Regular local school district · Scotts Bluff County
Gering Public Schools, NE: schools, enrollment and spending
Gering Public Schools runs 6 public schools with 1,976 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.2 students per teacher is 1.1 higher than the Nebraska figure of 14.1.Listed in NCES data as "GERING PUBLIC SCHOOLS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 1,976
- Teachers (FTE)
- 130
- Students per teacher
- 15.2
- NE: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1519 10th St, Gering, NE 69341
- Phone
- (308)436-3125
- County
- Scotts Bluff County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3100098
- State district ID
- NE-790016000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 272
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 395 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.2
Nebraska14.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,931), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $25.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.0 million
- State revenue
- $11.2 million
- Local revenue
- $10.9 million
- Total spending
- $24.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,872
- Salaries
- $14.8 million59.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $32.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 44.5%
- Local: 43.4%
Nebraska overall
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 31.4%
- Local: 59.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,872
Nebraska$16,481
United States$16,826
Schools in Gering Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Geil Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 305 | 15.2 |
| Gering Early Childhood Program | Prekindergarten | PK | 99 | 49.5 |
| Gering High School | High | 9 to 12 | 546 | 13.7 |
| Gering Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 408 | 15.7 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 319 | 16.8 |
| Northfield Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 299 | 14.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Scotts Bluff County
- Scottsbluff Public Schools 3,420 students
- Mitchell Public Schools 655 students
- Morrill Public Schools 267 students
- Minatare Public Schools 146 students
- Educational Service Unit 13 44 students
More in Nebraska
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.