| STUDENT ENROLLMENT FOR PUBLIC AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY COUNTY | ||||||||||||
| Nebraska - 2002 to 2008 | ||||||||||||
| 2007-2008 | 2006-2007 | 2002-2003 | 2001-2002 | |||||||||
| County | Total | Public | Nonpublic | Total | Public | Nonpublic | Total | Public | Nonpublic | Total | Public | Nonpublic |
| Adams | 5,504 | 4,753 | 751 | 5,370 | 4,534 | 836 | 5,537 | 4,666 | 871 | 5,539 | 4,626 | 913 |
| Antelope | 1,270 | 1,067 | 203 | 1,294 | 1,081 | 213 | 1,428 | 1,177 | 251 | 1,451 | 1,196 | 255 |
| Arthur | 94 | 94 | 0 | 79 | 79 | 0 | 75 | 75 | 0 | 69 | 69 | 0 |
| Banner | 173 | 173 | 0 | 177 | 177 | 0 | 174 | 174 | 0 | 202 | 202 | 0 |
| Blaine | 120 | 120 | 0 | 132 | 132 | 0 | 146 | 146 | 0 | 145 | 145 | 0 |
| Boone | 1,044 | 929 | 115 | 1,065 | 953 | 112 | 1,284 | 1,111 | 173 | 1,320 | 1,153 | 167 |
| Box Butte | 2,243 | 2,076 | 167 | 2,210 | 2,061 | 149 | 2,463 | 2,308 | 155 | 2,624 | 2,457 | 167 |
| Boyd | 358 | 358 | 0 | 375 | 375 | 0 | 607 | 607 | 0 | 634 | 634 | 0 |
| Brown | 500 | 500 | 0 | 502 | 502 | 0 | 626 | 626 | 0 | 642 | 642 | 0 |
| Buffalo | 7,836 | 7,399 | 437 | 7,347 | 7,159 | 188 | 7,707 | 7,217 | 490 | 7,747 | 7,250 | 497 |
| Burt | 1,347 | 1,347 | 0 | 1,328 | 1,328 | 0 | 1,528 | 1,528 | 0 | 1,539 | 1,539 | 0 |
| Butler | 1,685 | 1,198 | 487 | 2,108 | 1,613 | 495 | 1,769 | 1,249 | 520 | 1,777 | 1,233 | 544 |
| Cass | 4,133 | 3,848 | 285 | 4,068 | 3,756 | 312 | 3,964 | 3,643 | 321 | 3,970 | 3,643 | 327 |
| Cedar | 1,733 | 1,259 | 474 | 1,761 | 1,266 | 495 | 2,044 | 1,512 | 532 | 2,110 | 1,568 | 542 |
| Chase | 731 | 731 | 0 | 770 | 770 | 0 | 903 | 903 | 0 | 937 | 937 | 0 |
| Cherry | 892 | 845 | 47 | 888 | 877 | 11 | 1,114 | 1,071 | 43 | 1,106 | 1,059 | 47 |
| Cheyenne | 1,740 | 1,740 | 0 | 1,699 | 1,699 | 0 | 1,781 | 1,781 | 0 | 1,848 | 1,848 | 0 |
| Clay | 905 | 883 | 22 | 915 | 883 | 32 | 1,016 | 967 | 49 | 983 | 933 | 50 |
| Colfax | 2,332 | 2,242 | 90 | 2,214 | 2,126 | 88 | 2,311 | 2,217 | 94 | 2,309 | 2,156 | 153 |
| Cuming | 2,049 | 1,530 | 519 | 2,070 | 1,546 | 524 | 2,206 | 1,596 | 610 | 2,262 | 1,624 | 638 |
| Custer | 1,817 | 1,817 | 0 | 181 | 181 | 0 | 2,089 | 2,089 | 0 | 2,134 | 2,134 | 0 |
| Dakota | 4,187 | 4,055 | 132 | 4,159 | 4,044 | 115 | 4,023 | 3,872 | 151 | 3,918 | 3,759 | 159 |
