Best Public Schools in Tecumseh, NE

Summary:

The city of Tecumseh, Nebraska is home to two public schools: Johnson County Central El-Tecumseh, an elementary school, and Johnson County Central High School. These schools, operated by the Johnson County Central Public Schools district, have shown improvement in their statewide rankings over the past few years, with the elementary school moving from the bottom 20% to the top 40% of Nebraska elementary schools, and the high school moving from the bottom 10% to the top 40% of Nebraska high schools.

Academically, Johnson County Central El-Tecumseh has demonstrated strong 3rd grade proficiency in English Language Arts, outperforming the state average in both 2024-2025 and 2023-2024. However, the school's 3rd grade math proficiency has been slightly below the state average. At the high school level, Johnson County Central High School has outperformed the state average in 11th grade ACT English Language Arts in both 2024-2025 and 2023-2024, but has had mixed results in 11th grade ACT Math.

Both schools face challenges, with relatively high chronic absenteeism rates of around 19.3% in 2024-2025. Additionally, the schools serve a significant population of students from low-income families, with 59.88% of students at the elementary school and 49.68% of students at the high school receiving free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024. The district's allocation of resources, as seen in the differences in per-student spending and student-teacher ratios between the two schools, may be an area for further analysis and optimization.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NSCAS English Language Arts (2025)		ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NSCAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts All Grades	ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Johnson County Central High School	Public	9-12	358 N 6th	Tecumseh	68450	Johnson County	Johnson County Central Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 335-3328	166	16	10.1	45.2%	125 (75.3%)	4 (2.4%)	29 (17.5%)	2 (1.2%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.8%)	46.2	89^th of 146 public high schools	39.0%		35.7	114^th of 168 public high schools	32.1%	25			48.8	60.5	39.5	$25,142	$1,163	$20,713
Johnson County Central El-Tecumseh	Public	PK, KG-3	358 N 6th	Tecumseh	68450	Johnson County	Johnson County Central Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 335-3320	158	14	11.5	58.2%	128 (81.0%)	4 (2.5%)	22 (13.9%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)								(n/a)	62.2	62.2				$20,327	$2,051	$16,113

Cities Near Tecumseh

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Cook	10.14 mi	2
Johnson	10.75 mi	3	2^nd
Sterling	11.47 mi	2
Lewiston	14.36 mi	2
Adams	17.84 mi	2	104^th

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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.

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