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: 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. In 1990 there were 812 school districts. In 2004 this was down to 501, and later that year the number of school districts went below 500.

List of schools

ESU #1

Cedar County

Dakota County

Dixon County

Knox County

Thurston County

Wayne County

ESU #2

Burt County

Cuming County

Dodge County

Lancaster County

Saunders County

ESU #3

Cass County

Douglas County

Sarpy County

Washington County

ESU #4

Johnson County

Nemaha County

Otoe County

Pawnee County

Richardson County

ESU #5

Gage County

Jefferson County

Thayer County

ESU #6

Fillmore County

Lancaster County

Saline County

Seward County

York County

ESU #7

Boone County

Butler County

Colfax County

Merrick County

Nance County

Platte County

Polk County

ESU #8

Antelope County

Boyd County

Holt County

Madison County

Pierce County

Stanton County

Wheeler County

ESU #9

Adams County

Clay County

Hall County

Hamilton County

Nuckolls County

Webster County

ESU #10

Blaine County

Boone County

Buffalo County

Custer County

Dawson County

Garfield County

Greeley County

Hall County

Howard County

Loup County

Sherman County

Valley County

ESU #11

Franklin County

Frontier County

Furnas County

Gosper County

Harlan County

Kearney County

Phelps County

ESU #13

Banner County

Deuel County

Box Butte County

Cheyenne County

Dawes County

Garden County

Kimball County

Morrill County

Scotts Bluff County

Sheridan County

Sioux County

ESU #15

Chase County

Frontier County

Dundy County

Hayes County

Hitchcock County

Red Willow County

ESU #16

Arthur County

Deuel County

Grant County

Hooker County

Keith County

Lincoln County

Logan County

McPherson County

Perkins County

Thomas County

ESU #17

Brown County

Cherry County

Keya Paha County

Rock County

ESU #18

Lancaster County

ESU #19

Douglas County

Former school districts

Listed by date of dissolution:

1991

1992

1993

1994

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2014

2017

2020