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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)
317494001454	191	Ord Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	320 N 19th	Ord	68862	Valley County	Ord Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 728-3241	246	25	9.7	39.8%	235 (95.5%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.4%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$18,944			$1,553			$13,680	15.2	41	127	64
310009100990	192	Fullerton High School	Public	7-12	606 4th St	Fullerton	68638	Nance County	Fullerton Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 536-2431	135	14	10	38.5%	130 (96.3%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,500			$168			$19,068	14.8	53.1	93	99
310007101662	193	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	14.5	8.2	191	2
310017602009	194	Johnson County Central High School	Public	9-12	358 N 6th	Tecumseh	68450	Johnson County	Johnson County Central Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 335-3328	153	16	9.7	47.1%	104 (68.0%)	2 (1.3%)	42 (27.5%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	$23,915			$451			$20,152	14.3	11.8	184	10
310007701885	195	Dundy County Stratton High School	Public	7-12	400 9th Ave West	Benkelman	69021	Dundy County	Dundy County Stratton Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 423-2738	130	17	7.8	53.1%	104 (80.0%)	4 (3.1%)	22 (16.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$30,833			$797			$24,300	14.3			(n/a)
317894001744	196	Wood River Rural High School	Public	9-12	13800 W Wood River Rd	Wood River	68883	Hall County	Wood River Rural Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 583-2249	154	17	8.8	51.9%	110 (71.4%)	5 (3.2%)	38 (24.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	$42,537			$972			$34,616	13.7	20.9	167	29
317482001433	197	South High School	Public	9-12	4519 S 24th St	Omaha	68107	Douglas County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(531) 299-2780	2,686	144	18.6		219 (8.2%)	101 (3.8%)	2,306 (85.9%)	12 (0.4%)	19 (0.7%)	1 (0.0%)	28 (1.0%)	$17,339			$2,730			$13,066	13.2	1.9	202	5
317284001161	198	Lincoln Northeast High School	Public	9-12	2635 N 63rd St	Lincoln	68507	Lancaster County	Lincoln Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 436-1303	1,812	117	15.4	61.8%	1,038 (57.3%)	161 (8.9%)	360 (19.9%)	40 (2.2%)	17 (0.9%)	3 (0.2%)	193 (10.7%)	$15,046			$668			$12,139	12.1	10.2	188	10
310001601023	199	Grand Island Senior High School	Public	9-12	2124 N Lafayette Ave	Grand Island	68803	Hall County	Grand Island Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 385-5950	2,650	157	16.8	64.6%	874 (33.0%)	117 (4.4%)	1,563 (59.0%)	24 (0.9%)	11 (0.4%)	1 (0.0%)	60 (2.3%)	$15,173			$1,669			$10,929	11.8	9.6	190	9
310546000173	200	Cozad High School	Public	9-12	1710 Meridian Ave	Cozad	69130	Dawson County	Cozad Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 784-2744	260	24	10.6	47.3%	191 (73.5%)	2 (0.8%)	57 (21.9%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.5%)	3 (1.2%)	$19,270			$372			$15,723	10.9	15.1	178	22

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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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Virtual Schools: The Future of Online Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Nebraska Department of Education.