Best Schools in Nebraska

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 428)	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)
310464000111	171	Burwell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	204 S 4th	Burwell	68823	Garfield County	Burwell Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 346-4431	168	13	13.1	36.9%	167 (99.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,908			$1,552			$11,307	63	51.9	225	54
317299001189	172	Loomis Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	101 Bryan St	Loomis	68958	Phelps County	Loomis Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 876-2111	154	10	14.7	41.6%	140 (90.9%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.9%)	$17,368			$620			$14,356	63	80.2	70	102
317173001062	173	Hemingford Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	911 Niobrara Ave	Hemingford	69348	Box Butte County	Hemingford Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 487-3328	227	20	11.1	40.1%	193 (85.0%)	2 (0.9%)	24 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	$18,991			$634			$16,955	62.7	54.9	216	43
317257001932	174	Mary Lynch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1000 E 6th St	Kimball	69145	Kimball County	Kimball Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 235-4696	226	21	10.7	51.8%	182 (80.5%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (12.8%)	4 (1.8%)	5 (2.2%)	2 (0.9%)	4 (1.8%)	$18,187			$1,227			$15,471	62.7	40.7	296	122
310017802188	175	Southwest Elementary-Indianola	Public	PK, KG-6	719 E St	Indianola	69034	Red Willow County	Southwest Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 364-2613	194	16	11.7	52.6%	160 (82.5%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.1%)	$20,015			$2,547			$15,487	62.6	56.8	206	31
310017200037	176	Atkinson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1000 N Main	Atkinson	68713	Holt County	West Holt Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 925-5483	199	19	10.3	48.7%	178 (89.4%)	2 (1.0%)	15 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	$19,294			$1,020			$16,389	62.5	68.6	141	35
317014000929	177	Elm Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	230 East Calkins Avenue	Elm Creek	68836	Buffalo County	Elm Creek Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 856-4300	202	17	11.9	34.7%	194 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$17,029			$864			$13,513	62.3	51.6	228	51
317122002419	178	Falling Waters Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5909 S 200th Ave	Omaha	68135	Douglas County	Gretna Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 332-3938	515	33	15.5	14.8%	427 (82.9%)	11 (2.1%)	37 (7.2%)	10 (1.9%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.2%)	$11,833			$39			$10,526	62.3	82.6	58	120
317854001704	179	Weeping Water Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	204 West O	Weeping Water	68463	Cass County	Weeping Water Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 267-2435	162	16	9.9	32.1%	151 (93.2%)	3 (1.9%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.5%)	$26,906			$2,643			$19,649	62.3	51.6	230	51
317527001901	180	Hickory Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1307 Rogers Dr	Papillion	68046	Sarpy County	Papillion La Vista Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 898-0469	373	24	15.3	23.6%	281 (75.3%)	17 (4.6%)	39 (10.5%)	9 (2.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.7%)	$12,759			$113			$11,543	62.2	56.3	207	27

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