools O'neill 829 2 $16,771 10 West Point Public Schools West Point 728 3 $16,611 11 Boone Central Schools Albion 649 3 $16,385 12 Falls City Public Schools Falls City 880 4 $16,322 13 Central City Public Schools Central City 767 3 $15,959 14 North Bend Central Public Schs North Bend 586 3 $15,858 15 Springfield Platteview Community Schools Springfield 1,203 4 $15,828 16 Madison Public Schools Madison 543 4 $15,723 17 Aurora Public Schools Aurora 1,226 4 $15,609 18 Ord Public Schools Ord 562 2 $15,596 19 Fairbury Public Schools Fairbury 909 3 $15,286 20 Conestoga Public Schools Murray 709 2 $15,215 21 Adams Central Public Schools Hastings 1,004 3 $15,161 22 Fillmore Central Public Schs Geneva 609 3 $15,152 23 Ogallala Public Schools Ogallala 845 2 $15,133 24 Logan View Public Schools Hooper 590 2 $15,107 25 Holdrege Public Schools Holdrege 1,014 4 $15,069 26 Westside Community Schools Omaha 6,271 14 $15,034 27 Gothenburg Public Schools Gothenburg 847 3 $14,759 28 Crete Public Schools Crete 2,230 6 $14,753 29 Hershey Public Schools Hershey 557 2 $14,669 30 Raymond Central Public Schools Raymond 742 5 $14,534 31 Tekamah-Herman Community Schs Tekamah 527 2 $14,474 32 Minden Public Schools Minden 820 3 $14,449 33 Chase County Schools Imperial 625 2 $14,404 34 Wakefield Public Schools Wakefield 567 2 $14,271 35 Chadron Public Schools Chadron 941 4 $14,267 36 Omaha Public Schools Omaha 51,754 111 $14,202 37 Plattsmouth Community Schools Plattsmouth 1,504 4 $14,180 38 Gibbon Public Schools Gibbon 554 2 $13,965 39 Lexington Public Schools Lexington 3,221 8 $13,927 40 So Sioux City Community Schs So Sioux City 3,783 8 $13,919 41 Lakeview Community Schools Columbus 952 4 $13,841 42 Mc Cook Public Schools Mc Cook 1,376 5 $13,777 43 Cozad Community Schools Cozad 949 4 $13,750 44 Arlington Public Schools Arlington 691 2 $13,693 45 Northwest Public Schools Grand Island 1,465 5 $13,686 46 Alliance Public Schools Alliance 1,345 5 $13,683 47 Battle Creek Public Schools Battle Creek 566 2 $13,600 48 St Paul Public Schools St. Paul 705 2 $13,597 49 Malcolm Public Schools Malcolm 644 2 $13,548 50 Mitchell Public Schools Mitchell 620 3 $13,472
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Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with
500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures
include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
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