Lincoln Public Schools is the only public school district in Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379....

, Nebraska

Nebraska

Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

, USA

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. It is the second largest of Nebraska's 596 school districts, surpassed only by Omaha Public Schools

Omaha Public Schools

Omaha Public Schools is the largest school district in the state of Nebraska. This public school district serves a diverse community of more than 46,000 students at over 80 elementary and secondary schools in Omaha, Nebraska...

. LPS educates more than 35,000 students in 57 schools.

The current superintendent is Steve Joel, who was recently elected in March 2010. He was the superintendent for Grand Island Public Schools

Grand Island Public Schools

Grand Island Public Schools is a public school district located in the city of Grand Island, Nebraska. The district serves all of Grand Island. The school district has one high school, three middle schools, and fourteen elementary schools...

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As of 2010 students of Lincoln Public Schools speak 52 languages. This is due to Lincoln being a destination of many refugees, who settled there since the U.S. Government declared Lincoln a refugee-friendly city in the 1970s.

Elementary schools

• Adams Elementary School
• Arnold Elementary School
• Beattie Elementary School
• Belmont Elementary School
• Brownell Elementary School
• Calvert Elementary School
  Calvert Elementary School
  Calvert Elementary School is one of 36 public primary schools in the Lincoln Public Schools school district of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. It contains a computer lab, band room, gymnasium, library, and cafeteria...
  
  
• Campbell Elementary School
• Cavett Elementary School
• Clinton Elementary School
• Eastridge Elementary School
• Elliott Elementary School
• Everett Elementary School
  Everett Elementary School
  Everett Elementary School is a part of Lincoln Public Schools in Lincoln, Nebraska. It is located at the corner of 11th and C streets. Everett is a pre-K-5 school with approximately 450 students. Until the early 1990s, Everett was a Junior High School...
  
  
• Fredstrom Elementary School
• Hartley Elementary School
• Hawthorne Elementary School
• Hill Elementary School
• Holmes Elementary School
• Humann Elementary School
• Huntington Elementary School
• Kahoa Elementary School
• Kooser Elementary School
• Lakeview Elementary School
• Maxey Elementary School
• McPhee Elementary School
• Meadow Lane Elementary School
• Morley Elementary School
• Norwood Park Elementary School
• Pershing Elementary School
• Prescott Elementary School
• Pyrtle Elementary School
• Randolph Elementary School
• Riley Elementary School
• Roper Elementary School
• Rousseau Elementary School
• Saratoga Elementary School
• Sheridan Elementary School
• West Lincoln Elementary School
• Zeman Elementary School

Middle Schools

• Culler Middle School
• Dawes Middle School (Also called 'Goodrich at Dawes')
• Goodrich Middle School (Closed)
• Irving Middle School Nebraska
• Lefler Middle School
• Lux Middle School
• Park Middle School
• Pound Middle School
• Schoo Middle School
• Scott Middle School

High Schools

• Lincoln High School
• Lincoln East High School
  Lincoln East High School
  Lincoln East High School is a public secondary school located in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. It is part of the Lincoln Public Schools school district.- History :...
  
  
• Lincoln Northeast High School
  Lincoln Northeast High School
  Lincoln Northeast High School is a public secondary school located in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. It is part of the Lincoln Public Schools school district. Lincoln Northeast was founded on September 9, 1941 when three rival schools were combined into one...
  
  
• Lincoln North Star High School
  Lincoln North Star High School
  Lincoln North Star High School is a public secondary school located in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Lincoln North Star opened its doors in 2003 to 1,150 students, it currently has over 1900 students, and remains the newest high school in Lincoln, and is modeled the same as Lincoln Southwest High School...
  
  
• Lincoln Southeast High School
  Lincoln Southeast High School
  Lincoln Southeast High School is a public secondary-education school located in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. It is part of the Lincoln Public Schools school district. Opening September 25, 1955 under the direction of Principal Hazel G. Scott with an enrollment of 652 students in grades 7-12, Southeast...
  
  
• Lincoln Southwest High School
  Lincoln Southwest High School
  Lincoln Southwest High School is a public secondary school located in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA and rests on 74 acres adjacent to Wilderness Park. It is part of the Lincoln Public Schools school district. When the school opened its doors in August 2002, it had 1,150 students from grades 9-12, and 77...