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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)
317359001231	21	Mead High School	Public	7-12	114 N Vine	Mead	68041	Saunders County	Mead Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 624-3435	125	13	9.7	33.6%	112 (89.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	$24,367			$235			$19,937	86.9	85.4	20	1
317539001489	22	Pender High School	Public	7-12	609 Whitney St	Pender	68047	Thurston County	Pender Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 385-3244	182	15	12	44.0%	157 (86.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (8.2%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.3%)	$17,593			$254			$15,332	86.8	92.2	11	11
317371001239	23	Milford High School	Public	7-12	301 G Street	Milford	68405	Seward County	Milford Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 761-2525	358	30	11.9	23.2%	326 (91.1%)	4 (1.1%)	19 (5.3%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$19,416			$409			$15,075	86.5	51.3	101	78
317374000242	24	Millard West High School	Public	9-12	5710 S 176 Ave	Omaha	68135	Douglas County	Millard Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 715-6000	2,309	132	17.4	13.6%	1,912 (82.8%)	44 (1.9%)	160 (6.9%)	86 (3.7%)	5 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	101 (4.4%)	$11,952			$371			$10,201	86.1	86.5	17	7
317551001495	25	Pierce Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	201 N Sunset	Pierce	68767	Pierce County	Pierce Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 329-6217	346	25	13.8	22.8%	321 (92.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.3%)	3 (0.9%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.6%)	$16,838			$321			$13,369	86	95.4	5	20
317719001634	26	Sterling High School	Public	7-12	250 Main St	Sterling	68443	Johnson County	Sterling Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 866-4761	89	9	9.4	34.8%	81 (91.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,395			$322			$18,527	85.2	34	136	110
317173001063	27	Hemingford High School	Public	7-12	911 Niobrara Ave	Hemingford	69348	Box Butte County	Hemingford Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 487-3328	171	19	8.9	28.7%	152 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.3%)	$20,112			$322			$18,124	85.2	22.3	164	137
310013301344	28	Exeter-Milligan High School	Public	9-12	318 S River Ave	Exeter	68351	Fillmore County	Exeter-Milligan Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 266-5911	50	10	5	16.0%	47 (94.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$47,372			$348			$40,377	84.8			(n/a)
310003400035	29	Ashland-Greenwood High School	Public	9-12	1842 Furnas Street	Ashland	68003	Saunders County	Ashland-Greenwood Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 944-2117	299	23	12.8	28.1%	268 (89.6%)	3 (1.0%)	13 (4.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.0%)	$16,872			$692			$14,671	84.1	43	122	93
310399000078	30	Bennington High School	Public	9-12	16610 Bennington Road	Bennington	68007	Douglas County	Bennington Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 238-2447	1,002	60	16.8	14.0%	847 (84.5%)	39 (3.9%)	50 (5.0%)	18 (1.8%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (4.4%)	$11,755			$17			$9,778	83.9	94.1	7	23

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