Regular local school district · Hall County
Grand Island Public Schools, NE: schools, enrollment and spending
Grand Island Public Schools runs 23 public schools with 9,983 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.5 students per teacher is 1.4 higher than the Nebraska figure of 14.1.Listed in NCES data as "GRAND ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 23
- Students
- 9,983
- Teachers (FTE)
- 644
- Students per teacher
- 15.5
- NE: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 123 S Webb Rd, Grand Island, NE 68803
- Phone
- (308)385-5900
- County
- Hall County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3100016
- State district ID
- NE-400002000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,378
- School counselors (FTE)
- 24.0About 416 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 29.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.5
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 (9,920), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $134.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.5 million
- State revenue
- $70.9 million
- Local revenue
- $50.6 million
- Total spending
- $133.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,406
- Salaries
- $78.3 million58.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $98.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.3%
- State: 52.9%
- Local: 37.8%
Nebraska overall
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 31.4%
- Local: 59.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,406
Nebraska$16,481
United States$16,826
Schools in Grand Island Public Schools
By level: 4 high, 3 middle, 14 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Barr Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 648 | 12.7 |
| Career Pathways Institute | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Dodge Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 436 | 15.0 |
| Engleman Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 448 | 18.7 |
| Gates Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 284 | 16.7 |
| Grand Island Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,696 | 17.9 |
| Howard Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 484 | 17.3 |
| Indra House | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Islander Annex | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Jefferson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 352 | 14.7 |
| Knickrehm Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 263 | 16.4 |
| Lincoln Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 328 | 14.9 |
| Newell Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 348 | 13.9 |
| O'Connor Early Learning CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 278 | 30.9 |
| Seedling Mile Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 87 | 8.7 |
| Shoemaker Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 438 | 16.2 |
| Skills Academy | Other | PK to 12 | 0 | |
| Starr Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 453 | 16.2 |
| Stolley Park Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 258 | 13.6 |
| Walnut Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 777 | 13.9 |
| Wasmer Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 373 | 15.5 |
| West Lawn Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 338 | 14.7 |
| Westridge Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 694 | 13.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Hall County
- Northwest Public Schools 1,445 students
- Doniphan-Trumbull Public Schs 501 students
- Wood River Rural Schools 467 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.