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)
317539001489	21	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	84	85.6	13	8
310199201992	22	Elmwood-Murdock Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	300 Wyoming St	Murdock	68407	Cass County	Elmwood-Murdock Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 867-2341	168	20	8.5	16.7%	162 (96.4%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,509			$50			$18,616	83.7	70	63	41
317011001800	23	Elkhorn Middle School	Public	6-8	3200 N 207th Plaza	Elkhorn	68022	Douglas County	Elkhorn Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 289-2428	607	44	13.8	19.9%	492 (81.1%)	8 (1.3%)	48 (7.9%)	31 (5.1%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.0%)	$12,519			$131			$10,848	83.5	84.1	15	8
317374000723	24	Beadle Middle School	Public	6-8	18201 Jefferson St	Omaha	68135	Douglas County	Millard Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 715-6100	1,012	62	16.2	12.8%	869 (85.9%)	13 (1.3%)	68 (6.7%)	31 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (3.0%)	$11,283			$351			$9,923	82.4	83.5	16	8
317802001673	25	Valentine Middle School	Public	5-8	239 N Wood	Valentine	69201	Cherry County	Valentine Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 376-3367	160	15	10.6	51.3%	110 (68.8%)	1 (0.6%)	12 (7.5%)	1 (0.6%)	20 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (10.0%)	$21,213			$982			$18,002	81.7	80.2	24	1
310010500101	26	Bridgeport High School	Public	7-12	800 Q St	Bridgeport	69336	Morrill County	Bridgeport Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 262-0346	248	21	11.7		195 (78.6%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (21.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,367			$599			$17,575	81	76.4	37	11
317374001934	27	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	947	58	16.3	21.4%	728 (76.9%)	33 (3.5%)	88 (9.3%)	55 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (4.5%)	$11,496			$319			$10,219	80.7	83.2	17	10
310313000030	28	Arlington High School	Public	7-12	705 N 9th	Arlington	68002	Washington County	Arlington Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 478-4171	346	28	12.5	21.7%	311 (89.9%)	3 (0.9%)	28 (8.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$16,051			$122			$13,464	79.5	78.5	31	3
317284000392	29	Lux Middle School	Public	6-8	7800 High St	Lincoln	68506	Lancaster County	Lincoln Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 436-1220	791	52	15.1	21.9%	618 (78.1%)	15 (1.9%)	75 (9.5%)	29 (3.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (6.6%)	$14,677			$870			$11,810	79	84.7	14	15
310011500572	30	North Bend Central High School	Public	9-12	1320 Walnut St	North Bend	68649	Dodge County	North Bend Central Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 652-3268	226	18	12.2	28.3%	213 (94.2%)	3 (1.3%)	8 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$23,736			$274			$17,680	78.9	83	18	12

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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.