Best Middle Schools in Nebraska for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Nebraska!

Every year, the Nebraska Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Nebraska test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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Alert! New test scores and rankings are expected from the Nebraska Department of Education any day now!

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 144)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
317539001489	1	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	99.3%	91.2%	8.13%
317011002305	2	Elkhorn Grandview Middle School	Public	6-8	17801 Grand Avenue	Omaha	68116	Douglas County	Elkhorn Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 289-9399	518	39	13.4	14.9%	387 (74.7%)	20 (3.9%)	27 (5.2%)	54 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (5.4%)	$13,273			$131			$11,527	98.6%	98.3%	0.29%
317347001221	3	Mc Cook Junior High School	Public	6-8	800 W 7th St	Mc Cook	69001	Red Willow County	Mc Cook Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 345-6940	307	21	14.7	40.1%	269 (87.6%)	3 (1.0%)	29 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	$14,697			$153			$12,488	97.9%	77.7%	20.19%
317656001592	4	Seward Middle School	Public	5-8	2401 Karol Kay Blvd	Seward	68434	Seward County	Seward Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 643-2986	422	31	13.5	20.4%	387 (91.7%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.3%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	$14,998			$795			$11,954	97.2%	92.0%	5.21%
310000602249	5	West Point - Beemer Middle School	Public	5-8	1200 E Washington	West Point	68788	Cuming County	West Point Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 372-5546	187	17	11	61.0%	111 (59.4%)	1 (0.5%)	73 (39.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	$16,972			$1,009			$13,701	96.5%	85.3%	11.23%
317011001800	6	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	95.8%	90.3%	5.50%
317802001673	7	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	95.1%	89.5%	5.64%
310399002439	8	Bennington South Middle School	Public	6-8	9809 North 171st Street	Bennington	68007	Douglas County	Bennington Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(402) 238-3079	510	38	13.5	9.4%	429 (84.1%)	23 (4.5%)	18 (3.5%)	12 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.1%)	$13,733			$28			$11,321	94.4%	97.1%	2.61%
317671001602	9	Sidney Middle School	Public	7-8	1122 19th Ave	Sidney	69162	Cheyenne County	Sidney Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 254-5855	187	12	15.3	48.1%	162 (86.6%)	1 (0.5%)	16 (8.6%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)	$15,760			$635			$11,186	93.8%	82.4%	11.40%
310002101853	10	Waverly Middle School	Public	6-8	13801 Amberly Rd	Waverly	68462	Lancaster County	Waverly School District 145	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 786-2348	532	37	14.5	19.5%	492 (92.5%)	6 (1.1%)	22 (4.1%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.3%)	$12,960			$418			$11,090	93.1%	94.5%	1.48%

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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.