Best Elementary Schools in Nebraska

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 459)	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)
317239001109	81	Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3000 7th Ave	Kearney	68845	Buffalo County	Kearney Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 698-8280	282	15	18.6	35.5%	236 (83.7%)	6 (2.1%)	23 (8.2%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.0%)	$11,339			$295			$9,936	78.8	86	36	45
317374001242	82	Willa Cather Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3030 S 139th Plaza	Omaha	68144	Douglas County	Millard Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 715-1315	324	24	13.5	25.3%	137 (42.3%)	18 (5.6%)	24 (7.4%)	120 (37.0%)	5 (1.5%)	3 (0.9%)	17 (5.2%)	$12,193			$321			$10,934	78.8	83.1	57	25
310011402274	83	Logan View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2163 County Road G	Hooper	68031	Dodge County	Logan View Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 654-3317	316	22	14.5	42.4%	293 (92.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$16,447			$1,012			$13,611	78.7	91	18	65
310399002438	84	Stratford Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9303 North 171st Street	Bennington	68007	Douglas County	Bennington Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(402) 238-2941	341	24	14.1	7.9%	312 (91.5%)	12 (3.5%)	3 (0.9%)	6 (1.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	$13,468			$34			$11,400	78.5			(n/a)
310007000018	85	Amherst Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	100 N Sycamore	Amherst	68812	Buffalo County	Amherst Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 826-3131	224	12	18.6	21.0%	211 (94.2%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.1%)	$15,015			$91			$13,448	78.3	71.9	103	18
310354000054	86	Battle Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	305 S 4th	Battle Creek	68715	Madison County	Battle Creek Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 675-8085	293	19	15.7	24.6%	270 (92.2%)	4 (1.4%)	10 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	$13,162			$612			$11,465	78	69.6	120	34
310013201273	87	Thayer Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1020 Eads Ave	Hebron	68370	Thayer County	Thayer Central Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 768-7287	250	19	13.1	36.0%	238 (95.2%)	5 (2.0%)	7 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,264			$1,148			$15,230	77.9	79.6	70	17
310008802295	88	Norris Intermediate School	Public	3-5	25211 South 68 Street	Firth	68358	Lancaster County	Norris School District 160	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 791-0040	577	38	15.2	9.7%	534 (92.5%)	3 (0.5%)	24 (4.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (1.9%)	$10,976			$141			$9,830	77.8	82.5	62	26
317239001947	89	Glenwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8105 9th Ave	Kearney	68845	Buffalo County	Kearney Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 698-8240	131	8	16.3	17.6%	126 (96.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,782			$141			$10,475	77.8	73.5	95	6
317527002232	90	Bell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	7909 Reed Street	Papillion	68046	Sarpy County	Papillion La Vista Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 898-0408	476	31	15.3	12.4%	379 (79.6%)	9 (1.9%)	38 (8.0%)	16 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	31 (6.5%)	$12,081			$97			$10,779	77.2	73.9	91	1

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on 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.