About Dorchester Public School
Dorchester Public School is a public school system serving Saline County, Nebraska, based in Dorchester. It serves 230 students across 2 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: distant district. By enrollment it is the #181 largest of Nebraska’s 252 school systems.
Size and structure
Dorchester Public School enrolls 230 students in 2 schools — an average of about 115 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #181 of 252 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Dorchester Public School, from the NCES Common Core of Data (230 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Dorchester Public School employs about 21 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1 — below the Nebraska average of about 13.7:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 45.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Nebraska funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Dorchester Public School are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Nebraska’s accountability system, AQuESTT (Accountability for a Quality Education System, Today and Tomorrow), classifies districts across evidence-based analysis, assessment, growth, graduation and college-and-career readiness. Look up Dorchester Public School on the Nebraska Education Profile.
Accreditation status
Nebraska accredits public districts through the state’s own Rule 10 standards, administered by the Nebraska Department of Education, rather than a private accreditor. See the Nebraska Department of Education for a district’s accreditation status.
Dorchester Public School vs. Nebraska
See every Nebraska district side by side in the Nebraska directory.
Look up Dorchester Public School’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):