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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 215)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
310344000049	131	Bancroft-Rosalie Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	708 Main St	Bancroft	68004	Cuming County	Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 648-3336	149	15	10.2		102 (68.5%)	3 (2.0%)	4 (2.7%)	2 (1.3%)	33 (22.1%)	1 (0.7%)	4 (2.7%)	$19,482			$1,339			$14,888	37.7	47.6	108	23
310313000030	132	Arlington High School	Public	7-12	705 N 9th	Arlington	68002	Washington County	Arlington Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 478-4171	346	28	12.5	21.7%	311 (89.9%)	3 (0.9%)	28 (8.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$16,051			$122			$13,464	37	64.7	60	72
317485001448	133	O'Neill High School	Public	7-12	540 E Hynes	Oneill	68763	Holt County	O'Neill Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 336-1544	353	34	10.4	47.3%	293 (83.0%)	3 (0.8%)	42 (11.9%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	$19,475			$463			$16,492	36.7	22	166	33
310487000126	134	Cedar Bluffs High School	Public	9-12	110 E Main St	Cedar Bluffs	68015	Saunders County	Cedar Bluffs Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 628-2080	171	15	11.2	44.4%	144 (84.2%)	5 (2.9%)	19 (11.1%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$18,983			$510			$15,710	36.6	7.5	192	58
310000601707	135	West Point-Beemer High School	Public	9-12	1200 E Washington	West Point	68788	Cuming County	West Point Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 372-5546	247	22	11	51.8%	145 (58.7%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (39.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	$19,441			$778			$16,810	36.6	24.5	154	19
310002501665	136	Elkhorn Valley High School	Public	7-12	601 S Madison Street	Tilden	68781	Madison County	Elkhorn Valley Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 368-5301	188	16	11.4	26.6%	172 (91.5%)	6 (3.2%)	7 (3.7%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$21,873			$570			$18,457	36.5	52.8	97	39
316295000818	137	Centura Secondary School	Public	7-12	201 N Hwy 11	Cairo	68824	Hall County	Centura Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 485-4258	208	23	9.1	32.7%	189 (90.9%)	1 (0.5%)	14 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.9%)	$20,582			$674			$17,724	36.1	23.9	155	18
310012200806	138	Lawrence/Nelson High School	Public	9-12	850 S Nevada	Nelson	68961	Nuckolls County	South Central Nebraska Unified 5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 225-3371	63	8	7.4	46.0%	59 (93.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$30,341			$134			$26,398	36	4.4	198	60
317053000959	139	Falls City Senior High	Public	9-12	1400 Fulton	Falls City	68355	Richardson County	Falls City Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 245-2116	236	21	11	51.7%	198 (83.9%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (11.4%)	$22,447			$1,220			$17,043	35.9	14.3	179	40
317506001462	140	Overton High School	Public	7-12	401 7th St	Overton	68863	Dawson County	Overton Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 987-2424	113	14	7.8	41.6%	97 (85.8%)	2 (1.8%)	14 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,837			$161			$19,176	35.1	81.2	29	111

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ACT English Language Arts, ACT Mathematics, ACT Science, NSCAS English Language Arts, NSCAS Mathematics, NSCAS Science test scores released by the Nebraska Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on November 23, 2023, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Nebraska Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Nebraska Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

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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.