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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)
317905001917	141	York High School	Public	9-12	1005 Duke Dr	York	68467	York County	York Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 362-6655	522	29	17.8	39.1%	411 (78.7%)	10 (1.9%)	89 (17.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.1%)	$16,827			$664			$13,148	35	50.6	103	38
317845001696	142	Wausa High School	Public	7-12	300 S Bismarck	Wausa	68786	Knox County	Wausa Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 586-2255	114	9	12.4	30.7%	108 (94.7%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	$20,570			$258			$18,293	34.8	45.4	115	27
310012001562	143	Hitchcock County Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	318 West D	Trenton	69044	Hitchcock County	Hitchcock County School System	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 334-5575	123	12	10	51.2%	115 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	1 (0.8%)	3 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	$26,995			$1,341			$19,653	34.3	75.1	41	102
310017902189	144	Htrs High School	Public	9-12	810 Central Ave	Humboldt	68376	Richardson County	Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 862-2151	73	14	5.2	24.7%	65 (89.0%)	1 (1.4%)	2 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.5%)	$38,513			$1,195			$33,929	34	49	104	40
310011400547	145	Logan View Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	2163 County Road G	Hooper	68031	Dodge County	Logan View Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 654-3317	274	23	12	29.2%	244 (89.1%)	1 (0.4%)	23 (8.4%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$18,047			$385			$13,980	33.7	38.5	129	16
317659001594	146	Shelby - Rising City High School	Public	9-12	650 N Walnut	Shelby	68662	Polk County	Shelby - Rising City Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 527-5946	110	12	8.8	44.5%	88 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (17.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.7%)	$23,506			$566			$19,249	33.7	27.4	147	1
317044000948	147	Fairbury Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	1501 9th St	Fairbury	68352	Jefferson County	Fairbury Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 729-6116	377	35	10.7	54.6%	330 (87.5%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.7%)	$19,423			$203			$16,133	32.1	16.8	177	30
310009701274	148	Morrill High School	Public	7-12	411 E Hamilton	Morrill	69358	Scotts Bluff County	Morrill Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 247-2149	152	15	10.4	67.8%	108 (71.1%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (27.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	$22,758			$745			$19,322	31.9	7.3	193	45
310010500101	149	Bridgeport High School	Public	7-12	800 Q St	Bridgeport	69336	Morrill County	Bridgeport Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 262-0346	248	21	11.7		195 (78.6%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (21.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,367			$599			$17,575	30.5	24.6	153	4
310495000137	150	Secondary School At Raymond	Public	7-12	1800 W Agnew Rd	Raymond	68428	Lancaster County	Raymond Central Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 785-2685	361	28	13	19.9%	329 (91.1%)	7 (1.9%)	6 (1.7%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.6%)	$17,486			$122			$14,538	29.9	54.8	90	60

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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.

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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.