top of page
map of Nebraska showing the county lines that separate the territories of the ESUs

What is an ESU?

ESUs were created as political subdivisions by the Nebraska Legislature in 1965. Since that time, some service areas have merged. The Nebraska Education Service Unit Coordinating Council (ESUCC) was created in statute by LB 603 in 2007 to coordinate the activation of Nebraska's 17 ESUs and officially came into existence on July 1st, 2008. 

Nebraska Educational Service Units

All Nebraska educational service units provide similar core services, as well as individualized services (defined as a Master Service Agreement), for schools within their county-defined area of service often in partnership with other ESUs, the Northeast Nebraska Networking Consortium, for example. 

ESU 1 logo

ESU1 | Wakefield

Serving Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Knox, Thurston, and Wayne Counties

ESU 4 logo

ESU4 | Auburn

Serving Otoe, Pawnee, Johnson, Nemaha, and Richardson counties

ESU 2 logo

ESU2 | Fremont

Serving Burt, Cuming, Dodge, and Saunders counties

ESU 5 logo

ESU5 | Beatrice

Serving Gage, Jefferson, and Thayer counties

ESU 3 logo

ESU3 | Omaha

Serving Cass, Douglas, Sarpy, and Washington counties

ESU 6 logo

ESU6 | Milford

Serving Filmore, Lancaster, Saline, Seward, and York counties

ESU 7 logo

ESU7 | Columbus

Serving Boone, Butler, Colfax, Merrick, Nance, Platte, and Polk counties

ESU 10 logo

ESU10 | Kearney

Serving Blaine, Buffalo, Custer, Dawson, Garfield, Greely, Hall, Howard, Loup, Sherman, and Valley counties

ESU 15 logo

ESU15 | Trenton

Serving Chase, Dundy, Frontier, Hayes, Hitchcock, and Red Willow counties

ESU 18 logo

ESU18 | Lincoln

Serving Lincoln Public Schools

ESU 8 logo

ESU8 | Neligh

Serving Antelope, Boyd, Holt, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, and Wheeler counties

ESU 11 logo

ESU11 | Holdrege

Serving Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney, and Phelps counties

ESU 16 logo

ESU16 | Ogallala

Serving Arthur, Grant, Hooker, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Perkins, and Thomas counties

ESU 19 logo

ESU19 | Omaha

Serving Omaha Public Schools

ESU 9 logo

ESU9 | Hastings

Serving Adams, Clay, Hamilton, Nuckolls, and Webster counties

ESU 13 logo

ESU13 | Scottsbluff

Serving Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimbell, Morrill, Scottsbluff, and Sheridan counties

ESU 17 logo

ESU17 | Ainsworth

Serving Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, and Rock counties

ESU CC logo

ESUCC

Serving Nebraska ESUs

  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

2320 N Colorado Ave

PO Box 649

Fremont, NE 68026
PH: 402.721.
7710

Fax: 402.721.7712

Regular Hours:

Mon-Fri | 7:30am-4:00pm

Summer Hours: 

Mon-Fri | 8:00am-4:00pm

© 2026 by ESU2. Powered and secured by Wix

bottom of page