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)
310597001848	121	Tri County Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	72520 Hwy 103	De Witt	68341	Saline County	Tri County Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 683-4035	232	21	10.9	28.9%	213 (91.8%)	1 (0.4%)	13 (5.6%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$17,011			$969			$14,308	70.7	69.8	136	15
317420001818	122	Conestoga Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	104 E High St	Murray	68409	Cass County	Conestoga Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 235-2341	375	32	11.8	26.4%	344 (91.7%)	2 (0.5%)	20 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	$16,654			$1,039			$13,915	70.6	66	157	35
317284001146	123	Eastridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6245 L St	Lincoln	68510	Lancaster County	Lincoln Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 436-1135	279	19	14.7	35.8%	221 (79.2%)	6 (2.2%)	29 (10.4%)	3 (1.1%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.1%)	$14,590			$1,632			$11,376	70.5	64.8	162	39
317482002251	124	Wilson Focus School	Public	3-6	5141 F Street	Omaha	68117	Douglas County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(531) 299-2260	205	16	12.9		68 (33.2%)	64 (31.2%)	44 (21.5%)	6 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	22 (10.7%)	$19,238			$2,217			$15,599	70.4	73.5	111	13
317521001469	125	Elementary At Bennet	Public	PK, KG-5	50 Dogwood	Bennet	68317	Lancaster County	Palmyra District O R 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 782-3535	404	30	13.5	22.0%	375 (92.8%)	7 (1.7%)	15 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (1.0%)	$13,613			$477			$11,809	70.3	71.2	126	1
310000300916	126	Elementary School At Brainard	Public	PK, KG-6	212 S Madison	Brainard	68626	Butler County	East Butler Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 545-2081	118	10	11.2	2.5%	113 (95.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$26,814			$771			$23,309	70.1	46.7	259	133
310000801733	127	Wisner-Pilger Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	801 18th St	Wisner	68791	Cuming County	Wisner-Pilger Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 529-6465	272	21	12.7	49.3%	210 (77.2%)	3 (1.1%)	46 (16.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.7%)	$20,504			$989			$17,370	69.9	70.2	132	5
310011200492	128	Shell Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	16786 280th St	Columbus	68601	Platte County	Lakeview Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 564-8008	346	26	13.5	31.8%	262 (75.7%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (23.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$13,597			$1,321			$10,777	69.9	69.8	135	7
317284002442	129	Robinson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1350 North 102nd Street	Lincoln	68527	Lancaster County	Lincoln Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(402) 436-1187	348	27	12.9	31.6%	258 (74.1%)	13 (3.7%)	36 (10.3%)	15 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.5%)	$19,558			$2,158			$13,907	69.6	71.6	123	6
317374001255	130	Neihardt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	15130 Drexel	Omaha	68137	Douglas County	Millard Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 715-8360	498	36	13.9	37.3%	390 (78.3%)	14 (2.8%)	48 (9.6%)	8 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	34 (6.8%)	$12,019			$1,021			$10,028	69.3	60.5	185	55

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