Best High Schools in Nebraska for White 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, White 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 (White vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 206)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	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	99.5%	89.8%	9.75%
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	99.0%	99.5%	0.51%
310011700602	3	Heartland Community High School	Public	7-12	1501 Front St	Henderson	68371	York County	Heartland Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 723-4434	156	14	11.3	28.8%	142 (91.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.8%)	4 (2.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,443			$1,219			$17,606	98.5%	96.7%	1.80%
310199201992	4	Elmwood-Murdock Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	300 Wyoming St	Murdock	68407	Cass County	Elmwood-Murdock Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 867-2341	168	20	8.5	16.7%	162 (96.4%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,509			$50			$18,616	98.1%	97.7%	0.38%
317011002413	5	Elkhorn North High School	Public	9-12	17800 George Miller Parkway	Omaha	68116	Douglas County	Elkhorn Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 289-0322	946	62	15.3	10.7%	763 (80.7%)	28 (3.0%)	50 (5.3%)	67 (7.1%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	34 (3.6%)	$13,113			$141			$10,905	97.6%	98.6%	1.03%
317503001460	6	Osmond High School	Public	7-12	202 W Prairie St	Osmond	68765	Pierce County	Osmond Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 748-3777	81	8	10	27.2%	78 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.5%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$26,641			$430			$22,351	97.1%	98.1%	1.05%
317826001688	7	Wallace High School	Public	7-12	151 N Wallace Rd	Wallace	69169	Lincoln County	Wallace Public School District 65 R	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 387-4323	83	11	7.3	25.3%	69 (83.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.6%)	$28,862			$455			$25,070	96.6%	94.9%	1.72%
317824001686	8	Wakefield High School	Public	7-12	802 Highland	Wakefield	68784	Dixon County	Wakefield Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 287-2012	225	19	11.7	59.6%	89 (39.6%)	0 (0.0%)	136 (60.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,801			$891			$16,380	96.1%	58.1%	37.98%
310001500122	9	Cambridge High School	Public	9-12	1003 Nelson St	Cambridge	69022	Furnas County	Cambridge Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 697-3322	86	12	7.3	48.8%	83 (96.5%)	1 (1.2%)	2 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$27,638			$432			$23,334	95.6%	97.2%	1.58%
310597000201	10	Tri County Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	72520 Hwy 103	De Witt	68341	Saline County	Tri County Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 683-2015	192	17	11	34.9%	178 (92.7%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (3.1%)	2 (1.0%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$24,036			$224			$18,891	95.1%	96.3%	1.13%

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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.

Educational resources:

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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.