Best Elementary Schools in Nebraska

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 459)	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)
317482001352	371	Belle Ryan Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1807 S 60th St	Omaha	68117	Douglas County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(531) 299-1080	305	22	13.8		101 (33.1%)	68 (22.3%)	95 (31.1%)	16 (5.2%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (7.5%)	$19,533			$2,342			$15,295	24.5	20	378	7
317482001365	372	Chandler View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7800 S 25th St	Omaha	68147	Sarpy County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(531) 299-1220	450	32	14		94 (20.9%)	33 (7.3%)	295 (65.6%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.1%)	$19,243			$2,637			$15,232	23.8	11	413	41
310534000170	373	West Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	4100 Adamy St	Columbus	68602	Platte County	Columbus Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 563-7075	262	13	20.1	50.4%	111 (42.4%)	5 (1.9%)	140 (53.4%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	$16,290			$851			$14,279	23.4	30	337	36
317482001379	374	Florence Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7902 North 36th Street	Omaha	68112	Douglas County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(531) 299-1400	251	14	17.9		100 (39.8%)	70 (27.9%)	44 (17.5%)	12 (4.8%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	22 (8.8%)	$18,616			$2,321			$13,805	23	9.7	420	46
317482001427	375	Rose Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5605 Corby Street	Omaha	68104	Douglas County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(531) 299-2000	268	19	14.1		98 (36.6%)	57 (21.3%)	27 (10.1%)	44 (16.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	41 (15.3%)	$22,374			$6,232			$14,623	22.2	22.8	365	10
317482001414	376	Mount View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5322 N 52nd St	Omaha	68104	Douglas County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(531) 299-1860	305	19	15.9		29 (9.5%)	143 (46.9%)	39 (12.8%)	70 (23.0%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.6%)	$17,470			$2,356			$13,840	22	5.3	436	60
317482001374	377	Dodge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3520 Maplewood Blvd	Omaha	68134	Douglas County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(531) 299-1300	407	23	17.5		143 (35.1%)	121 (29.7%)	47 (11.5%)	51 (12.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (10.6%)	$16,918			$2,331			$13,390	21.5	15.6	396	19
310360000063	378	Paddock Lane School	Public	PK, KG-5	1300 N 14th St	Beatrice	68310	Gage County	Beatrice Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 223-1566	409	29	13.9	59.7%	360 (88.0%)	6 (1.5%)	19 (4.6%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (4.4%)	$13,454			$1,016			$11,281	21.2	20.9	373	5
317284001138	379	Belmont Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3425 N 14th St	Lincoln	68521	Lancaster County	Lincoln Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 436-1124	814	72	11.2		346 (42.5%)	124 (15.2%)	220 (27.0%)	25 (3.1%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (11.4%)	$14,728			$1,931			$11,455	21	21.2	370	9
310306000023	380	Ansley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1124 Cameron St	Ansley	68814	Custer County	Ansley Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 935-1121	121	11	11.4	54.5%	105 (86.8%)	4 (3.3%)	8 (6.6%)	1 (0.8%)	3 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,378			$519			$17,175	20.6			(n/a)

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.