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COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Columbus, Nebraska · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

4,171
Students enrolled
9
Public schools
257
Classroom teachers (FTE)
16.2:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 253
  • Kindergarten 281
  • Grade 1 271
  • Grade 2 290
  • Grade 3 284
  • Grade 4 289
  • Grade 5 291
  • Grade 6 301
  • Grade 7 309
  • Grade 8 265
  • Grade 9 353
  • Grade 10 308
  • Grade 11 327
  • Grade 12 349

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 54%
  • White 42%
  • Black or African American 2%
  • Two or more races 1%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,372 of 4,171 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 45%
  • Reduced-price lunch 12%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$13,742 spent per student on day-to-day operations Nebraska median: $18,490 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,293
  • Support services $4,754
  • Other (food service, etc.) $695

Where the money comes from

  • Local 52%
  • State 35%
  • Federal 13%

Total revenue $68.1 milliontotal spending $59.8 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Town: Remote

Total staff (FTE)

669

District office

2508 27TH ST, Columbus NE 68602

County

Platte County

Official website

NCES District ID

3105340

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About COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The Mission of the Columbus Public Schools is engaging all learners to achieve success.
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