Best Middle Schools in Nebraska

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 238)	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)
317821001683	61	Wahoo Middle School	Public	6-8	2201 N Locust	Wahoo	68066	Saunders County	Wahoo Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 443-3101	235	17	13.7	34.9%	216 (91.9%)	4 (1.7%)	13 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$14,268			$396			$12,311	71.3	81.6	21	40
317239001104	62	Horizon Middle School	Public	6-8	915 W 35th St	Kearney	68845	Buffalo County	Kearney Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 698-8120	619	41	15	34.9%	501 (80.9%)	11 (1.8%)	85 (13.7%)	7 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.8%)	7 (1.1%)	$12,567			$387			$10,566	70.5	75.7	40	22
317284001170	63	Pound Middle School	Public	6-8	4740 S 45th St	Lincoln	68516	Lancaster County	Lincoln Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 436-1217	727	51	14.2	39.1%	507 (69.7%)	32 (4.4%)	82 (11.3%)	18 (2.5%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	81 (11.1%)	$14,144			$1,023			$11,311	70.1	72	53	10
310498000141	64	Chadron Middle School	Public	5-8	551 E 6th St	Chadron	69337	Dawes County	Chadron Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 432-0708	288	22	13.2	44.1%	221 (76.7%)	2 (0.7%)	15 (5.2%)	2 (0.7%)	30 (10.4%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (5.9%)	$15,444			$1,034			$13,097	69.6	74	44	20
310011502304	65	North Bend Central Middle School	Public	6-8	1320 Walnut St	North Bend	68649	Dodge County	North Bend Central Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 652-3268	89	9	10.2	25.8%	81 (91.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.6%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	$22,051			$363			$15,723	69.4	72.4	50	15
310492000130	66	Central City Middle School	Public	5-8	2815 17th Ave	Central City	68826	Merrick County	Central City Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 946-3056	228	18	12.4	42.1%	207 (90.8%)	2 (0.9%)	13 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	$16,181			$527			$12,841	68.7	56.9	105	39
310597000201	67	Tri County Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	72520 Hwy 103	De Witt	68341	Saline County	Tri County Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 683-2015	192	17	11	34.9%	178 (92.7%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (3.1%)	2 (1.0%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$24,036			$224			$18,891	68.2	60.9	94	27
317464001336	68	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	67.8	67.7	70	2
310342000047	69	Axtell High School	Public	7-12	500 Main St	Axtell	68924	Kearney County	Axtell Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 743-2415	135	14	9.7	31.1%	126 (93.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.0%)	$21,117			$264			$17,939	67.2	59.5	97	28
310336000045	70	Aurora Middle School	Public	6-8	300 L St	Aurora	68818	Hamilton County	Aurora Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 694-6923	269	24	11.3	33.5%	245 (91.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	$19,769			$46			$15,447	66.9	70.3	61	9

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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 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.
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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.