Best Public Schools in Ord, NE

Summary:

The city of Ord, Nebraska is home to two schools: Ord Elementary School and Ord Junior-Senior High School, both part of the Ord Public Schools district. While Ord Elementary School has shown some strengths in mathematics performance, both schools face challenges in areas like chronic absenteeism and academic achievement on standardized tests.

Ord Elementary School is ranked 182 out of 428 Nebraska elementary schools and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school performed well on NSCAS/Mathematics tests, with 65.85% of 3rd graders, 77% of 4th graders, 79.07% of 5th graders, and 69% of 6th graders scoring proficient or better in 2023-2024. However, the school had a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.1% in the same year.

In contrast, Ord Junior-Senior High School is ranked 136 out of 168 Nebraska high schools and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school achieved an 88.1% four-year graduation rate in 2023-2024, but performed below the state average on ACT tests, with only 36.11% of 11th graders scoring proficient or better in English Language Arts, 38.89% in Mathematics, and 47.22% in Science. Like the elementary school, Ord Junior-Senior High School also had a high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.1% in 2023-2024.

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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
Ord Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	820 S 16th St	Ord	68862	Valley County	Ord Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 728-3331	325	21	15.5	45.2%	299 (92.0%)	2 (0.6%)	19 (5.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	62.1	182^nd of 428 public elementary schools	57.5%		50.3	237^th of 459 public elementary schools	48.4%	55	$18,836	$1,028	$16,710
Ord Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	320 N 19th	Ord	68862	Valley County	Ord Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 728-3241	243	26	9.2	41.6%	232 (95.5%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	22.5	136^th of 168 public high schools	19.0%		15.2	191^st of 215 public high schools	11.2%	55	$18,944	$1,553	$13,680

Cities Near Ord

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Scotia	14.96 mi	1	105^th
Arcadia	15.84 mi	2
Burwell	16.05 mi	3	41^st
Greeley	20.98 mi	2	126^th
Loup City	22.01 mi	2	163^rd

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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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