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Students Enrolled in Lincoln Public Schools K‑12 Schools by Race/Ethnicity

Students of color comprise one-third of Lincoln Public Schools K-12 student population

Relative percentage of students enrolled in K-12 Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) by race/ethnicity has gradually changed from 2016 through 2023. On average, students of color comprise one-third of the LPS K-12 student population, and this is slowly increasing.

In the 2023-24 school year:

• 61% of the student population identify as White (25,613 students).
• 16% of the student population identify as Latino/a or Hispanic (6,820 students).
• 9% of the student population identify as Two or More Races (3,866 students).
• 7% of the student population identify as Black or African American (3,057 students).
• 5% of the student population identify as Asian (2,014 students).
• 1% of the student population identify as American Indian or Alaska Native (249 students).

Notes

Nebraska Department of Education, Nebraska Education Profile (formerly Nebraska State of Schools Reports).

American Indian or Alaskan Native students and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander students each make up less than 1% of student population and are not easily visible in the figure. You can see numbers and percentages of these students by hovering your mouse over the thin blue or purple lines toward the bottom of the chart.