| Dawes | 1,227 | 1,220 | 7 | 1,376 | 1,181 | 195 | 1,539 | 1,531 | 8 | 1,553 | 1,548 | 5 |
| Dawson | 5,317 | 5,317 | 0 | 5,243 | 5,243 | 0 | 5,147 | 5,147 | 0 | 5,048 | 5,045 | 3 |
| Deuel | 388 | 388 | 0 | 391 | 391 | 0 | 421 | 421 | 0 | 460 | 460 | 0 |
| Dixon | 1,165 | 1,165 | 0 | 1,195 | 1,195 | 0 | 850 | 825 | 25 | 865 | 831 | 34 |
| Dodge | 6,602 | 6,052 | 550 | 6,588 | 6,126 | 462 | 6,688 | 6,172 | 516 | 6,980 | 6,188 | 792 |
| Douglas | 102,060 | 85,321 | 16,739 | 100,843 | 83,766 | 17,077 | 96,620 | 78,837 | 17,783 | 96,050 | 78,012 | 18,038 |
| Dundy | 411 | 411 | 0 | 336 | 336 | 0 | 323 | 323 | 0 | 340 | 340 | 0 |
| Fillmore | 1,124 | 1,100 | 24 | 1,037 | 989 | 48 | 1,195 | 1,181 | 14 | 1,323 | 1,302 | 21 |
| Franklin | 309 | 309 | 0 | 322 | 322 | 0 | 366 | 366 | 0 | 498 | 498 | 0 |
| Frontier | 612 | 612 | 0 | 628 | 628 | 0 | 711 | 711 | 0 | 764 | 764 | 0 |
| Furnas | 1,154 | 1,154 | 0 | 1,196 | 1,196 | 0 | 1,175 | 1,175 | 0 | 1,174 | 1,174 | 0 |
| Gage | 3,439 | 3,242 | 197 | 3,492 | 3,287 | 205 | 3,563 | 3,360 | 203 | 3,601 | 3,390 | 211 |
| Garden | 277 | 277 | 0 | 275 | 275 | 0 | 378 | 378 | 0 | 413 | 413 | 0 |
| Garfield | 364 | 364 | 0 | 327 | 327 | 0 | 367 | 367 | 0 | 367 | 367 | 0 |
| Gosper | 267 | 267 | 0 | 261 | 261 | 0 | 285 | 285 | 0 | 282 | 282 | 0 |
| Grant | 129 | 129 | 0 | 150 | 150 | 0 | 170 | 170 | 0 | 181 | 181 | 0 |
| Greeley | 538 | 442 | 96 | 600 | 492 | 108 | 687 | 558 | 129 | 697 | 581 | 116 |
| Hall | 11,445 | 10,833 | 612 | 11,592 | 10,854 | 738 | 10,779 | 10,018 | 761 | 10,531 | 9,699 | 832 |
| Hamilton | 1,757 | 1,681 | 76 | 1,692 | 1,611 | 81 | 1,806 | 1,689 | 117 | 1,762 | 1,673 | 89 |
| Harlan | 323 | 323 | 0 | 334 | 334 | 0 | 363 | 363 | 0 | 373 | 373 | 0 |
| Hayes | 159 | 159 | 0 | 167 | 167 | 0 | 164 | 164 | 0 | 185 | 185 | 0 |
| Hitchcock | 238 | 238 | 0 | 302 | 302 | 0 | 379 | 379 | 0 | 392 | 392 | 0 |
| Holt | 1,889 | 1,588 | 301 | 1,941 | 1,623 | 318 | 2,185 | 1,833 | 352 | 2,282 | 1,901 | 381 |
| Hooker | 192 | 192 | 0 | 186 | 186 | 0 | 170 | 170 | 0 | 174 | 174 | 0 |
| Howard | 1,335 | 1,335 | 0 | 1,329 | 1,329 | 0 | 1,513 | 1,513 | 0 | 1,504 | 1,504 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 1,555 | 1,500 | 55 | 1,542 | 1,499 | 43 | 1,749 | 1,649 | 100 | 1,802 | 1,685 | 117 |
