Best Public Schools in Merna, NE

Summary:

The city of Merna, Nebraska is home to two schools - Anselmo-Merna Elementary-Merna and Anselmo-Merna High School, both part of the Anselmo-Merna Public Schools district. The elementary school serves grades K-6, while the high school serves grades 7-12.

Anselmo-Merna Elementary-Merna stands out for its strong academic performance, consistently outperforming the state average in 3rd and 6th grade English Language Arts and 3rd grade Mathematics. The school's 3-star rating from SchoolDigger places it among the top 185 elementary schools in Nebraska. In contrast, Anselmo-Merna High School has achieved an impressive 5-star rating, ranking it among the top 14 high schools in the state. The high school maintains a high 4-year graduation rate of 88.1% and outperforms the state average in 7th and 8th grade Mathematics.

While both schools have relatively high chronic absenteeism rates of 21.1%, they differ in their spending per student and student-teacher ratios. Anselmo-Merna High School spends $24,739 per student and has a lower student-teacher ratio of 8.2, compared to Anselmo-Merna Elementary-Merna's $19,740 per student and 11.9 student-teacher ratio. These factors may contribute to the schools' academic successes, with the high school's higher spending and lower ratio potentially enabling more individualized attention and support for students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Anselmo-Merna Elementary-Merna	Public	PK, KG-6	750 N Conway St	Merna	68856	Custer County	Anselmo-Merna Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 643-2224	149	13	11.9	36.9%	144 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	61.3	185^th of 428 public elementary schools	56.8%		36.6	325^th of 459 public elementary schools	29.2%	140	$19,740	$1,616	$14,689
Anselmo-Merna High School	Public	7-12	750 N Conway St	Merna	68856	Custer County	Anselmo-Merna Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 643-2224	97	11	8.8	32.0%	96 (99.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	$24,739	$680	$19,628

Cities Near Merna

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Callaway	8.11 mi	2
Broken Bow	10.61 mi	5	115^th
Arnold	18.02 mi	2
Ansley	25.36 mi	2
Sargent	29.96 mi	2

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Nebraska Department of Education.

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