The following is a list of school districts in Nebraska:

School districts in Nebraska are independent governments. No public school systems in Nebraska are dependent on other layers of government.

Nebraska school district classification

Nebraska public school districts are divided into four classes:

  • Class 3 (district has 1 to 499,999 inhabitants)
  • Class 4 (district has more than 100,000 inhabitants in primary cities; Lincoln Public Schools is the only district in this class)
  • Class 5 (district has more than 200,000 inhabitants in metropolitan cities; Omaha Public Schools is the only district in this class)

Three additional classes of Nebraska school districts, Class 1 (grades K-8; affiliated with one or more Class 2-5 districts and/or joined with a Class 6 district for tax purposes) and Class 6 (grades 6–12; was joined with one or more Class 1 districts) were dissolved on June 15, 2006, and Class 2 (district has 1,000 or fewer inhabitants) was dissolved in 2018.

All unlabeled districts on this list are class 3; others will be specified.

History

The highest number of school districts the state ever had was over 7,000. In 1921 the state legislature passed a law that caused the first wave of school district consolidation. Increased highway transportation and a desire for a strong education in all parts of the state prompted more consolidations. After the law passed 5% of the area school districts closed or merged up to World War II. 6,604 school districts remained in the 1950-1951 school year.

Post-World War II de-ruralization meant that school district populations declined further, with a large number consolidated in the 1950s and 1960s.

  • Gordon-Rushville Public Schools

1991

  • Ash Creek Public School
  • Centennial Public School (#93-0073-000)
  • College Hill Public School
  • District 2 Keith County
  • District 5 Wayne County
  • District 14 Holt County
  • District 15 Thurston County
  • District 18 Dawson County
  • District 22 Box Butte County
  • District 27 Keith County
  • District 34 Cuming County
  • District 36 Stanton County
  • District 49 Platte County
  • Edison Public School
  • Fairview Public School
  • Gilchrist Public School
  • Hillside Public School
  • Inez Valley Public School
  • Mascot Public School
  • Memphis Public School
  • New England Valley School
  • Northwest Cherry Public School
  • Palisade Public Schools
  • Paramount Public School
  • Pick Public School
  • Pleasant Ridge Public School
  • Pleasant Valley Public School
  • Riverside Public School
  • Sunnyside Public School
  • Taylor Public School
  • Two Rivers Public School
  • Wauneta Public School
  • West Olive Public School
  • Willis Public School
  • Willow Creek Public School

1992

  • District 16 Box Butte County
  • Happy Dale Public School
  • Prairie Bell School

1993

  • District 40 Box Butte County
  • Log Pine Public School

1994

  • District 1 Box Butte County

1997

  • Willowdale Public School

1998

  • District 65 Box Butte County
  • District 74 Boone County
  • Pleasant Valley Public School
  • Wilson Public School

1999

  • District 49 Boone County
  • Triangle Public School

2000

  • Petersburg Public Schools

2001

  • Beaver Valley Public School

2002

  • Johnstown Public School
  • Leader Public School

2003

  • Hanover Public School
  • Plum Center Public School

2004

  • Dawson-Verdon Public Schools
  • Unified Niobrara-Lynch

2005

  • Center Valley Public School
  • Rising Star Public School

2006

  • Abie Public School
  • Arthur Elementary School
  • Ayr Public School
  • Brownlee Public School
  • Buffalo Flats Public School
  • Center Public School
  • Crookston Public School
  • District 15 Adams County
  • District 39 Box Butte County
  • District 42 Box Butte County
  • District 44 Box Butte County
  • District 45 Cherry County
  • District 65 Buffalo County
  • District 83 Cherry County
  • Eastpoint Public School
  • Elm Creek Public School
  • Elsmere Public School
  • Evergreen Public School
  • Garfield Public School
  • Irwin Public School
  • Highland Grove Public Schools
  • Holstein Public School
  • Juniata Elementary School
  • Kewanee Public School
  • Manley Public School
  • Merriman Public School
  • Odessa Public School
  • Pioneer Public School
  • Pleasant Hill Public School
  • Raven Public School
  • Riverdale Public School
  • Shell Creek Public School
  • Simeon Public School
  • South Akron Public School
  • Sparks Public School
  • Stone Public School
  • Stull Public School
  • Sunnyside Public School
  • Tri-View Public School
  • Valentine City Schools
  • Valley View Public School
  • Wallace Public School
  • Wood Lake Public School

2007

  • Butte Public Schools
  • Nemaha Valley Schools
  • Spence-Napier Public Schools
  • Stratton Public Schools
  • Tecumseh Public Schools
  • West Boyd Unified System

2008

  • Culbertson Public Schools
  • Trenton Public Schools

2009

  • Southeast Nebraska Consolidated Schools<!--As "Se Nebraska"-->

2010

  • Prague Public Schools

2011

  • Clay Center Public Schools
  • Rising City Public Schools

2014

  • Cedar Rapids Public School
  • Coleridge Community Schools
  • Greely-Wolbach Public Schools
  • Newcastle Public Schools
  • North Loup Scotia Public Schools
  • Spalding Public Schools

2017

  • Lynch Public Schools
  • West Boyd School District

2020

  • Clearwater Public Schools
  • Ewing Public Schools
  • Orchard Public Schools

See also

  • List of high schools in Nebraska
  • Educational Service Units of Nebraska

References

Further reading

  • (PhD thesis)
  • Map of school districts
  • Nebraska Education Directory