| Rank | Average Public Assistance Income per Household ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | $13,333 | Palmer Public Schools / 1,213 |
| 2. | $9,667 | North Loup Scotia Public Schools / 1,064 |
| 3. | $9,561 | Sidney Public Schools / 7,903 |
| 4. | $8,800 | Hitchcock County School System / 2,047 |
| 5. | $8,776 | Conestoga Public Schools / 3,920 |
| 6. | $8,600 | Crawford Public Schools / 1,314 |
| 7. | $8,167 | Leyton Public Schools / 1,150 |
| 8. | $7,906 | Lyons-Decatur Northeast Schools / 1,969 |
| 9. | $7,582 | Minatare Public Schools / 1,072 |
| 10. | $7,556 | Hershey Public Schools / 2,035 |
| 11. | $7,525 | Gretna Public Schools / 15,452 |
| 12. | $6,700 | Johnson County Central Public Schools / 4,389 |
| 13. | $6,657 | Spalding Public Schools / 819 |
| 14. | $6,269 | Osmond Public Schools / 1,381 |
| 15. | $6,121 | Auburn Public Schools / 5,558 |
| 16. | $5,955 | Hemingford Public Schools / 1,813 |
| 17. | $5,939 | Meridian Public Schools / 968 |
| 18. | $5,900 | Bruning-Davenport Unified School System / 1,359 |
| 19. | $5,650 | Keya Paha County Schools / 742 |
| 20. | $5,522 | Shelby Public Schools / 2,131 |
| 21. | $5,472 | Umonhon Nation Public Schools / 1,109 |
| 22. | $5,411 | Emerson-Hubbard Public Schools / 1,630 |
| 23. | $5,365 | Papillion-La Vista Public Schools / 54,769 |
| 24. | $5,189 | Elkhorn Public Schools / 31,155 |
| 25. | $5,180 | Wisner-Pilger Public Schools / 2,558 |
| 26. | $5,075 | Medicine Valley Public Schools / 1,241 |
| 27. | $4,991 | Oakland Craig Public Schools / 2,209 |
| 28. | $4,815 | South Sarpy District 46 / 7,606 |
| 29. | $4,775 | Sutton Public Schools / 2,589 |
| 30. | $4,757 | Yutan Public Schools / 2,130 |
| 31. | $4,745 | Franklin Public Schools / 1,883 |
| 32. | $4,633 | Battle Creek Public Schools / 2,366 |
| 33. | $4,471 | Valentine Community Schools / 4,559 |
| 34. | $4,438 | Wausa Public Schools / 1,021 |
| 35. | $4,414 | Bennington Public Schools / 7,248 |
| 36. | $4,325 | Crofton Community Schools / 2,075 |
| 37. | $4,238 | McCool Junction Public Schools / 789 |
| 38. | $4,108 | Wahoo Public Schools / 6,853 |
| 39. | $3,961 | Paxton Consolidated Schools / 1,098 |
| 40. | $3,883 | Maywood Public Schools / 908 |
| 41. | $3,860 | McPherson County Schools / 393 |
| 42. | $3,807 | Mitchell Public Schools / 3,319 |
| 43. | $3,801 | Lexington Public Schools / 12,367 |
| 44. | $3,762 | Ansley Public Schools / 1,148 |
| 45. | $3,627 | Westside Community Schools / 30,533 |
| 46. | $3,564 | Wallace Public School District 65 R / 876 |
| 47. | $3,556 | Fremont Public Schools / 29,741 |
| 48. | $3,445 | Ashland-Greenwood Public Schools / 4,851 |
| 49. | $3,445 | Bellevue Public Schools / 45,260 |
| 50. | $3,424 | York Public Schools / 9,124 |
| 51. | $3,404 | East Butler Public Schools / 3,164 |
| 52. | $3,382 | Schuyler Community Schools / 8,278 |
| 53. | $3,363 | Callaway Public Schools / 1,431 |
| 54. | $3,329 | Santee Community Schools / 618 |
| 55. | $3,240 | Overton Public Schools / 1,309 |
| 56. | $3,207 | Bridgeport Public Schools / 2,693 |
