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)
317563001516	211	Springfield Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	940 Main St	Springfield	68059	Sarpy County	Springfield Platteview Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 253-2245	379	28	13.3	18.7%	346 (91.3%)	6 (1.6%)	16 (4.2%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	$14,884			$299			$13,728	58.7	63	171	40
310008901467	212	Palmer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	202 Commercial St	Palmer	68864	Merrick County	Palmer Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 894-3065	203	14	14.7	53.7%	181 (89.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.0%)	$14,580			$828			$11,131	58.6	35.4	331	119
317321001203	213	Northeast Elementary At Lyons	Public	PK, KG-6	400 S 5th St	Lyons	68038	Burt County	Lyons-Decatur Northeast Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 687-2363	160	16	9.9	44.4%	137 (85.6%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.8%)	$23,034			$2,504			$17,960	58.4	55.1	214	1
317284001183	214	Zeman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4900 S 52nd St	Lincoln	68516	Lancaster County	Lincoln Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 436-1169	379	28	13.5	39.1%	254 (67.0%)	18 (4.7%)	53 (14.0%)	3 (0.8%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (12.1%)	$13,392			$1,021			$11,043	58.4	60.9	183	31
310009800998	215	Geil Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1600 D St	Gering	69341	Scotts Bluff County	Gering Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 436-2545	299	19	15.4	55.2%	207 (69.2%)	4 (1.3%)	76 (25.4%)	2 (0.7%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	$13,116			$986			$11,125	58.4	72	120	95
317884001739	216	Winside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	203 Crawford Ave	Winside	68790	Wayne County	Winside Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 286-4466	145	13	10.8	44.1%	127 (87.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.8%)	$19,307			$895			$14,789	58.3	36.8	319	103
310011600594	217	Freeman Elementary-Adams	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-10	415 Eighth St	Adams	68301	Gage County	Freeman Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 988-2525	282	20	14.3	20.2%	271 (96.1%)	2 (0.7%)	7 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$14,282			$547			$11,990	58.2	64.3	166	51
310381001508	218	Fort Crook Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	12501 S 25th St	Bellevue	68123	Sarpy County	Bellevue Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 293-4710	294	20	14.7	39.8%	150 (51.0%)	17 (5.8%)	81 (27.6%)	11 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	33 (11.2%)	$15,247			$817			$12,637	58.1	38.2	312	94
310492000133	219	Central City Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1711 15th Ave	Central City	68826	Merrick County	Central City Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 946-3057	317	23	13.7	47.6%	288 (90.9%)	7 (2.2%)	16 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	$17,640			$1,544			$13,388	57.8	61.8	179	40
317647001579	220	Longfellow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2003 5th Ave	Scottsbluff	69361	Scotts Bluff County	Scottsbluff Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 635-6262	390	26	15.2	51.3%	237 (60.8%)	4 (1.0%)	131 (33.6%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.6%)	$12,527			$2,759			$8,591	57.4	58	197	23

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