Best Schools in Nebraska

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 428)	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)
317374001816	181	Norman Rockwell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6370 S 140th Ave	Omaha	68137	Douglas County	Millard Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 715-8246	311	26	11.8	47.6%	218 (70.1%)	27 (8.7%)	39 (12.5%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.8%)	$18,778			$2,848			$14,723	62.2	55.8	211	30
317494001453	182	Ord Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	820 S 16th St	Ord	68862	Valley County	Ord Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 728-3331	316	22	14.3	42.1%	293 (92.7%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (5.1%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$18,836			$1,028			$16,710	62.1	50.3	237	55
310017602038	183	Johnson County Central Elementary-Cook	Public	PK, KG-5	407 N 1st St	Cook	68329	Johnson County	Johnson County Central Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 864-4181	79	8	9.9	40.5%	66 (83.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (11.4%)	2 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.5%)	$21,398			$1,304			$17,885	61.8	45.8	267	84
310344000657	184	Bancroft-Rosalie Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	708 Main St	Bancroft	68004	Cuming County	Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 648-3336	162	15	10.5		98 (60.5%)	2 (1.2%)	5 (3.1%)	2 (1.2%)	51 (31.5%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.9%)	$22,954			$4,639			$15,537	61.7	40.6	298	114
310001000021	185	Anselmo-Merna Elementary-Merna	Public	PK, KG-6	750 N Conway St	Merna	68856	Custer County	Anselmo-Merna Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 643-2224	149	13	11.9	36.9%	140 (94.0%)	1 (0.7%)	5 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)	$19,740			$1,616			$14,689	61.3	36.6	325	140
317686001612	186	Harney Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1001 Arbor Drive	South Sioux City	68776	Dakota County	So Sioux City Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 494-1446	376	30	12.6	80.6%	36 (9.6%)	92 (24.5%)	207 (55.1%)	10 (2.7%)	11 (2.9%)	9 (2.4%)	11 (2.9%)	$16,132			$1,907			$13,243	61.3	37.5	317	131
317476002298	187	Prairie View School	Public	PK, KG-8	801 East O Street	Ogallala	69153	Keith County	Ogallala Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 284-6087	541	50	10.8	53.4%	432 (79.9%)	3 (0.6%)	86 (15.9%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.0%)	$17,276			$1,579			$13,987	61.2	46.7	260	73
317596001823	188	Ravenna Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	41750 Carthage Rd	Ravenna	68869	Buffalo County	Ravenna Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 452-3202	244	21	11.7	44.7%	216 (88.5%)	3 (1.2%)	21 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	$19,945			$1,433			$16,125	61.1	74.6	102	86
317215001093	189	Humphrey Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	405 South 7th Street	Humphrey	68642	Platte County	Humphrey Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 923-1230	159	12	13.2	8.2%	157 (98.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,800			$946			$17,398	60.9	57.2	202	13
317527001482	190	Trumble Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	500 Valley Rd	Papillion	68046	Sarpy County	Papillion La Vista Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 898-0466	376	26	14.2	34.8%	295 (78.5%)	3 (0.8%)	53 (14.1%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.3%)	$13,469			$111			$12,061	60.9	64.7	163	27

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