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)
310007101662	81	High School At Tekamah	Public	7-12	112 N 13th St	Tekamah	68061	Burt County	Tekamah-Herman Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 374-2156	230	26	8.7	31.3%	215 (93.5%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.5%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	$25,062			$850			$19,879	65.1	45.5	139	58
310018301090	82	Howells Senior High School	Public	7-12	417 Center Street	Howells	68641	Colfax County	Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 986-1621	146	15	9.5	34.9%	124 (84.9%)	1 (0.7%)	21 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$21,200			$150			$17,325	65	78.4	33	49
317752001650	83	Sutton Secondary School	Public	7-12	1107 N Saunders	Sutton	68979	Clay County	Sutton Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 773-4303	180	18	9.9	32.8%	142 (78.9%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (20.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$18,291			$109			$15,840	64.8	73	49	34
310001000022	84	Anselmo-Merna High School	Public	7-12	750 N Conway St	Merna	68856	Custer County	Anselmo-Merna Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 643-2224	96	12	8.2	28.1%	95 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,739			$680			$19,628	64.5	24.7	204	120
310002301215	85	Maxwell High School	Public	7-12	415 E Hwy 30	Maxwell	69151	Lincoln County	Maxwell Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 582-4585	147	14	10.5	39.5%	122 (83.0%)	1 (0.7%)	22 (15.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	$18,988			$414			$15,599	64.2	51.4	123	38
310016301772	86	Chase County High School	Public	9-12	520 E 9th St	Imperial	69033	Chase County	Chase County Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 882-4304	308	22	14	38.0%	216 (70.1%)	1 (0.3%)	90 (29.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,644			$417			$13,946	64.1	75.7	39	47
317458000209	87	1r Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	3301 W One-R Road	Grand Island	68803	Hall County	Northwest Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 385-6352	190	13	14.7	26.8%	173 (91.1%)	1 (0.5%)	15 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$11,688			$362			$10,828	63.9	62.9	88	1
317110001012	88	Gothenburg Secondary School	Public	7-12	1322 Avenue I	Gothenburg	69138	Dawson County	Gothenburg Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 537-3651	389	25	15.3	31.4%	357 (91.8%)	6 (1.5%)	22 (5.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	$16,680			$1,233			$13,222	63.7	56.6	107	19
310017602022	89	Johnson County Central Middle School	Public	6-8	407 N 1st St	Cook	68392	Johnson County	Johnson County Central Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 864-4181	119	10	12.1	44.5%	85 (71.4%)	1 (0.8%)	30 (25.2%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	$17,953			$267			$13,926	63.4	57.2	104	15
310277000003	90	Adams Central Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	1090 S Adams Central Rd	Hastings	68901	Adams County	Adams Central Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 463-3285	430	37	11.6	19.5%	402 (93.5%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	$21,727			$278			$19,019	62.8	53.3	114	24

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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.