Best Middle Schools in Nebraska

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 200)	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)
317122002362	11	Aspen Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	18414 Summit Drive	Omaha	68136	Sarpy County	Gretna Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 332-3866	782	53	14.7	9.8%	672 (85.9%)	14 (1.8%)	43 (5.5%)	17 (2.2%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (4.1%)	$12,130			$39			$10,338	87.6	84.8	16	5
317329001210	12	Malcolm Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	10002 N W 112th St	Malcolm	68402	Lancaster County	Malcolm Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 796-2151	305	20	15.6	16.4%	290 (95.1%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$14,123			$350			$11,831	86.3	85.1	15	3
310410000516	13	Gerald Otte Blair Middle School	Public	6-8	555 Jackson St	Blair	68008	Washington County	Blair Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 426-3678	476	34	13.9	27.9%	424 (89.1%)	3 (0.6%)	31 (6.5%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.7%)	$12,557			$75			$10,973	85.6	73.8	48	35
317389001269	14	Mitchell Secondary School	Public	7-12	1819 19th Ave	Mitchell	69357	Scotts Bluff County	Mitchell Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 623-1707	257	24	10.8	45.1%	197 (76.7%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (19.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.3%)	$18,551			$377			$15,644	84.5	89.2	9	5
317577001531	15	Ponca High School	Public	7-12	505 3rd St	Ponca	68770	Dixon County	Ponca Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 755-5701	203	18	11	20.7%	188 (92.6%)	5 (2.5%)	7 (3.4%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$19,299			$153			$16,050	84.2	73.2	55	40
310011600593	16	Freeman High School	Public	7-12	415 Eighth St	Adams	68301	Gage County	Freeman Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 988-2525	208	17	12.3	18.3%	202 (97.1%)	3 (1.4%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,212			$293			$15,151	83.9	89.5	8	8
317458000253	17	Cedar Hollow School	Public	PK, KG-8	4900 S Engleman Rd	Grand Island	68803	Hall County	Northwest Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 385-6306	377	25	14.9	19.4%	333 (88.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	$11,890			$579			$10,791	83.5	85.7	12	5
317755002238	18	Middle School At Syracuse	Public	4-8	1430 Education Drive	Syracuse	68446	Otoe County	Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 269-2388	294	21	13.9	19.7%	271 (92.2%)	2 (0.7%)	7 (2.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.4%)	$14,044			$417			$11,413	83.4	76.8	38	20
317374001934	19	Kiewit Middle School	Public	6-8	15650 Howard St	Omaha	68118	Douglas County	Millard Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 715-1470	958	58	16.5	23.7%	763 (79.6%)	19 (2.0%)	84 (8.8%)	47 (4.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (4.6%)	$11,496			$319			$10,219	83.4	80.7	27	8
317284002363	20	Moore Middle School	Public	6-8	8700 Yankee Woods Drive	Lincoln	68526	Lancaster County	Lincoln Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 436-1225	759	40	19.1	9.9%	640 (84.3%)	10 (1.3%)	37 (4.9%)	33 (4.3%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.5%)	$12,315			$678			$9,581	82.4	85.3	14	6

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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 December 3, 2024, 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.