| 57. | $3,180 | Fort Calhoun Community Schools / 2,695 |
| 58. | $3,178 | Ralston Public Schools / 20,705 |
| 59. | $3,163 | Sargent Public Schools / 1,168 |
| 60. | $3,161 | Scottsbluff Public Schools / 19,147 |
| 61. | $3,118 | Johnson-Brock Public Schools / 1,430 |
| 62. | $3,063 | Seward Public Schools / 10,204 |
| 63. | $3,040 | Anselmo-Merna Public Schools / 1,086 |
| 64. | $3,025 | Douglas County West Community Schools / 5,170 |
| 65. | $3,023 | Millard Public Schools / 112,577 |
| 66. | $3,012 | Walthill Public Schools / 1,386 |
| 67. | $2,987 | Palmyra District OR-1 / 2,999 |
| 68. | $2,925 | Raymond Central Schools / 3,812 |
| 69. | $2,918 | Creek Valley Schools / 1,936 |
| 70. | $2,882 | North Platte Public Schools / 28,922 |
| 71. | $2,879 | Norris School District 160 / 9,366 |
| 72. | $2,870 | Ewing Public Schools / 903 |
| 73. | $2,869 | Cedar Bluffs Public Schools / 1,152 |
| 74. | $2,831 | Omaha Public Schools / 347,236 |
| 75. | $2,814 | Plattsmouth Community Schools / 9,942 |
| 76. | $2,791 | Lincoln Public Schools / 261,456 |
| 77. | $2,735 | Adams Central Public Schools / 5,439 |
| 78. | $2,720 | Louisville Public Schools / 3,053 |
| 79. | $2,694 | Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Schools / 986 |
| 80. | $2,625 | Centennial Public Schools / 3,466 |
| 81. | $2,600 | Waverly School District 145 / 11,032 |
| 82. | $2,583 | Ogallala Public Schools / 6,419 |
| 83. | $2,569 | Sutherland Public Schools / 1,775 |
| 84. | $2,500 | Winnebago Public Schools / 2,021 |
| 84. | $2,500 | Shelton Public Schools / 1,582 |
| 84. | $2,500 | Doniphan-Trumbull Public Schools / 2,500 |
| 87. | $2,459 | Aurora Public Schools / 6,636 |
| 88. | $2,420 | Wood River Rural Schools / 2,854 |
| 89. | $2,367 | Malcolm Public Schools / 2,223 |
| 90. | $2,319 | Columbus Public Schools / 23,293 |
| 91. | $2,318 | Arapahoe Public Schools / 1,768 |
| 92. | $2,300 | Chambers Public Schools / 800 |
| 93. | $2,282 | O'Neill Public Schools / 5,270 |
| 94. | $2,239 | Plainview Public Schools / 2,020 |
| 95. | $2,238 | Harvard Public Schools / 1,133 |
| 96. | $2,204 | Gering Public Schools / 10,965 |
| 97. | $2,200 | Bertrand Public Schools / 1,458 |
| 98. | $2,109 | South Central Nebraska School District / 3,529 |
| 99. | $2,030 | Southern School District 1 / 2,549 |
| 100. | $2,000 | Wheeler Central Schools / 691 |
| 101. | $1,980 | Nebraska Unified District 1 / 3,073 |
| 102. | $1,965 | North Bend Central Public Schools / 3,147 |
| 103. | $1,955 | Laurel-Concord Public Schools / 2,238 |
| 104. | $1,941 | Superior Public Schools / 2,901 |
| 105. | $1,920 | Bayard Public Schools / 2,322 |
| 106. | $1,914 | West Point Public Schools / 5,980 |
| 107. | $1,911 | Hastings Public Schools / 23,703 |
| 108. | $1,883 | Elgin Public Schools / 1,105 |
| 109. | $1,867 | St. Edward Public Schools / 1,221 |
| 109. | $1,867 | Kimball Public Schools / 3,333 |
| 111. | $1,860 | Weeping Water Public Schools / 1,877 |
| 112. | $1,846 | Falls City Public Schools / 5,985 |
| 113. | $1,800 | Arnold Public Schools / 951 |
| 113. | $1,800 | Elkhorn Valley Schools / 1,971 |
