Best Middle Schools in Nebraska

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 200)	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 (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
317464001336	31	Oakland Craig Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	309 N Davis	Oakland	68045	Burt County	Oakland Craig Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 685-5661	193	19	10.2	3.6%	160 (82.9%)	3 (1.6%)	9 (4.7%)	1 (0.5%)	7 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.7%)	$19,871			$528			$16,935	78.6	67.8	68	37
310414000093	32	Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	311 E Benton	Bloomfield	68718	Knox County	Bloomfield Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 373-4800	136	14	9.9	44.9%	112 (82.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (13.2%)	1 (0.7%)	5 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,899			$884			$18,740	78.1	45.8	146	114
310002101853	33	Waverly Middle School	Public	6-8	13801 Amberly Rd	Waverly	68462	Lancaster County	Waverly School District 145	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 786-2348	532	37	14.5	19.5%	492 (92.5%)	6 (1.1%)	22 (4.1%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.3%)	$12,960			$418			$11,090	78	85.5	13	20
310008801317	34	Norris Middle School	Public	6-8	25211 S 68th St	Firth	68358	Lancaster County	Norris School District 160	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 791-0020	595	37	16.2	11.8%	535 (89.9%)	2 (0.3%)	36 (6.1%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.7%)	$11,392			$132			$9,833	77.5	77.6	33	1
310017202008	35	West Holt High School	Public	7-12	1000 N Main	Atkinson	68713	Holt County	West Holt Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 925-2890	215	20	10.5	40.5%	196 (91.2%)	3 (1.4%)	16 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,866			$274			$16,587	76.8	72.3	58	23
317065000969	36	Fort Calhoun Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	5876 County Road P43	Fort Calhoun	68023	Washington County	Fort Calhoun Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 468-5591	368	24	15.3	16.6%	341 (92.7%)	2 (0.5%)	12 (3.3%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	$16,009			$195			$12,736	76.7	77.3	36
310010901464	37	Southern Valley Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	43739 Hwy 89	Oxford	68967	Furnas County	Southern Valley Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 868-2222	153	17	8.8	52.3%	139 (90.8%)	1 (0.7%)	8 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	$33,098			$1,313			$26,562	76.6	62.6	91	54
310007101662	38	High School At Tekamah	Public	7-12	112 N 13th St	Tekamah	68061	Burt County	Tekamah-Herman Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 374-2156	230	26	8.7	31.3%	215 (93.5%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.5%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	$25,062			$850			$19,879	76.3	65.1	81	43
310012202285	39	Sandy Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	30671 Highway 14	Fairfield	68938	Clay County	South Central Nebraska Unified 5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 762-3561	96	8	12.2	50.0%	82 (85.4%)	1 (1.0%)	9 (9.4%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.1%)	$18,949			$134			$15,687	75.6	73.8	47	8
310009902447	40	Centennial Middle School	Public	6-8	1301 Centennial Middle School	Utica	68456	Seward County	Centennial Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(402) 534-2321	100	0		44.0%	95 (95.0%)	1 (1.0%)	3 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	$23,133			$396			$17,090	75.5	66.8	72	32

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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 December 3, 2024, 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.
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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.