Grand Island Public Schools
Lexington and Schuyler Graduate Nearly 9 in 10 Hispanic Students. Nebraska's Statewide Gap Has Still Grown.
In 2012, when Nebraska first published four-year graduation rates by race, white students finished at 91% and Hispanic students at 78%. The 13-point gap was large but conceivably closeable.
Three Counties Now Enroll 55% of Nebraska's Students
> Correction (2026-05-29): An earlier version of this article said three counties enroll 56.0% of Nebraska's students (up from 50.5% in 2005), that metro districts gained 40,015 students while the res...
Fremont Schools Are Now Majority Hispanic
> Correction (2026-05-29): An earlier version of this article said statewide Hispanic enrollment grew from 9.9% to 21.6% between 2005 and 2026, and white enrollment fell from 79.8% to 62.4%. The Nebra...
Nebraska's Pre-K Nearly Matches Kindergarten
> Correction (2026-05-29): An earlier version of this article cited 9,179 pre-K students in 2005 and 22,473 in 2026, a 144.8% increase, with kindergarten at 24,170. The Nebraska Department of Educatio...
Grand Island Is Now 62% Hispanic
> Correction (2026-05-29): An earlier version of this article cited statewide Hispanic enrollment of 32,373 in 2005 and 78,959 in 2026, a 9.9% to 21.6% share shift, and 13 majority-Hispanic districts....
Nebraska Survived COVID. Then the Real Decline Started.
> Correction (2026-05-29): An earlier version of this article cited a 2025 all-time high of 367,549 students, a 2026 enrollment of 365,323, and a 2026 decline of 2,226 students. The Nebraska Departmen...
Nearly One in Four Nebraska Students Is Now Hispanic
> Correction (2026-05-29): An earlier version of this article cited Hispanic enrollment of 32,373 in 2005, 80,409 in 2025, a 46,586-student total growth, and a 1,450-student 2026 decline. The Nebraska...
Nebraska's Kindergarten Class Is Back to Its 2005 Trough
> Correction (2026-05-29): An earlier version of this article ran under the headline "Nebraska's Smallest K Class in 22 Years" and reported a kindergarten enrollment of 24,170 in 2025-26 and a 2005 ba...
Omaha Public Schools: From Half White to One in Five
> Correction (2026-05-29): An earlier version of this article cited a statewide white share of 62.4% and a 42-point district-vs-state gap. Those figures came from a data file that pooled public, non-p...