Horizontal stacked bar chart showing how teaching positions were filled in Nebraska districts for the 2025–26 school year by county type. Large urban districts have the highest share of fully qualified teachers at about 89%, with around 10% filled by alternatively qualified teachers and 1% left vacant. Rural districts have about 86% filled by qualified teachers, about 11% by alternatively qualified teachers, and about 3% left vacant. Small urban districts have the lowest share of fully qualified teachers at about 83.7%, the highest share of alternatively qualified teachers at about 12.6%, and about 3.7% left vacant. Overall, small urban districts rely more on alternatively qualified teachers and still have slightly more vacancies than other district types.