Douglas County · Nebraska
Omaha, NE public schools
Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Omaha Public Schools — federal education data, not a star rating.
Quick answer
Omaha Public Schools is the primary public district for Omaha, NE. It enrolls 51,754 students in 111 schools with 3,194 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $19,083 per pupil, 10% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.
- Students enrolled
- 51,754NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
- Schools in the district
- 111Operating school count
- Students per teacher
- 16.2Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
- Spending per pupil
- $19,083Total current expenditure, FY2020
Who pays for schools in Omaha
Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.
- Local revenue
- 41.7%
- $319,316,000
- State revenue
- 46%
- $351,710,000
- Federal revenue
- 12.3%
- $94,320,000
Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Omaha property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 48 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.
What this data covers
Read this before comparing districts.
Figures describe Omaha Public Schools (LEAID 3174820) as a whole, not any individual school. Charter schools authorised outside the district, private schools and regional vocational schools are not included. Where a city is served by a county-wide district, the county district is used and its catchment is wider than the city limits. Enrollment is from the 2021-22 NCES collection; money is from the FY2020 Census school finance survey, which is the most recent complete national release — the two years do not line up exactly, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a current budget line.
Keep going
Other Omaha data on this site.
NCES LEAID 3174820. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.