Best High Schools in Nebraska for Special Education 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, Special Education 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.

Alert! We are expecting the release of this year's test scores by the Nebraska Department of Education any day now! We will update our rankings as soon as they are released!

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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 5)	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 (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
317011002240	1	Elkhorn South High School	Public	9-12	20303 Blue Sage Parkway	Omaha	68130	Douglas County	Elkhorn Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 289-0616	1,428	88	16.1	5.2%	1,243 (87.0%)	20 (1.4%)	49 (3.4%)	69 (4.8%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	41 (2.9%)	$11,687			$137			$9,956	80.0%	99.5%	19.53%
317374000242	2	Millard West High School	Public	9-12	5710 S 176 Ave	Omaha	68135	Douglas County	Millard Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 715-6000	2,309	132	17.4	13.6%	1,912 (82.8%)	44 (1.9%)	160 (6.9%)	86 (3.7%)	5 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	101 (4.4%)	$11,952			$371			$10,201	60.0%	88.8%	28.84%
317866001724	3	Westside High School	Public	9-12	8701 Pacific Street	Omaha	68114	Douglas County	Westside Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 343-2600	2,106	133	15.8	33.1%	1,450 (68.9%)	222 (10.5%)	218 (10.4%)	59 (2.8%)	7 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	148 (7.0%)	$15,110			$406			$12,920	40.0%	54.4%	14.42%
317527001389	4	Papillion La Vista South High School	Public	9-12	10799 Hwy 370	Papillion	68046	Sarpy County	Papillion La Vista Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 829-4600	1,965	120	16.4	19.9%	1,584 (80.6%)	93 (4.7%)	147 (7.5%)	31 (1.6%)	9 (0.5%)	6 (0.3%)	95 (4.8%)	$13,444			$223			$11,257	20.0%	79.5%	59.53%
317482001363	5	Central High School	Public	9-12	124 N 20th St	Omaha	68102	Douglas County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(531) 299-2660	2,738	120	22.9		807 (29.5%)	728 (26.6%)	920 (33.6%)	107 (3.9%)	19 (0.7%)	6 (0.2%)	151 (5.5%)	$16,146			$2,208			$12,318	0.0%	14.4%	14.42%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ACT English Language Arts, ACT Mathematics, ACT Science, 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.