Kearney Public Schools is a school district serving the area of Kearney, Nebraska, United States.

Historic Schools

Name	Location	Years Active
Kearney's First School	Avenue A & 24th Street	1872-1890's
Whittier School	3rd Avenue & 22nd Street	1880-1920 K-12 1890-1920 Elementary Only 1929-1960 Manual Arts
Bryant School	1611 Avenue C	1885-1950
Emerson School	2705 Avenue E	1885-1950
Kenwood Elementary	1524 4th Avenue	1888-1935
Longfellow High	303 West 22nd Street	1890-1960
Alcott Elementary	1112 East 16th Street	1892-1933
Hawthorne Elementary	3400 Avenue A	1892-1933
Kearney High School	3610 6th Avenue	1960 - 2016

Superintendent History

Name	Years
M. I. Stuart	1885-1888
J. T. Morey	1888-1901
A.O. Thomas	1901-1905
George Burgert	1905-1909
Harry E. Bradford	1909-1912
Roy E. Cochran	1912-1915
A.L. Cariness	1915-1921
O.A. Wersig	1921-1932
Harry A. Burke	1933-1942
John D. Rice	1942-1947
E. Paul Morris	1947-1965
John R. Johnston	1965-1969
Harold G. Rowe	1969-1976
William F. Urbanek	1976-1980
James O. Howard	1980-1985
Jerry Barabas (interim)	1985-1986
Gary N. Hammack	1986-2001
Kenneth Anderson	2001-2007
Brian L. Maher	2007-2015
Virginia Moon (interim)	2015-2016
Kent B. Edwards	2016-2022
Jason Mundorf	2022-Present

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Elementary schools:

• Bryant Elementary School
• Buffalo Hills Elementary School
• Central Elementary School
• Emerson Elementary School
• Glenwood Elementary School
• Kenwood Elementary School
• Meadowlark Elementary School
• Northeast Elementary School
• Park Elementary School
• Windy Hills Elementary School

Middle schools:

• Horizon Middle School
• Sunrise Middle School

High schools:

• Kearney High School

Other Facilities:

• Hanny Arram Center for Success
• Bright Futures Preschool
• KPS Administration Office
• Merryman Performing Arts Center

• Kearney Public Schools