Regular local school district · Wayne County
Wayne Community Schools, NE: schools, enrollment and spending
Wayne Community Schools runs 4 public schools with 1,016 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.6 students per teacher is 1.5 higher than the Nebraska figure of 14.1.Listed in NCES data as "WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,016
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65
- Students per teacher
- 15.6
- NE: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 611 W 7th St, Wayne, NE 68787
- Phone
- (402)375-3150
- County
- Wayne County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3178520
- State district ID
- NE-900017000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 135
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 508 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.6
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 (952), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $13.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.2 million
- State revenue
- $2.0 million
- Local revenue
- $10.5 million
- Total spending
- $12.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,349
- Salaries
- $6.5 million51.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.5%
- State: 14.3%
- Local: 77.2%
Nebraska overall
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 31.4%
- Local: 59.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,349
Nebraska$16,481
United States$16,826
Schools in Wayne Community Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Wayne Early Learning Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 46 | 46.0 |
| Wayne Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 499 | 16.1 |
| Wayne High School | High | 9 to 12 | 323 | 15.4 |
| Wayne Junior High School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 148 | 14.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Wayne County
- Wakefield Public Schools 575 students
- Winside Public Schools 246 students
- Educational Service Unit 01 0 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.