| Rank | Average Public Assistance Income per Household ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | $10,036 | Sidney Public Schools / 7,519 |
| 2. | $9,833 | Leyton Public Schools / 1,251 |
| 3. | $9,314 | Bennington Public Schools / 5,312 |
| 4. | $9,313 | Bellevue Public Schools / 44,020 |
| 5. | $8,664 | South Sarpy District 46 / 7,790 |
| 6. | $8,313 | Conestoga Public Schools / 3,868 |
| 7. | $7,900 | Sandhills Public Schools / 612 |
| 8. | $7,787 | Hershey Public Schools / 2,069 |
| 9. | $7,160 | Howells Public Schools / 1,104 |
| 10. | $6,118 | Gretna Public Schools / 13,618 |
| 11. | $6,060 | Wisner-Pilger Public Schools / 2,416 |
| 12. | $6,050 | Tekamah-Herman Community Schools / 3,195 |
| 13. | $5,932 | Waverly School District 145 / 10,567 |
| 14. | $5,879 | Osmond Public Schools / 1,229 |
| 15. | $5,862 | Crete Public Schools / 9,812 |
| 16. | $5,757 | Auburn Public Schools / 5,574 |
| 17. | $5,509 | Emerson-Hubbard Public Schools / 1,688 |
| 18. | $5,375 | Keya Paha County Schools / 740 |
| 19. | $5,260 | Norris School District 160 / 8,908 |
| 20. | $4,830 | Oakland Craig Public Schools / 2,267 |
| 21. | $4,774 | Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Schools / 986 |
| 22. | $4,659 | Papillion-La Vista Public Schools / 51,101 |
| 23. | $4,608 | Franklin Public Schools / 2,073 |
| 24. | $4,432 | Umonhon Nation Public Schools / 1,252 |
| 25. | $4,235 | Perkins County Schools / 2,844 |
| 26. | $4,011 | Paxton Consolidated Schools / 1,085 |
| 27. | $3,978 | Anselmo-Merna Public Schools / 1,231 |
| 28. | $3,906 | Shelby Public Schools / 1,539 |
| 29. | $3,900 | O'Neill Public Schools / 5,336 |
| 29. | $3,900 | Pender Public Schools / 1,856 |
| 31. | $3,837 | Bridgeport Public Schools / 2,602 |
| 32. | $3,833 | Loomis Public Schools / 835 |
| 33. | $3,664 | McPherson County Schools / 594 |
| 34. | $3,643 | Stanton Community Schools / 2,911 |
| 35. | $3,592 | Elkhorn Public Schools / 27,339 |
| 36. | $3,517 | Chase County Schools / 2,956 |
| 37. | $3,515 | Johnson-Brock Public Schools / 1,451 |
| 37. | $3,515 | Falls City Public Schools / 6,084 |
| 39. | $3,382 | Bruning-Davenport Unified School System / 1,540 |
| 40. | $3,352 | Schuyler Community Schools / 7,873 |
| 41. | $3,310 | North Platte Public Schools / 28,990 |
| 42. | $3,300 | Ewing Public Schools / 883 |
| 43. | $3,265 | Nebraska Unified District 1 / 2,933 |
| 44. | $3,190 | Millard Public Schools / 110,198 |
| 45. | $3,107 | Overton Public Schools / 1,331 |
| 46. | $3,072 | West Point Public Schools / 6,111 |
| 47. | $3,038 | Adams Central Public Schools / 5,596 |
| 48. | $3,000 | Gibbon Public Schools / 2,751 |
| 49. | $2,973 | Wallace Public School District 65 R / 898 |
| 49. | $2,973 | Centura Public Schools / 2,813 |
| 51. | $2,897 | Ashland-Greenwood Public Schools / 4,749 |
| 52. | $2,868 | Winnebago Public Schools / 1,848 |
| 53. | $2,863 | Deshler Public Schools / 1,524 |
| 54. | $2,829 | North Loup Scotia Public Schools / 1,253 |
| 55. | $2,756 | Maywood Public Schools / 1,017 |
| 56. | $2,711 | Walthill Public Schools / 1,411 |