| 115. | $1,770 | Morrill Public Schools / 2,343 |
| 116. | $1,770 | Kearney Public Schools / 36,685 |
| 117. | $1,766 | David City Public Schools / 5,433 |
| 118. | $1,760 | Alliance Public Schools / 9,878 |
| 119. | $1,757 | Chadron Public Schools / 7,706 |
| 120. | $1,724 | Northwest Public Schools / 5,734 |
| 121. | $1,713 | Rock County Public Schools / 1,540 |
| 122. | $1,709 | Gibbon Public Schools / 2,641 |
| 123. | $1,700 | Freeman Public Schools / 1,692 |
| 124. | $1,683 | Humphrey Public Schools / 2,339 |
| 125. | $1,675 | Cambridge Public Schools / 1,534 |
| 126. | $1,660 | Exeter-Milligan Public Schools / 1,616 |
| 127. | $1,658 | Stanton Community Schools / 2,635 |
| 128. | $1,655 | Newman Grove Public Schools / 1,227 |
| 129. | $1,650 | Winside Public Schools / 1,188 |
| 129. | $1,650 | Loup City Public Schools / 2,035 |
| 131. | $1,640 | Shickley Public Schools / 739 |
| 132. | $1,632 | Norfolk Public Schools / 29,230 |
| 133. | $1,610 | Chase County Schools / 2,997 |
| 134. | $1,588 | Grand Island Public Schools / 48,727 |
| 135. | $1,545 | Broken Bow Public Schools / 4,580 |
| 136. | $1,513 | Name N/A / 2,340 |
| 137. | $1,488 | South Sioux City Community Schools / 17,498 |
| 138. | $1,486 | Wilcox-Hildreth Public Schools / 1,485 |
| 139. | $1,478 | Centura Public Schools / 2,781 |
| 140. | $1,467 | Elmwood-Murdock Public Schools / 2,147 |
| 141. | $1,465 | Fullerton Public Schools / 2,022 |
| 142. | $1,457 | Southern Valley Schools / 3,147 |
| 143. | $1,456 | High Plains Community Schools / 1,799 |
| 144. | $1,425 | Blue Hill Public Schools / 1,412 |
| 145. | $1,424 | Crete Public Schools / 10,216 |
| 146. | $1,400 | Dorchester Public Schools / 999 |
| 146. | $1,400 | Elba Public Schools / 577 |
| 148. | $1,378 | Ponca Public Schools / 2,233 |
| 149. | $1,344 | Gordon-Rushville Public Schools / 4,229 |
| 150. | $1,300 | Central City Public Schools / 4,714 |
| 151. | $1,293 | Hartington Public Schools / 2,867 |
| 152. | $1,292 | Pawnee City Public Schools / 1,549 |
| 153. | $1,250 | Cozad City Schools / 5,255 |
| 154. | $1,233 | Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Public Schools / 3,395 |
| 155. | $1,218 | Twin Rivers Public Schools / 2,440 |
| 156. | $1,204 | Wauneta-Palisade Public Schools / 1,923 |
| 157. | $1,200 | Pleasanton Public Schools / 1,220 |
| 158. | $1,198 | Beatrice Public Schools / 14,621 |
| 159. | $1,178 | Red Cloud Community Schools / 1,521 |
| 160. | $1,170 | Wilber-Clatonia Public Schools / 3,100 |
| 161. | $1,150 | Niobrara Public Schools / 880 |
| 162. | $1,138 | Tekamah-Herman Community Schools / 3,152 |
| 163. | $1,133 | Kenesaw Public Schools / 1,527 |
| 164. | $1,129 | Silver Lake Public Schools / 1,405 |
| 165. | $1,108 | Randolph Public Schools / 1,876 |
| 166. | $1,100 | Hayes Center Public Schools / 571 |
| 167. | $1,088 | Arlington Public Schools / 3,295 |
| 168. | $1,073 | McCook Public Schools / 8,877 |
| 169. | $1,071 | Wayne Community Schools / 6,917 |
| 169. | $1,071 | Southwest Public Schools / 2,268 |
