Best Middle Schools in Nebraska

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 200)	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)
317374000723	21	Beadle Middle School	Public	6-8	18201 Jefferson St	Omaha	68135	Douglas County	Millard Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 715-6100	1,008	61	16.4	16.5%	856 (84.9%)	15 (1.5%)	65 (6.4%)	33 (3.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (3.6%)	$11,283			$351			$9,923	81.8	82.4	24	3
317284000393	22	Scott Middle School	Public	6-8	2200 Pine Lake Road	Lincoln	68512	Lancaster County	Lincoln Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 436-1218	1,103	68	16.2	23.8%	826 (74.9%)	37 (3.4%)	98 (8.9%)	57 (5.2%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (7.3%)	$12,560			$611			$10,468	81.8	84.3	20	2
310002501665	23	Elkhorn Valley High School	Public	7-12	601 S Madison Street	Tilden	68781	Madison County	Elkhorn Valley Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 368-5301	208	17	12.4	29.8%	186 (89.4%)	5 (2.4%)	13 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$21,873			$570			$18,457	81.6	55.5	114	91
310277000003	24	Adams Central Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	1090 S Adams Central Rd	Hastings	68901	Adams County	Adams Central Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 463-3285	432	37	11.6	19.9%	403 (93.3%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	$21,727			$278			$19,019	81.4	62.8	90	66
310199201992	25	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	183	20	9.3	12.0%	176 (96.2%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$22,509			$50			$18,616	80.8	83.7	22	3
317284000392	26	Lux Middle School	Public	6-8	7800 High St	Lincoln	68506	Lancaster County	Lincoln Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 436-1220	808	48	16.8	22.5%	640 (79.2%)	16 (2.0%)	63 (7.8%)	33 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (6.9%)	$14,677			$870			$11,810	80.1	79	29	3
317671001602	27	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	179	12	14.7	51.4%	152 (84.9%)	3 (1.7%)	21 (11.7%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,760			$635			$11,186	80	75.6	42	15
310000602249	28	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	176	17	10.3	60.2%	115 (65.3%)	1 (0.6%)	59 (33.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$16,972			$1,009			$13,701	79.9	77.3	35	7
310492000130	29	Central City Middle School	Public	5-8	2815 17th Ave	Central City	68826	Merrick County	Central City Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 946-3056	227	18	12.3	45.4%	207 (91.2%)	2 (0.9%)	13 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	$16,181			$527			$12,841	79.3	68.7	66	37
317821001683	30	Wahoo Middle School	Public	6-8	2201 N Locust	Wahoo	68066	Saunders County	Wahoo Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 443-3101	242	17	14.5	31.0%	219 (90.5%)	3 (1.2%)	14 (5.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)	$14,268			$396			$12,311	78.9	71.3	61	31

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