Best High Schools in Nebraska for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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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 89)	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)
317577001531	1	Ponca High School	Public	7-12	505 3rd St	Ponca	68770	Dixon County	Ponca Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 755-5701	190	18	10.2	19.5%	177 (93.2%)	4 (2.1%)	7 (3.7%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,299			$153			$16,050	98.9%	95.8%	3.06%
317011002240	2	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	97.8%	99.5%	1.78%
310342000047	3	Axtell High School	Public	7-12	500 Main St	Axtell	68924	Kearney County	Axtell Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 743-2415	135	14	9.7	31.1%	126 (93.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.0%)	$21,117			$264			$17,939	96.6%	71.6%	25.00%
317821001682	4	Wahoo High School	Public	9-12	2201 N Locust	Wahoo	68066	Saunders County	Wahoo Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 443-4332	345	22	15.5	23.5%	314 (91.0%)	4 (1.2%)	19 (5.5%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$18,427			$403			$12,885	95.5%	92.6%	2.95%
317802001674	5	Valentine High School	Public	9-12	431 N Green St	Valentine	69201	Cherry County	Valentine Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 376-1780	164	21	7.9	40.2%	126 (76.8%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (9.8%)	$31,561			$758			$25,369	94.4%	76.7%	17.64%
317563001514	6	Platteview Senior High School	Public	9-12	14801 S 108th St	Springfield	68059	Sarpy County	Springfield Platteview Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 339-3606	388	35	11	17.0%	359 (92.5%)	2 (0.5%)	13 (3.4%)	7 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	$21,255			$299			$17,954	93.3%	80.5%	12.79%
310498000138	7	Chadron Senior High School	Public	9-12	901 Cedar	Chadron	69337	Dawes County	Chadron Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 432-0707	267	24	11.2	39.7%	215 (80.5%)	4 (1.5%)	10 (3.7%)	3 (1.1%)	19 (7.1%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (5.6%)	$18,677			$663			$15,455	92.1%	66.0%	26.09%
310018702354	8	Boyd County High School (Spencer)	Public	9-12	106 E Greig St	Spencer	68777	Boyd County	Boyd County Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 589-1333	95	12	7.9	53.7%	81 (85.3%)	1 (1.1%)	6 (6.3%)	1 (1.1%)	2 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.2%)	$26,035			$699			$22,168	91.0%	68.8%	22.17%
310008502369	9	St Paul Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	1305 Howard Ave	Saint Paul	68873	Howard County	St Paul Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 754-4433	318	23	14	26.7%	298 (93.7%)	2 (0.6%)	14 (4.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$16,144			$456			$12,847	89.9%	90.7%	0.81%
317371001239	10	Milford High School	Public	7-12	301 G Street	Milford	68405	Seward County	Milford Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 761-2525	358	30	11.9	23.2%	326 (91.1%)	4 (1.1%)	19 (5.3%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$19,416			$409			$15,075	88.8%	89.3%	0.54%

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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.