| 57. | $2,658 | Arnold Public Schools / 1,087 |
| 58. | $2,621 | York Public Schools / 9,258 |
| 59. | $2,610 | Ansley Public Schools / 1,137 |
| 60. | $2,600 | Arapahoe Public Schools / 1,966 |
| 61. | $2,572 | Seward Public Schools / 10,466 |
| 62. | $2,569 | Omaha Public Schools / 341,680 |
| 63. | $2,555 | Douglas County West Community Schools / 5,149 |
| 64. | $2,533 | Eustis-Farnam Public Schools / 1,201 |
| 65. | $2,510 | Fairbury Public Schools / 6,042 |
| 66. | $2,500 | Creek Valley Schools / 2,076 |
| 66. | $2,500 | Homer Community Schools / 1,681 |
| 68. | $2,467 | Scottsbluff Public Schools / 19,022 |
| 69. | $2,467 | Allen Consolidated Schools / 990 |
| 70. | $2,464 | Lincoln Public Schools / 255,278 |
| 71. | $2,417 | Centennial Public Schools / 3,466 |
| 72. | $2,380 | Columbus Public Schools / 22,783 |
| 73. | $2,300 | Crofton Community Schools / 2,109 |
| 74. | $2,293 | Ralston Public Schools / 20,771 |
| 75. | $2,214 | Crawford Public Schools / 1,237 |
| 76. | $2,204 | Santee Community Schools / 581 |
| 77. | $2,192 | Fort Calhoun Community Schools / 2,993 |
| 78. | $2,184 | Southern Valley Schools / 2,901 |
| 79. | $2,156 | Medicine Valley Public Schools / 1,185 |
| 80. | $2,086 | Lexington Public Schools / 12,155 |
| 81. | $2,073 | Laurel-Concord Public Schools / 1,911 |
| 82. | $2,066 | Grand Island Public Schools / 46,760 |
| 83. | $2,064 | North Bend Central Public Schools / 3,135 |
| 84. | $2,040 | Shickley Public Schools / 654 |
| 85. | $2,000 | Louisville Public Schools / 3,012 |
| 86. | $1,977 | Ponca Public Schools / 2,259 |
| 87. | $1,973 | Elgin Public Schools / 1,196 |
| 88. | $1,964 | Weeping Water Public Schools / 1,920 |
| 89. | $1,909 | Stapleton Public Schools / 788 |
| 90. | $1,900 | Wheeler Central Schools / 737 |
| 91. | $1,896 | Westside Community Schools / 30,275 |
| 92. | $1,892 | Nebraska City Public Schools / 9,117 |
| 93. | $1,843 | Bayard Public Schools / 2,452 |
| 94. | $1,842 | Superior Public Schools / 2,866 |
| 95. | $1,818 | Malcolm Public Schools / 2,377 |
| 96. | $1,804 | Aurora Public Schools / 6,732 |
| 97. | $1,796 | South Sioux City Community Schools / 17,451 |
| 98. | $1,786 | Bertrand Public Schools / 1,499 |
| 99. | $1,778 | Madison Public Schools / 3,774 |
| 100. | $1,768 | Doniphan-Trumbull Public Schools / 2,798 |
| 101. | $1,760 | Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Public Schools / 3,356 |
| 102. | $1,756 | Northwest Public Schools / 5,490 |
| 103. | $1,756 | South Central Nebraska School District / 3,568 |
| 104. | $1,731 | Humphrey Public Schools / 2,399 |
| 105. | $1,713 | Freeman Public Schools / 1,874 |
| 106. | $1,706 | Beatrice Public Schools / 14,608 |
| 107. | $1,700 | Palmer Public Schools / 1,198 |
| 108. | $1,693 | Mitchell Public Schools / 3,141 |
| 109. | $1,680 | Axtell Community Schools / 1,412 |
| 110. | $1,678 | Sutherland Public Schools / 1,621 |
| 111. | $1,657 | Johnson County Central Public Schools / 4,664 |
| 112. | $1,630 | Cozad City Schools / 5,347 |
| 113. | $1,617 | Norfolk Public Schools / 29,238 |
