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)
310333000039	71	Auburn Middle School	Public	6-8	1829 Central Ave	Auburn	68305	Nemaha County	Auburn Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 274-4328	190	15	12.9	42.1%	175 (92.1%)	3 (1.6%)	8 (4.2%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$15,312			$99			$13,448	66.8	71.9	54	17
310009902447	72	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	66.8			(n/a)
317905001919	73	York Middle School	Public	6-8	1730 N Delaware Ave	York	68467	York County	York Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 362-6655	315	21	15.2	44.4%	257 (81.6%)	5 (1.6%)	39 (12.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.8%)	$15,480			$489			$12,634	66.5	64.9	79	6
317305000717	74	Louisville Middle School	Public	7-8	202 W 3rd St	Louisville	68037	Cass County	Louisville Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 234-3585	115	10	10.9	8.7%	107 (93.0%)	3 (2.6%)	3 (2.6%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,513			$366			$14,082	66.5	41.5	153	79
310000801734	75	Wisner-Pilger High School	Public	7-12	801 18th St	Wisner	68791	Cuming County	Wisner-Pilger Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 529-3249	188	18	10.2	42.6%	161 (85.6%)	1 (0.5%)	22 (11.7%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$23,781			$45			$19,299	66.1	73.5	46	29
317596001549	76	Ravenna Senior High	Public	7-12	41750 Carthage Rd	Ravenna	68869	Buffalo County	Ravenna Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 452-3249	169	20	8.4	42.6%	150 (88.8%)	3 (1.8%)	11 (6.5%)	3 (1.8%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$24,393			$898			$20,491	65.9	64.3	80	4
310282000701	77	Boone Central Middle School	Public	5-8	605 S 6th	Albion	68620	Boone County	Boone Central Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 395-2134	167	12	13.5	40.7%	152 (91.0%)	3 (1.8%)	8 (4.8%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,468			$412			$13,919	65.9	65.7	78	1
317527001477	78	Papillion Middle School	Public	7-8	423 S Washington St	Papillion	68046	Sarpy County	Papillion La Vista Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 898-0424	659	47	13.9	28.7%	496 (75.3%)	30 (4.6%)	77 (11.7%)	13 (2.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (6.1%)	$14,540			$103			$12,337	65.7	61.2	93	15
310563000184	79	Crofton High School	Public	7-12	89048 N Hwy 121	Crofton	68730	Knox County	Crofton Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 388-2440	178	19	9.1	22.5%	168 (94.4%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	4 (2.2%)	$23,353			$548			$19,521	65.7	79.4	28	51
317257001117	80	Kimball Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	901 S Nadine St	Kimball	69145	Kimball County	Kimball Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 235-4861	167	15	11.1	44.9%	140 (83.8%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.6%)	$25,097			$323			$18,834	65.6	23.3	206	126

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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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