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Private schools in Nebraska

No state program pays private school tuition.

171 schools listed
31,291 students (2023-24)

No Nebraska program pays private school tuition. Voters repealed the state scholarship law in November 2024 (Referendum 435), and lawmakers removed proposed private school scholarship money from the 2026 budget.

Worth knowing: LB427, a bill for education savings accounts, was indefinitely postponed in April 2026.

School choice in Nebraska: what is available

By city

The number is how many private schools sit within 6 miles of each town (12 miles for smaller towns), so nearby towns can overlap.

By kind of school

By county

The largest private schools in Nebraska

SchoolCityGradesStudentsPer teacherAffiliation
Pius X High SchoolLincoln9-121,06811.6Roman Catholic
Creighton Preparatory SchoolOmaha9-1298811.6Roman Catholic, all-boys
St. Wenceslaus SchoolOmahaPreK-879328.4Roman Catholic
St. Vincent de Paul SchoolOmahaK-873219.2Roman Catholic
VJ & Angela Skutt Catholic High SchoolOmaha9-1271112.3Roman Catholic
Concordia Jr.-Sr. High SchoolOmahaK-1266516.6Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
St. Stephen the Martyr Catholic SchoolOmahaPreK-864819Roman Catholic
St. Pius X/St. Leo Elementary SchoolOmahaPreK-863314.7Roman Catholic
Concordia Lutheran Schools of OmahaOmahaK-1260615.3Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
Marian High SchoolOmaha9-1259011.8Roman Catholic, all-girls
Mary Our Queen SchoolOmahaPreK-853213.1Roman Catholic
St. Robert Bellarmine SchoolOmahaPreK-851616.1Roman Catholic
St. Columbkille Catholic SchoolPapillionPreK-851120.6Roman Catholic
Lifegate Christian SchoolOmahaK-849918.1Christian (nondenominational)
St. Margaret Mary SchoolOmahaK-849718Roman Catholic

What private school costs in Nebraska

We have read published tuition on 13 Nebraska school websites. The middle price is $7,297 for kindergarten to grade 5 (8 schools), $6,400 for grades 6 to 8 (9 schools), $13,600 for grades 9 to 12 (9 schools). Published prices run from $4,275 to $20,000 a year.

These are the schools we have verified so far, mostly larger ones, so treat the figures as a guide rather than an average. Each school's page links its source. Private school tuition in Nebraska, school by school. Tuition in every state.

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Questions parents ask

How much does Nebraska pay toward private school?

No state program pays private school tuition.

Who can get it?

No Nebraska program pays private school tuition. Voters repealed the state scholarship law in November 2024 (Referendum 435), and lawmakers removed proposed private school scholarship money from the 2026 budget.

Is there still room?

Nebraska is on the IRS list for the new federal scholarship tax credit that starts January 1, 2027. The Nebraska Department of Revenue will certify scholarship organizations; its forms and procedures were not yet set on October 1, 2026.

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