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Homer Community Schools

Homer Community Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (428 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Homer Community Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$69,920
Est. avg teacher salary

Above benchmark

$24,972
Per-pupil spending
428
Students enrolled
88th
Pct. in NE
$69,920

Homer Community Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (428 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $69,920, near the national average of $70,245, serving 428 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Homer Community Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (428 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 88th percentile for Nebraska
  • 59th percentile nationally
  • 31% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Nebraska ranks #31 of 49 on the salary estimate and #35 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Homer Community Schools ranks #24 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #31 of 200 by per-pupil spending. Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs pay #1 at $90,446 is not Laurel-concord-coleridge School spending #1 at $62,234 per pupil
  • +2.4% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Nebraska median

Among 246 Nebraska districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Homer Community Schools's instructional payroll puts 15.9% into other programs , 8.5 points above the state median of 7.4%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Homer Community NE median Gap
Regular program 73.9% 80.7% -6.9 pp
Special education 10.2% 11.8% -1.6 pp
Other programs 15.9% 7.4% +8.5 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 246 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 3172000 · FY2023.

LEAID 3172000 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Homer Community F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +11% vs state RANK-ST-MID P88 in state RANK-NAT-MID P59 national PPE-HIGH $25K/pupil ENR-TINY 428 students INSTR-LOW 31% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Doniphan-trumbull FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $69,920 estimated average teacher salary · P88 in Nebraska · P59 nationally · 31% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: York ($331est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Homer Community

Salary neighbourhood · Homer Community

Homer Community already leads most of its in-state peer set; the chart plots it against the top and bottom pay poles for context (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
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National salary distribution for Homer Community

Homer Community Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$69,920 Top 41% higher than 59% of 10,684 US districts

Show national distribution $30,000–$40,000: 155 US districts (1%). Below this entry. $40,000–$50,000: 1,360 US districts (13%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). Below this entry. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). This entry sits in this band. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Above this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Above this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). Above this entry. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). Above this entry. $110,000–$120,000: 249 US districts (2%). Above this entry. $120,000–$130,000: 156 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $130,000–$140,000: 112 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $140,000–$150,000: 57 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $150,000–$160,000: 25 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $160,000–$170,000: 13 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $170,000–$180,000: 10 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $180,000–$190,000: 0 US districts (0%). Above this entry. Homer Community Schools $30,000 $190,000 every reliable-salary US district, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023

Homer Community in Nebraska's upper-third pay band

Same 200 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Homer Community Schools ranks #24 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #31 of 200 by per-pupil spending. Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs pay #1 at $90,446 is not Laurel-concord-coleridge School spending #1 at $62,234 per pupil

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Homer Community Schools is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Laurel-concord-coleridge School leads spending at $62,234 per pupil; Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs leads pay.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

What stands out about Homer Community Schools

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +2.4% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Nebraska's statewide +9.1% by 6.7 points, a growth rate faster than 20% of the 221 Nebraska districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 9.7% here, from 390 students in FY2019 to 428 in FY2023, against a national picture where far more districts shrank than grew over the same period. Growth of this kind typically arrives before the funding that follows it, so per-pupil figures often dip while a district absorbs it.
  • It is a very small district (428 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$69,920.044

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Nebraska price level
90.3 / 100

BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.

National-price equivalent
$77,441

+11% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Nebraska run below the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. A district in a costlier state can advertise a larger nominal salary and still leave a teacher with less.

Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how Nebraska compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.

How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Homer Community Schools

What the Numbers Say About Homer Community Schools

Homer Community Schools is a small school district in Nebraska, serving 428 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $24,972. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $69,920, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3172000 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Nebraska statewide average of $63,159, teacher pay in Homer Community Schools runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 10.7% gap, and near the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (0.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Nebraska, it pays more than 88% of them. Nebraska itself ranks #31 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Homer Community Schools reports $10.7M in total expenditure against $7.1M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 31% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.9M, special-education teacher pay is $0.3M.

How does Homer Community Schools compare?

Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Nebraska average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.

Homer Community Schools $69,920
Omaha Public Schools $74,787
Nebraska avg $63,159
National avg $70,245

Homer Community Schools pays -6.5% less than Omaha Public Schools · per-pupil $24,972 vs $18,493

Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.

Data-derived comparison paths

Find comparable Nebraska districts

On pay, Homer Community Schools sits closest to Doniphan-trumbull Public Schs; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Springfield Platteview Community Schools. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.

Closest on estimated pay
  1. Doniphan-trumbull Public Schs
  2. York Public Schools
  3. Falls City Public Schools
  4. Gibbon Public Schools
  5. Fort Calhoun Community Schs
  6. Bayard Public Schools
  7. Adams Central Public Schools
  8. Southern Valley Schools
  9. Douglas Co West Community Schs
  10. Weeping Water Public Schools
  11. North Bend Central Public Schs
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Springfield Platteview Community Schools
  2. Dundy Co Stratton Public Schs
  3. Riverside Public Schools
  4. Morrill Public Schools
  5. Superior Public Schools
  6. Wilcox-hildreth Public Schools
  7. Central Valley Public Schools
  8. Diller-odell Public Schools
  9. Twin River Public Schools
  10. Madison Public Schools
  11. Paxton Consolidated Schools

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Homer Community Schools's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Homer Community Schools: closest on enrollment (428 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($69,920 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.

Similar enrollment

Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.

Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.

Revenue & Expenditure

$7.1M
Total Revenue
$10.7M
Total Expenditure
$3.3M
Instruction Salaries
31% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.9M
Regular Program
$0.3M
Special Education
$0.4M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Homer Community Schools: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 77% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 23% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Nebraska Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Nebraska districts belongs to Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs at $90,446. Homer Community Schools sits in the upper quarter of that field at 20 of 91, nearer the ceiling than the floor. Kansas and Kentucky are the states closest to Nebraska on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

View all Nebraska districts →

Other Nebraska Districts

Smaller-district sample from 199 Nebraska peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Heartland Community Schools
$61,444
353 students
Neligh-oakdale Schools
$57,662
351 students
Bridgeport Public Schools
$66,510
506 students
Yutan Public Schools
$58,505
506 students
Wood River Rural Schools
$64,842
510 students
Plainview Public Schools
$57,220
346 students

This is a sample of 6 from 199 Nebraska districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Homer Community Schools
What is the average teacher salary in Homer Community Schools?

The average teacher salary in Homer Community Schools is $69,920 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).

How does Homer Community Schools teacher pay compare to the Nebraska average?

Homer Community Schools pays 10.7% more than the Nebraska state average of $63,159. The district's average is $69,920.

How does Homer Community Schools teacher pay compare to the national average?

Homer Community Schools pays 0.5% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $69,920.

What is the per-pupil spending in Homer Community Schools?

Homer Community Schools spends approximately $24,972 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Homer Community Schools's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 31% of Homer Community Schools's total expenditure of $10.7M (NCES FY2023).

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According to the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey, PlainTeacher's figures are computed directly, no number is typed in by an editor. Homer Community Schools's salary and finance figures are computed directly from its FY2023 F-33 submission, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of FY2023.