Regular local school district · Cheyenne County
Sidney Public Schools, NE: schools, enrollment and spending
Sidney Public Schools runs 5 public schools with 1,119 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.5 students per teacher is about the same as the Nebraska figure of 14.1.Listed in NCES data as "SIDNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,119
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- NE: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1101 21st Ave, Sidney, NE 69162
- Phone
- (308)254-5855
- County
- Cheyenne County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3176710
- State district ID
- NE-170001000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 188
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 187 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.5
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 (1,323), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $18.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.6 million
- State revenue
- $6.8 million
- Local revenue
- $9.7 million
- Total spending
- $17.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,049
- Salaries
- $9.6 million55.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $13.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 37.7%
- Local: 53.5%
Nebraska overall
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 31.4%
- Local: 59.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,049
Nebraska$16,481
United States$16,826
Schools in Sidney Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Central Elementary School | Elementary | PK to K | ||
| Sidney High School | High | 9 to 12 | 329 | 13.7 |
| Sidney Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 152 | 12.7 |
| South Ward Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 3 | 261 | 14.5 |
| West Elementary School | Middle | 4 to 6 | 238 | 14.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cheyenne County
- Leyton Public Schools 178 students
- Potter-Dix Public Schools 169 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.