The following is a list of school districts in Nebraska: Nebraska school district classification Nebraska public school districts are divided into four classes: Class 3 (district has 1 to 499,999 inhabitants) Class 4 (district has more than 100,000 inhabitants in primary cities; Lincoln Public Schools is the only district in this class) Class 5 (district has more than 200,000 inhabitants in metropolitan cities; Omaha Public Schools is the only district in this class) Class 8 (State-operated school districts) Three additional classes of Nebraska school districts, Class 1 (grades K-8; affiliated with one or more Class 2-5 districts and/or joined with a Class 6 district for tax purposes) and Class 6 (grades 6–12; was joined with one or more Class 1 districts) were dissolved on June 15, 2006, and Class 2 (district has 1,000 or fewer inhabitants) was dissolved in 2018. All unlabeled districts on this list are class 3; others will be specified. History The highest number of school districts the state ever had was over 7,000. In 1921 the state legislature passed a law that caused the first wave of school district consolidation. Increased highway transportation and a desire for a strong education in all parts of the state prompted more consolidations. After the law passed 5% of the area school districts closed or merged up to World War II. 6,604 school districts remained in the 1950-1951 school year. Post-World War II de-ruralization meant that school district populations declined further, with a large number consolidated in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1990 there were 812 school districts. In 2004 this was down to 501, and later that year the number of school districts went below 500. List of schools Valentine Community Schools Gordon-Rushville Public Schools Sioux County Public Schools Garden County Schools Hyannis Area Schools Mullen Public Schools Ainsworth Community Schools Dundy County Public Schools Rock County Public Schools Hemingford Public Schools Sandhills Public Schools West Holt Public Schools Alliance Public Schools McPherson County Schools Perkins County Schools Banner County Public Schools Keya Paha County Schools Chase County Schools Arthur County Schools Thedford Public Schools Chadron Public Schools Kimball Public Schools Bridgeport Public Schools Southwest Public Schools O'Neill Public Schools Wheeler Central Schools Stapleton Public Schools Nebraska Unified District Southern Valley Schools Creek Valley Schools Loup County Public Schools Cody-Kilgore Public Schools Burwell Public Schools Hayes Center Public Schools Leyton Public Schools Ogallala Public Schools Potter-Dix Public Schools South