| 171. | $1,068 | St. Paul Public Schools / 3,283 |
| 172. | $1,067 | Neligh-Oakdale Schools / 2,487 |
| 173. | $1,050 | Cedar Rapids Public Schools / 927 |
| 174. | $1,044 | Nebraska City Public Schools / 8,976 |
| 175. | $1,040 | Allen Consolidated Schools / 913 |
| 176. | $1,033 | Friend Public Schools / 1,467 |
| 177. | $1,030 | Diller-Odell Public Schools / 1,587 |
| 178. | $1,015 | Potter-Dix Public Schools / 1,113 |
| 179. | $1,011 | Ravenna Public Schools / 2,179 |
| 180. | $969 | Holdrege Public Schools / 7,014 |
| 181. | $950 | Maxwell Public Schools / 850 |
| 181. | $950 | Giltner Public Schools / 688 |
| 183. | $948 | Lakeview Community Schools / 5,134 |
| 184. | $940 | Hyannis Area Schools / 992 |
| 185. | $929 | Wakefield Public Schools / 2,338 |
| 186. | $917 | Thayer Central Community Schools / 2,663 |
| 187. | $875 | West Boyd Public Schools / 1,570 |
| 188. | $844 | Homer Community Schools / 1,834 |
| 189. | $807 | Fillmore Central Public Schools / 3,370 |
| 190. | $775 | Dundy County Public Schools / 2,341 |
| 191. | $767 | Logan View Public Schools / 3,054 |
| 192. | $764 | Brady Public Schools / 961 |
| 193. | $747 | Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools / 4,675 |
| 194. | $714 | Alma Public Schools / 1,799 |
| 195. | $700 | Axtell Community Schools / 1,272 |
| 195. | $700 | Bloomfield Community Schools / 1,879 |
| 195. | $700 | Garden County Schools / 2,225 |
| 198. | $697 | Sterling Public Schools / 1,589 |
| 199. | $677 | Gothenburg Public Schools / 4,235 |
| 200. | $656 | Ord Public Schools / 3,469 |
| 201. | $648 | Ainsworth Community Schools / 3,178 |
| 202. | $636 | Minden Public Schools / 4,170 |
| 203. | $617 | Stuart Public Schools / 966 |
| 204. | $600 | Clay Center Public Schools / 949 |
| 205. | $592 | Scribner-Snyder Community Schools / 1,906 |
| 206. | $588 | Pierce Public Schools / 4,058 |
| 207. | $583 | Greeley-Wolbach Public Schools / 1,283 |
| 208. | $567 | Mead Public Schools / 1,444 |
| 209. | $522 | Cross County Community Schools / 2,193 |
| 210. | $514 | Coleridge Community Schools / 976 |
| 211. | $509 | Newcastle Public Schools / 859 |
| 212. | $500 | Burwell Public Schools / 2,142 |
| 212. | $500 | Boone Central Schools / 3,630 |
| 212. | $500 | Lynch Public Schools / 570 |
| 215. | $480 | Stapleton Public Schools / 860 |
| 216. | $400 | Sandhills Public Schools / 720 |
| 216. | $400 | Arcadia Public Schools / 624 |
| 218. | $376 | Creighton Public Schools / 2,198 |
| 219. | $350 | South Platte Public Schools / 1,327 |
| 219. | $350 | Loomis Public Schools / 812 |
| 221. | $333 | Heartland Community Schools / 2,040 |
| 222. | $329 | Osceola Public Schools / 1,567 |
| 223. | $300 | Tri County Public Schools / 2,294 |
| 223. | $300 | Sioux County Public Schools / 797 |
| 225. | $271 | Fairbury Public Schools / 5,936 |
| 226. | $183 | Loup County Public Schools / 550 |
| 227. | $140 | Milford Public Schools / 4,442 |
| 228. | $139 | Blair Community Schools / 13,418 |
| 229. | $100 | Lewiston Consolidated Schools / 971 |
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.
