Regular local school district · Dawson County
Gothenburg Public Schools, NE: schools, enrollment and spending
Gothenburg Public Schools runs 2 public schools with 769 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.2 students per teacher is 1.9 lower than the Nebraska figure of 14.1.Listed in NCES data as "GOTHENBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 769
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63
- Students per teacher
- 12.2
- NE: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1322 Avenue I, Gothenburg, NE 69138
- Phone
- (308)537-3651
- County
- Dawson County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3171100
- State district ID
- NE-240020000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 114
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 256 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.2
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 (828), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $12.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.2 million
- State revenue
- $2.1 million
- Local revenue
- $9.4 million
- Total spending
- $13.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,961
- Salaries
- $6.4 million48.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 16.4%
- Local: 74.2%
Nebraska overall
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 31.4%
- Local: 59.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,961
Nebraska$16,481
United States$16,826
Schools in Gothenburg Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dudley Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 416 | 13.0 |
| Gothenburg Secondary School | High | 7 to 12 | 353 | 11.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Dawson County
- Lexington Public Schools 3,242 students
- Cozad Community Schools 965 students
- Overton Public Schools 285 students
- Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Schs 216 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.