| 114. | $1,554 | Hastings Public Schools / 23,392 |
| 115. | $1,500 | Blue Hill Public Schools / 1,488 |
| 116. | $1,491 | Kimball Public Schools / 3,410 |
| 117. | $1,450 | Wakefield Public Schools / 2,154 |
| 118. | $1,447 | Central City Public Schools / 4,558 |
| 119. | $1,445 | Cambridge Public Schools / 1,429 |
| 120. | $1,445 | Elkhorn Valley Schools / 2,173 |
| 121. | $1,443 | St. Edward Public Schools / 1,157 |
| 122. | $1,416 | Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools / 4,735 |
| 123. | $1,415 | Newman Grove Public Schools / 1,222 |
| 124. | $1,409 | Southern School District 1 / 2,504 |
| 125. | $1,404 | Hartington Public Schools / 3,294 |
| 126. | $1,400 | Raymond Central Schools / 3,866 |
| 127. | $1,388 | St. Paul Public Schools / 3,239 |
| 128. | $1,374 | Lyons-Decatur Northeast Schools / 2,042 |
| 129. | $1,367 | Red Cloud Community Schools / 1,736 |
| 130. | $1,360 | Kearney Public Schools / 35,821 |
| 131. | $1,359 | Gordon-Rushville Public Schools / 4,326 |
| 132. | $1,356 | Wilber-Clatonia Public Schools / 3,464 |
| 133. | $1,355 | Arlington Public Schools / 3,287 |
| 134. | $1,312 | Alliance Public Schools / 9,777 |
| 135. | $1,311 | Loup City Public Schools / 2,218 |
| 136. | $1,309 | Rock County Public Schools / 1,651 |
| 137. | $1,300 | Osceola Public Schools / 1,570 |
| 138. | $1,271 | Fullerton Public Schools / 2,093 |
| 139. | $1,250 | Harvard Public Schools / 1,269 |
| 140. | $1,247 | Wood River Rural Schools / 3,170 |
| 141. | $1,218 | Thayer Central Community Schools / 2,657 |
| 142. | $1,200 | Hemingford Public Schools / 1,952 |
| 143. | $1,179 | Morrill Public Schools / 2,495 |
| 144. | $1,178 | Ravenna Public Schools / 2,106 |
| 145. | $1,171 | Wauneta-Palisade Public Schools / 1,971 |
| 146. | $1,167 | Sioux County Public Schools / 797 |
| 147. | $1,133 | Chadron Public Schools / 7,668 |
| 148. | $1,129 | Dundy County Public Schools / 2,434 |
| 149. | $1,100 | Southwest Public Schools / 2,497 |
| 149. | $1,100 | Dorchester Public Schools / 1,070 |
| 151. | $1,091 | High Plains Community Schools / 1,646 |
| 152. | $1,083 | Silver Lake Public Schools / 1,305 |
| 153. | $1,064 | Diller-Odell Public Schools / 1,678 |
| 154. | $1,060 | Sargent Public Schools / 1,066 |
| 155. | $1,050 | Cedar Rapids Public Schools / 916 |
| 156. | $1,035 | Holdrege Public Schools / 6,916 |
| 157. | $1,021 | Plainview Public Schools / 2,202 |
| 158. | $990 | Pawnee City Public Schools / 1,606 |
| 159. | $986 | Elba Public Schools / 618 |
| 160. | $982 | Fremont Public Schools / 29,824 |
| 161. | $963 | Niobrara Public Schools / 794 |
| 162. | $920 | Pierce Public Schools / 3,956 |
| 163. | $918 | Twin Rivers Public Schools / 2,619 |
| 164. | $889 | Hayes Center Public Schools / 611 |
| 165. | $882 | Ord Public Schools / 3,297 |
| 166. | $880 | Cedar Bluffs Public Schools / 1,219 |
| 167. | $850 | Battle Creek Public Schools / 2,353 |
| 168. | $843 | Gering Public Schools / 11,157 |
| 169. | $835 | Creighton Public Schools / 2,235 |
| 170. | $822 | Plattsmouth Community Schools / 9,604 |
| 171. | $820 | Ainsworth Community Schools / 3,192 |