| Johnson | 788 | 758 | 30 | 821 | 791 | 30 | 921 | 893 | 28 | 893 | 866 | 27 |
| Kearney | 1,392 | 1,392 | 0 | 1,379 | 1,379 | 0 | 1,447 | 1,447 | 0 | 1,343 | 1,343 | 0 |
| Keith | 1,366 | 1,232 | 134 | 1,386 | 1,258 | 128 | 1,439 | 1,331 | 108 | 1,534 | 1,403 | 131 |
| Keya Paha | 102 | 102 | 0 | 117 | 117 | 0 | 138 | 138 | 0 | 136 | 136 | 0 |
| Kimball | 587 | 587 | 0 | 605 | 605 | 0 | 657 | 657 | 0 | 671 | 671 | 0 |
| Knox | 1,607 | 1,561 | 46 | 1,663 | 1,544 | 119 | 1,607 | 1,438 | 169 | 1,671 | 1,495 | 176 |
| Lancaster | 45,256 | 38,324 | 6,932 | 44,578 | 37,663 | 6,915 | 43,118 | 36,527 | 6,591 | 42,972 | 36,180 | 6,792 |
| Lincoln | 6,391 | 5,784 | 607 | 6,390 | 5,765 | 625 | 6,199 | 5,676 | 523 | 6,314 | 5,697 | 617 |
| Logan | 204 | 204 | 0 | 179 | 179 | 0 | 172 | 172 | 0 | 188 | 188 | 0 |
| Loup | 116 | 116 | 0 | 112 | 112 | 0 | 139 | 139 | 0 | 134 | 134 | 0 |
| Madison | 7,087 | 5,503 | 1,584 | 7,105 | 5,525 | 1,580 | 8,075 | 6,284 | 1,791 | 8,135 | 6,330 | 1,805 |
| McPherson | 73 | 73 | 0 | 80 | 80 | 0 | 88 | 88 | 0 | 89 | 89 | 0 |
| Merrick | 1,241 | 1,027 | 214 | 1,255 | 1,025 | 230 | 1,429 | 1,193 | 236 | 1,432 | 1,206 | 226 |
| Morrill | 942 | 942 | 0 | 1,003 | 1,003 | 0 | 1,047 | 1,047 | 0 | 1,049 | 1,049 | 0 |
| Nance | 857 | 857 | 0 | 841 | 841 | 0 | 930 | 930 | 0 | 1,003 | 1,003 | 0 |
| Nemaha | 1,205 | 1,205 | 0 | 1,101 | 1,101 | 0 | 1,143 | 1,143 | 0 | 1,183 | 1,183 | 0 |
| Nuckolls | 1,148 | 1,117 | 31 | 1,153 | 1,126 | 27 | 1,207 | 1,166 | 41 | 1,278 | 1,236 | 42 |
| Otoe | 2,959 | 2,628 | 331 | 2,928 | 2,599 | 329 | 2,908 | 2,572 | 336 | 2,913 | 2,599 | 314 |
| Pawnee | 479 | 479 | 0 | 457 | 457 | 0 | 516 | 516 | 0 | 535 | 535 | 0 |
| Perkins | 390 | 390 | 0 | 406 | 393 | 13 | 505 | 495 | 10 | 517 | 507 | 10 |
| Phelps | 1,662 | 1,610 | 52 | 1,656 | 1,606 | 50 | 1,759 | 1,721 | 38 | 1,822 | 1,795 | 27 |
| Pierce | 1,547 | 1,345 | 202 | 1,569 | 1,385 | 184 | 1,719 | 1,473 | 246 | 1,737 | 1,469 | 268 |
| Platte | 6,159 | 4,579 | 1,580 | 6,098 | 4,482 | 1,616 | 6,520 | 4,495 | 2,025 | 6,536 | 4,439 | 2,097 |
| Polk | 1,278 | 1,266 | 12 | 1,292 | 1,283 | 9 | 1,346 | 1,334 | 12 | 1,365 | 1,365 | 0 |
| Red Willow | 2,044 | 1,858 | 186 | 2,069 | 1,910 | 159 | 2,075 | 1,935 | 140 | 2,063 | 1,943 | 120 |
| Richardson | 1,609 | 1,375 | 234 | 1,660 | 1,433 | 227 | 1,917 | 1,670 | 247 | 2,007 | 1,695 | 312 |
