Lincoln Public Schools

Lincoln Public Schools was founded in 1923, and is the second largest public school district in the U.S. state of Nebraska, located in the heart of the Great Plains. The school district of over 42,000 students is home to more than 70 schools and programs.

The current interim superintendent is Dr. John Skretta, who was appointed in January 2025.

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

The district includes almost all of the Lincoln city limits, all of Yankee Hill, and portions of Cheney and Emerald.