| 172. | $813 | Sutton Public Schools / 2,362 |
| 173. | $800 | Amherst Public Schools / 1,262 |
| 174. | $779 | Brady Public Schools / 819 |
| 175. | $750 | Lakeview Community Schools / 4,947 |
| 176. | $738 | David City Public Schools / 5,361 |
| 177. | $733 | Exeter-Milligan Public Schools / 1,451 |
| 178. | $700 | Minatare Public Schools / 939 |
| 179. | $698 | McCook Public Schools / 8,676 |
| 180. | $669 | Wahoo Public Schools / 6,685 |
| 181. | $658 | Randolph Public Schools / 1,824 |
| 182. | $641 | Neligh-Oakdale Schools / 2,623 |
| 183. | $633 | Shelton Public Schools / 1,538 |
| 184. | $630 | Clay Center Public Schools / 1,042 |
| 185. | $614 | Scribner-Snyder Community Schools / 1,902 |
| 186. | $607 | Minden Public Schools / 3,993 |
| 187. | $578 | Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools / 1,232 |
| 188. | $567 | Greeley-Wolbach Public Schools / 1,221 |
| 189. | $563 | Stuart Public Schools / 848 |
| 190. | $550 | Clarkson Public Schools / 1,434 |
| 190. | $550 | Litchfield Public Schools / 836 |
| 190. | $550 | Garden County Schools / 2,142 |
| 193. | $548 | Ogallala Public Schools / 6,773 |
| 194. | $543 | Hay Springs Public Schools / 1,175 |
| 195. | $527 | Broken Bow Public Schools / 4,684 |
| 196. | $514 | Coleridge Community Schools / 955 |
| 196. | $514 | Kenesaw Public Schools / 1,377 |
| 198. | $482 | Newcastle Public Schools / 892 |
| 199. | $480 | Cross County Community Schools / 2,209 |
| 200. | $478 | Mead Public Schools / 1,494 |
| 201. | $475 | Boone Central Schools / 3,724 |
| 202. | $467 | Meridian Public Schools / 1,099 |
| 203. | $464 | Gothenburg Public Schools / 4,341 |
| 204. | $450 | Fillmore Central Public Schools / 3,367 |
| 205. | $443 | Hitchcock County School System / 1,865 |
| 206. | $433 | Bloomfield Community Schools / 1,818 |
| 207. | $425 | Dodge Public Schools / 1,225 |
| 207. | $425 | West Boyd Public Schools / 1,720 |
| 209. | $400 | Elmwood-Murdock Public Schools / 2,159 |
| 209. | $400 | Maxwell Public Schools / 871 |
| 209. | $400 | Hyannis Area Schools / 1,022 |
| 209. | $400 | Alma Public Schools / 2,006 |
| 213. | $363 | Sterling Public Schools / 1,315 |
| 214. | $320 | Logan View Public Schools / 2,902 |
| 215. | $300 | Heartland Community Schools / 2,263 |
| 216. | $280 | Blair Community Schools / 13,567 |
| 217. | $278 | Wilcox-Hildreth Public Schools / 1,509 |
| 218. | $267 | Leigh Community Schools / 1,086 |
| 219. | $213 | Lewiston Consolidated Schools / 1,083 |
| 220. | $200 | Spalding Public Schools / 848 |
| 220. | $200 | Callaway Public Schools / 1,465 |
| 222. | $180 | Giltner Public Schools / 655 |
| 223. | $133 | Wausa Public Schools / 960 |
| 223. | $133 | Milford Public Schools / 4,367 |
| 223. | $133 | Valentine Community Schools / 4,659 |
Please note that we only rank locations with 'Average Public Assistance Income per Household' data. The rank above might not be a complete list. Locations without 'Average Public Assistance Income per Household' data are not listed.
*ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.
