Teacher Shortage Survey

NEBRASKA TEACHER SHORTAGE

The 2025-26 Teacher Vacancy Survey was conducted in the fall of 2025 by the Nebraska Department of Education. For purposes of this report, the Educational Service Unit (ESU) data has been combined with public school district data, and nonpublic school system data has been included in the total statewide counts. The data from the Teacher Vacancy Survey is summarized and communicated to the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) and educational entities across Nebraska.

NOTE: Shortage areas identified through the 2025 survey are reported within Nebraska and proposed to the USDE as shortage areas for the 2026-27 academic year. For federal loan forgiveness determinations, please refer to the U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher Shortage Areas Nationwide Listing.

Teacher shortage areas in Nebraska for the 2025-26 academic year and proposed for USDE loan forgiveness use in 2026-27 are:

Art
Career and Technical Education (Includes Agriculture Education, Business, Marketing and Information Technology, Family and Consumer Science, Industrial Technology/Skilled and Technical Science)
Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
English as a Second Language/English Language Learners
Health and/or Physical Education
Language Arts (Includes English Language Arts, Journalism and Media Education, Reading and Writing, Reading Specialist, Secondary English, Speech and Theatre)
Mathematics
Music – Instrumental/Vocal

School Counselor
School Library
School Psychologist
Science (Includes Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space Science, Physics, Science)
Social Studies/Social Science
Special Education (Includes Behavior Intervention, Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Early Childhood Special Education, Early Intervention, Functional Academic Skills, Inclusion and Collaboration, Secondary Transition, Special Education General, Visual Impairment)
Speech-Language Pathology
World Language (Includes American Sign Language and all languages other than English, not including computer languages)