| Rank | Average Public Assistance Income per Household ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | $22,400 | Tekamah-Herman Community Schools / 3,198 |
| 2. | $11,214 | Conestoga Public Schools / 4,114 |
| 3. | $9,394 | Bennington Public Schools / 3,172 |
| 4. | $9,010 | Blue Hill Public Schools / 1,522 |
| 5. | $8,700 | Emerson-Hubbard Public Schools / 1,782 |
| 6. | $8,500 | Name N/A / 942 |
| 7. | $8,157 | Bellevue Public Schools / 43,193 |
| 8. | $7,760 | Leyton Public Schools / 1,342 |
| 9. | $7,757 | Sandhills Public Schools / 553 |
| 10. | $7,472 | Crete Public Schools / 9,477 |
| 11. | $6,783 | Howells Public Schools / 1,258 |
| 12. | $6,550 | South Platte Public Schools / 1,072 |
| 13. | $6,179 | Sidney Public Schools / 7,197 |
| 14. | $5,950 | West Holt Public Schools / 2,570 |
| 15. | $5,300 | Keya Paha County Schools / 865 |
| 16. | $4,823 | Papillion-La Vista Public Schools / 53,670 |
| 17. | $4,527 | Waverly School District 145 / 10,045 |
| 18. | $4,385 | Stanton Community Schools / 2,719 |
| 19. | $4,350 | Anselmo-Merna Public Schools / 1,371 |
| 20. | $4,300 | Battle Creek Public Schools / 2,646 |
| 21. | $4,296 | Umonhon Nation Public Schools / 1,258 |
| 22. | $4,250 | Perkins County Schools / 2,610 |
| 23. | $4,227 | Winnebago Public Schools / 1,709 |
| 24. | $4,210 | Auburn Public Schools / 5,075 |
| 25. | $3,913 | Schuyler Community Schools / 7,373 |
| 26. | $3,850 | Pender Public Schools / 2,006 |
| 27. | $3,809 | North Platte Public Schools / 28,197 |
| 28. | $3,767 | Loomis Public Schools / 935 |
| 29. | $3,614 | Ponca Public Schools / 2,318 |
| 29. | $3,614 | McPherson County Schools / 515 |
| 31. | $3,589 | Douglas County West Community Schools / 3,105 |
| 32. | $3,560 | Cedar Rapids Public Schools / 912 |
| 33. | $3,500 | Overton Public Schools / 1,388 |
| 34. | $3,467 | Chase County Schools / 2,716 |
| 35. | $3,462 | Dundy County Public Schools / 2,476 |
| 36. | $3,411 | Osmond Public Schools / 1,093 |
| 37. | $3,367 | O'Neill Public Schools / 5,060 |
| 38. | $3,324 | Millard Public Schools / 99,391 |
| 39. | $3,244 | Adams Central Public Schools / 6,077 |
| 40. | $3,217 | Paxton Consolidated Schools / 1,101 |
| 41. | $3,174 | West Point Public Schools / 5,199 |
| 42. | $3,073 | Gretna Public Schools / 11,554 |
| 43. | $3,038 | Wallace Public School District 65 R / 943 |
| 44. | $3,020 | Tri County Public Schools / 2,360 |
| 45. | $3,005 | Beatrice Public Schools / 14,578 |
| 46. | $2,983 | Garden County Schools / 1,930 |
| 47. | $2,971 | Sutherland Public Schools / 1,575 |
| 48. | $2,927 | Bridgeport Public Schools / 2,661 |
| 49. | $2,900 | Wisner-Pilger Public Schools / 2,332 |
| 50. | $2,896 | Ashland-Greenwood Public Schools / 4,847 |
| 51. | $2,864 | Kenesaw Public Schools / 1,615 |
| 52. | $2,854 | Walthill Public Schools / 1,523 |
| 53. | $2,819 | Centura Public Schools / 2,573 |
| 54. | $2,800 | Arnold Public Schools / 1,120 |
| 55. | $2,744 | Shelby Public Schools / 1,435 |
| 56. | $2,700 | Bertrand Public Schools / 1,517 |
| 56. | $2,700 | Weeping Water Public Schools / 1,957 |
