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)
317482001938	341	King Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3706 Maple St	Omaha	68111	Douglas County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(531) 299-1720	326	18	18.2		23 (7.1%)	164 (50.3%)	82 (25.2%)	18 (5.5%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	35 (10.7%)	$19,929			$2,412			$14,738	24	3.3	447	106
310381001500	342	Belleaire Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1200 Mission Ave West	Bellevue	68005	Sarpy County	Bellevue Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 293-4510	282	28	10.2	68.4%	146 (51.8%)	20 (7.1%)	91 (32.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.5%)	$18,657			$1,571			$15,304	23.8	30.1	351	9
317866001793	343	Westbrook Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1312 Robertson Drive	Omaha	68114	Douglas County	Westside Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 390-6490	547	35	15.8		292 (53.4%)	88 (16.1%)	71 (13.0%)	24 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (13.0%)	$17,405			$1,043			$14,279	23.8	17.4	395	52
317686001614	344	Lewis & Clark Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	801 2nd Ave	South Sioux City	68776	Dakota County	So Sioux City Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 494-1917	227	22	10.5	79.7%	23 (10.1%)	4 (1.8%)	167 (73.6%)	3 (1.3%)	21 (9.3%)	4 (1.8%)	5 (2.2%)	$17,855			$1,663			$15,314	23.6	34.7	335	9
317158001055	345	Longfellow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	828 N Hastings Ave	Hastings	68901	Adams County	Hastings Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 461-7584	307	26	11.7	45.3%	203 (66.1%)	3 (1.0%)	87 (28.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.3%)	$15,505			$1,839			$11,804	23.5	34.1	339	6
317158001054	346	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	720 S Franklin	Hastings	68901	Adams County	Hastings Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 461-7589	299	27	11.2	74.6%	162 (54.2%)	3 (1.0%)	111 (37.1%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.0%)	$17,089			$2,165			$13,217	23.3	19	387	41
317686001610	347	Dakota City Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1801 Locust St	Dakota City	68731	Dakota County	So Sioux City Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 987-3363	241	21	11.7	67.2%	75 (31.1%)	0 (0.0%)	141 (58.5%)	14 (5.8%)	5 (2.1%)	2 (0.8%)	4 (1.7%)	$16,449			$1,883			$13,153	23.2	44.5	274	73
317416001283	348	Hayward Elementary School	Public	3-5	306 S 14th St	Nebraska City	68410	Otoe County	Nebraska City Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 873-6641	280	21	13.4	57.5%	199 (71.1%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (26.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	$14,124			$1,788			$10,595	23.2	30.6	348
317482001444	349	Western Hills Magnet Center	Public	PK, KG-6	6523 Western Avenue	Omaha	68117	Douglas County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(531) 299-2240	333	26	12.9		98 (29.4%)	104 (31.2%)	69 (20.7%)	9 (2.7%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	49 (14.7%)	$19,230			$2,324			$15,136	22.2	15.7	402	53
317482001355	350	Benson West Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6652 Maple St	Omaha	68104	Douglas County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(531) 299-1120	366	26	13.9		84 (23.0%)	118 (32.2%)	38 (10.4%)	81 (22.1%)	10 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	34 (9.3%)	$18,554			$2,478			$14,180	22	11.9	420	70

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