Total enrollment
42,301
+630 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
78 schools in LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Nebraska · 42,301 students · 1 city
LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Nebraska) covers 78 public K-12 schools and approximately 42,301 students, averaging 542 per school.
4-year change in LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
67
+5 (+8%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Nebraska | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 42,301 | #2 of 93 | #126 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 67 | #2 of 93 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #67 of 93 | #4,730 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 35.0% | #44 of 87 | #6,118 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #4 of 43 | #1,754 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
State test results across the district's 29 scored schools run from ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 78.3% proficient to ROPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 50.9%, a gap of 27.4 points. That is the 2nd widest gap among 20 Nebraska districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 62 district schools that reported both years went from 41,717 to 40,208 students (down 4%) and from 2,959 to 2,812 full-time teachers (down 5%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS is a wide-reaching Nebraska school district running 78 schools with combined enrollment near 42,301.
On the school-mix side, LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS spans 48 elementary, 14 middle, and 16 high schools.
Average enrollment per school in LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS is about 542, noticeably above the Nebraska average of roughly 324.
Over the past 4-year window. Combined enrollment now sits at 42,301 students, stayed largely flat from the 41,671 reported in SY 2020-21. LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS now counts 67 public schools, up from 62 in SY 2020-21.
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