| 58. | $2,675 | Winside Public Schools / 1,294 |
| 59. | $2,605 | Superior Public Schools / 2,635 |
| 60. | $2,593 | Centennial Public Schools / 3,646 |
| 61. | $2,550 | Johnson-Brock Public Schools / 1,577 |
| 62. | $2,543 | Omaha Public Schools / 345,182 |
| 63. | $2,520 | Oakland Craig Public Schools / 2,306 |
| 64. | $2,500 | North Bend Central Public Schools / 3,156 |
| 64. | $2,500 | Homer Community Schools / 1,674 |
| 66. | $2,401 | Lincoln Public Schools / 250,800 |
| 67. | $2,400 | Allen Consolidated Schools / 1,086 |
| 68. | $2,395 | Kimball Public Schools / 3,264 |
| 69. | $2,384 | Arapahoe Public Schools / 2,015 |
| 70. | $2,333 | Gibbon Public Schools / 2,745 |
| 71. | $2,283 | Columbus Public Schools / 22,541 |
| 72. | $2,276 | Northwest Public Schools / 5,432 |
| 73. | $2,274 | Falls City Public Schools / 5,892 |
| 74. | $2,262 | Nebraska Unified District 1 / 2,896 |
| 75. | $2,243 | Rock County Public Schools / 1,494 |
| 76. | $2,233 | Bruning-Davenport Unified School System / 1,530 |
| 77. | $2,197 | Santee Community Schools / 619 |
| 78. | $2,181 | Crawford Public Schools / 1,290 |
| 79. | $2,168 | Cozad City Schools / 5,755 |
| 80. | $2,165 | Alliance Public Schools / 9,328 |
| 81. | $2,158 | Louisville Public Schools / 2,839 |
| 82. | $2,146 | Stapleton Public Schools / 859 |
| 83. | $2,136 | Aurora Public Schools / 6,675 |
| 84. | $2,110 | South Sioux City Community Schools / 17,002 |
| 85. | $2,053 | Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools / 1,446 |
| 86. | $2,051 | Laurel-Concord Public Schools / 1,931 |
| 87. | $2,042 | Eustis-Farnam Public Schools / 1,231 |
| 88. | $2,014 | Elkhorn Public Schools / 24,414 |
| 89. | $2,011 | Lexington Public Schools / 12,211 |
| 90. | $2,005 | Scribner-Snyder Community Schools / 1,983 |
| 91. | $2,000 | Fullerton Public Schools / 2,118 |
| 91. | $2,000 | Madison Public Schools / 3,647 |
| 93. | $1,991 | Grand Island Public Schools / 45,325 |
| 94. | $1,945 | York Public Schools / 9,229 |
| 95. | $1,922 | Fairbury Public Schools / 5,978 |
| 96. | $1,895 | Hastings Public Schools / 24,426 |
| 97. | $1,886 | Southern Valley Schools / 2,556 |
| 98. | $1,885 | Westside Community Schools / 33,466 |
| 99. | $1,871 | Crofton Community Schools / 2,154 |
| 100. | $1,869 | Fort Calhoun Community Schools / 2,382 |
| 101. | $1,867 | South Sarpy District 46 / 6,479 |
| 102. | $1,850 | Malcolm Public Schools / 2,528 |
| 103. | $1,770 | Palmer Public Schools / 1,181 |
| 104. | $1,738 | Axtell Community Schools / 1,432 |
| 104. | $1,738 | Shickley Public Schools / 651 |
| 106. | $1,704 | Doniphan-Trumbull Public Schools / 2,762 |
| 107. | $1,686 | Humphrey Public Schools / 2,624 |
| 108. | $1,683 | Deshler Public Schools / 1,489 |
| 109. | $1,668 | Plattsmouth Community Schools / 9,988 |
| 110. | $1,642 | Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Public Schools / 2,211 |
| 111. | $1,642 | Scottsbluff Public Schools / 18,573 |
| 112. | $1,625 | South Central Nebraska School District / 3,566 |
| 113. | $1,614 | Wakefield Public Schools / 2,174 |