| Rock | 195 | 195 | 0 | 190 | 190 | 0 | 229 | 229 | 0 | 251 | 251 | 0 |
| Saline | 2,920 | 2,765 | 155 | 2,839 | 2,686 | 153 | 2,867 | 2,706 | 161 | 2,785 | 2,639 | 146 |
| Sarpy | 24,339 | 22,462 | 1,877 | 23,416 | 21,517 | 1,899 | 21,829 | 19,629 | 2,200 | 21,638 | 19,378 | 2,260 |
| Saunders | 3,468 | 2,838 | 630 | 3,592 | 2,917 | 675 | 3,733 | 2,990 | 743 | 3,728 | 2,959 | 769 |
| Scotts Bluff | 6,687 | 6,400 | 287 | 6,507 | 6,244 | 263 | 6,641 | 6,336 | 305 | 6,790 | 6,460 | 330 |
| Seward | 3,012 | 2,628 | 384 | 3,032 | 2,644 | 388 | 3,096 | 2,646 | 450 | 3,124 | 2,626 | 498 |
| Sheridan | 957 | 957 | 0 | 1,053 | 1,053 | 0 | 1,020 | 1,020 | 0 | 1,078 | 1,078 | 0 |
| Sherman | 516 | 516 | 0 | 498 | 498 | 0 | 493 | 493 | 0 | 532 | 532 | 0 |
| Sioux | 110 | 110 | 0 | 110 | 110 | 0 | 123 | 123 | 0 | 119 | 119 | 0 |
| Stanton | 473 | 442 | 31 | 481 | 446 | 35 | 495 | 472 | 23 | 486 | 458 | 28 |
| Thayer | 895 | 814 | 81 | 892 | 802 | 90 | 1,060 | 956 | 104 | 1,189 | 1,083 | 106 |
| Thomas | 126 | 126 | 0 | 109 | 109 | 0 | 115 | 115 | 0 | 125 | 125 | 0 |
| Thurston | 1,583 | 1,494 | 89 | 1,557 | 1,460 | 97 | 1,915 | 1,827 | 88 | 1,917 | 1,829 | 88 |
| Valley | 704 | 642 | 62 | 709 | 651 | 58 | 791 | 723 | 68 | 769 | 693 | 76 |
| Washington | 3,718 | 3,640 | 78 | 3,641 | 3,569 | 72 | 3,513 | 3,404 | 109 | 3,490 | 3,378 | 112 |
| Wayne | 1,670 | 1,540 | 130 | 1,609 | 1,553 | 56 | 1,700 | 1,622 | 78 | 1,714 | 1,635 | 79 |
| Webster | 641 | 641 | 0 | 665 | 665 | 0 | 635 | 635 | 0 | 661 | 661 | 0 |
| Wheeler | 122 | 122 | 0 | 142 | 142 | 0 | 148 | 148 | 0 | 152 | 152 | 0 |
| York | 2,276 | 1,882 | 394 | 2,192 | 1,796 | 396 | 2,378 | 1,876 | 502 | 2,381 | 1,883 | 498 |
| Subtotal | 329,538 | 291,111 | 38,759 | 325,194 | 285,926 | 39,268 | 326,190 | 284,550 | 41,640 | 327,316 | 284,264 | 43,052 |
| ESU's | 332 | 445 | 964 | 784 | ||||||||
| Nebraska | 329,870 | 326,827 | 327,154 | 328,100 | ||||||||
| Source: Nebraska Department of Education, Statistics and Facts About Nebraska Schools 2007-08, 2009, and County Membership by Grade 2006-2007, 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Last Updated: | 11/24/09 | |||||||||||
| by Nebraska Databook | ||||||||||||
| Email: | michael.lundeen@nebraska.gov | |||||||||||