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STERLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Sterling, Nebraska · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

224
Students enrolled
2
Public schools
20
Classroom teachers (FTE)
11.3:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 31
  • Kindergarten 18
  • Grade 1 14
  • Grade 2 12
  • Grade 3 18
  • Grade 4 18
  • Grade 5 15
  • Grade 6 17
  • Grade 7 16
  • Grade 8 10
  • Grade 9 18
  • Grade 10 11
  • Grade 11 10
  • Grade 12 16

By race/ethnicity

  • White 91%
  • Hispanic/Latino 8%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Two or more races <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

39% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 88 of 224 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 28%
  • Reduced-price lunch 11%

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

$16,938 spent per student on day-to-day operations Nebraska median: $18,490 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $10,558
  • Support services $5,714
  • Other (food service, etc.) $665

Where the money comes from

  • Local 75%
  • State 20%
  • Federal 5%

Total revenue $4.7 milliontotal spending $4.1 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)

Rural: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

38

District office

250 MAIN ST, Sterling NE 68443

County

Johnson County

Official website

NCES District ID

3177190

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About STERLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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

Sterling Public Schools has added a "new"  calendar to the bottom of the front page of Sterling Jet web page.  The view will give you the current week's view of all events and activities.  To view the monthly calendar, just click on the "View Entire Month" link located at the upper right hand side of the weekly calendar.  This will also give you the ability to search activities and view previous, current and future monthly information for the entire school year!  Check it out!! 
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