LINCOLN–(KFOR Nov. 7)–Lincoln Public Schools’ official enrollment for the 2025-26 year is 41,940 pre-kindergarten through 12 grade students.
That figure, as of Oct. 1, was submitted by LPS this week to the Nebraska Department of Education and showed a drop off of about 342 students from the previous year, which reached near record numbers before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release from LPS officials.
“Initially, what we notice in the data is that larger grade-level cohorts are in the upper grades and graduating out, while smaller grade-level cohorts are entering at the elementary grade levels,” said LPS Associate Superintendent for Educational Services Mike Gillotti. “We are still 378 students more than in 2020 during the pandemic.”…