| 114. | $1,600 | Sioux County Public Schools / 720 |
| 115. | $1,583 | Freeman Public Schools / 1,818 |
| 116. | $1,557 | Ralston Public Schools / 20,819 |
| 117. | $1,543 | Johnson County Central Public Schools / 4,681 |
| 118. | $1,539 | Mitchell Public Schools / 3,427 |
| 119. | $1,518 | Gordon-Rushville Public Schools / 4,544 |
| 120. | $1,511 | Ansley Public Schools / 1,239 |
| 120. | $1,511 | Medicine Valley Public Schools / 1,153 |
| 122. | $1,479 | Norfolk Public Schools / 28,938 |
| 123. | $1,476 | Morrill Public Schools / 2,749 |
| 124. | $1,458 | Newman Grove Public Schools / 1,384 |
| 125. | $1,450 | Raymond Central Schools / 3,904 |
| 126. | $1,437 | Wood River Rural Schools / 3,389 |
| 127. | $1,400 | Ewing Public Schools / 867 |
| 127. | $1,400 | Creek Valley Schools / 2,044 |
| 129. | $1,398 | Southern School District 1 / 2,810 |
| 130. | $1,387 | Fremont Public Schools / 28,462 |
| 131. | $1,386 | Arlington Public Schools / 3,253 |
| 132. | $1,373 | Cambridge Public Schools / 1,259 |
| 133. | $1,357 | Lyons-Decatur Northeast Schools / 2,101 |
| 134. | $1,350 | High Plains Community Schools / 1,637 |
| 135. | $1,333 | Southwest Public Schools / 2,432 |
| 136. | $1,314 | Red Cloud Community Schools / 1,568 |
| 137. | $1,308 | Kearney Public Schools / 35,496 |
| 138. | $1,275 | Osceola Public Schools / 1,608 |
| 139. | $1,271 | Hartington Public Schools / 3,140 |
| 140. | $1,220 | Elkhorn Valley Schools / 2,233 |
| 141. | $1,210 | Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools / 4,356 |
| 142. | $1,200 | Nebraska City Public Schools / 8,713 |
| 143. | $1,175 | St. Edward Public Schools / 1,120 |
| 144. | $1,139 | Elgin Public Schools / 1,185 |
| 145. | $1,131 | David City Public Schools / 5,128 |
| 146. | $1,130 | Sargent Public Schools / 991 |
| 147. | $1,106 | Wauneta-Palisade Public Schools / 1,935 |
| 148. | $1,080 | Dorchester Public Schools / 1,088 |
| 149. | $1,056 | Holdrege Public Schools / 6,584 |
| 150. | $1,044 | Ravenna Public Schools / 2,434 |
| 151. | $1,022 | Gering Public Schools / 10,708 |
| 152. | $1,013 | Ord Public Schools / 3,289 |
| 153. | $977 | Bayard Public Schools / 2,456 |
| 154. | $975 | North Loup Scotia Public Schools / 1,216 |
| 155. | $967 | Elba Public Schools / 620 |
| 156. | $966 | Wahoo Public Schools / 6,331 |
| 157. | $948 | Neligh-Oakdale Schools / 2,591 |
| 158. | $948 | Thayer Central Community Schools / 2,623 |
| 159. | $900 | Niobrara Public Schools / 637 |
| 159. | $900 | Cedar Bluffs Public Schools / 1,147 |
| 159. | $900 | Yutan Public Schools / 2,200 |
| 162. | $886 | Wilber-Clatonia Public Schools / 3,692 |
| 163. | $873 | Hemingford Public Schools / 1,991 |
| 164. | $871 | Meridian Public Schools / 994 |
| 165. | $869 | Mead Public Schools / 1,515 |
| 166. | $847 | Loup City Public Schools / 1,982 |
| 167. | $833 | McCook Public Schools / 8,477 |
| 168. | $816 | Brady Public Schools / 902 |
| 169. | $800 | Alma Public Schools / 2,058 |
| 169. | $800 | Hershey Public Schools / 2,184 |
| 169. | $800 | Harvard Public Schools / 1,250 |
| 172. | $792 | Pawnee City Public Schools / 1,640 |
