Cleveland, NE town hall & government
Cleveland spent $105,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $610 per resident.
Where the money goes, where it comes from, property taxes, and how to reach Cleveland's government.
Where Cleveland's money goes
Where the money comes from
- Property taxes 100%
Who works for Cleveland
Staff on the town's payroll in March 2022. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate. Cleveland didn't report its staffing to the Census Bureau, so these are the Bureau's estimates.
Pender Public Schools
Cleveland's K–12 school district, shared with Pender, Pender, Thayer, Thurston, Flournoy and Bryan. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.
Where the district's money comes from Nebraska districts overall: 56% local, 34% state, 10% federal
- Local 64%
- State 27%
- Federal 8%
Of the $17,293 per pupil, $10,402 goes to classroom instruction (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to support services such as buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren't in the per-pupil figure.
Also serving Cleveland: West Point Public Schools ($17,504 per pupil) · Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools ($18,527 per pupil) · Wisner-Pilger Public Schools ($19,179 per pupil).
Which schools Cleveland kids attend, test scores and graduation rate →
What homeowners in Cleveland pay
The median yearly bill homeowners report, covering every local property tax on the home (town, schools, county). The effective rate is that bill divided by the median home value, so it's a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the survey estimate has a wide margin.
Contact Cleveland's government
Who represents Cleveland
Cleveland is represented in Congress by Senators Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts and Representative Mike Flood. Jim Pillen is governor.
Budget: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Finance (every city and town government's revenue, spending and debt, grouped into plain categories). Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.