| 173. | $782 | Broken Bow Public Schools / 4,192 |
| 174. | $780 | Maywood Public Schools / 867 |
| 175. | $779 | Hitchcock County School System / 1,712 |
| 176. | $778 | Pierce Public Schools / 4,133 |
| 177. | $756 | Franklin Public Schools / 2,041 |
| 178. | $753 | Plainview Public Schools / 2,320 |
| 179. | $721 | Creighton Public Schools / 2,231 |
| 180. | $717 | Clay Center Public Schools / 941 |
| 181. | $707 | Twin Rivers Public Schools / 2,462 |
| 182. | $700 | Newcastle Public Schools / 833 |
| 183. | $680 | Minatare Public Schools / 979 |
| 184. | $637 | Exeter-Milligan Public Schools / 1,585 |
| 185. | $633 | Shelton Public Schools / 1,430 |
| 186. | $600 | Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Schools / 1,015 |
| 187. | $567 | Elm Creek Public Schools / 1,614 |
| 188. | $566 | Ogallala Public Schools / 6,472 |
| 189. | $560 | Hayes Center Public Schools / 636 |
| 190. | $550 | Clarkson Public Schools / 1,708 |
| 191. | $543 | Lakeview Community Schools / 5,085 |
| 192. | $540 | Hay Springs Public Schools / 1,003 |
| 192. | $540 | Sutton Public Schools / 2,089 |
| 194. | $533 | Litchfield Public Schools / 838 |
| 195. | $518 | Hyannis Area Schools / 960 |
| 196. | $505 | Gothenburg Public Schools / 4,372 |
| 197. | $500 | Greeley-Wolbach Public Schools / 1,076 |
| 197. | $500 | Stuart Public Schools / 777 |
| 199. | $490 | Randolph Public Schools / 1,720 |
| 200. | $483 | Coleridge Community Schools / 801 |
| 201. | $475 | Cross County Community Schools / 2,160 |
| 202. | $425 | Bloomfield Community Schools / 1,825 |
| 202. | $425 | Silver Lake Public Schools / 1,379 |
| 204. | $411 | Valentine Community Schools / 4,510 |
| 205. | $406 | Fillmore Central Public Schools / 3,529 |
| 206. | $405 | Sterling Public Schools / 1,250 |
| 207. | $400 | Maxwell Public Schools / 875 |
| 207. | $400 | Boone Central Schools / 3,620 |
| 209. | $375 | Dodge Public Schools / 1,360 |
| 210. | $369 | Ainsworth Community Schools / 3,167 |
| 211. | $333 | Lewiston Consolidated Schools / 980 |
| 212. | $320 | Amherst Public Schools / 1,065 |
| 213. | $313 | Logan View Public Schools / 3,372 |
| 214. | $300 | West Boyd Public Schools / 1,799 |
| 214. | $300 | Diller-Odell Public Schools / 1,593 |
| 216. | $267 | Leigh Community Schools / 1,287 |
| 217. | $250 | Heartland Community Schools / 2,275 |
| 218. | $227 | Wilcox-Hildreth Public Schools / 1,728 |
| 219. | $221 | Blair Community Schools / 13,098 |
| 220. | $210 | Seward Public Schools / 10,435 |
| 221. | $200 | Spalding Public Schools / 856 |
| 221. | $200 | Callaway Public Schools / 1,355 |
| 223. | $181 | St. Paul Public Schools / 3,515 |
| 224. | $180 | Giltner Public Schools / 680 |
| 225. | $167 | Friend Public Schools / 1,357 |
| 226. | $150 | Wausa Public Schools / 1,055 |
| 227. | $143 | Chadron Public Schools / 7,184 |
| 228. | $122 | Milford Public Schools / 4,430 |
| 229. | $120 | Name N/A / 1,306 |
| 230. | $100 | Lynch Public Schools / 543 |
| 231. | $30 | Wayne Community Schools / 6,786 |
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.
