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Nebraska City Rankings

Due to the disruption caused by COVID-19, the Nebraska Department of Education did not administer assessments for the 2019-2020 school year. SchoolDigger will resume updating its rankings when test scores are released in 2021.

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Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools Districts Cities

Rank (of 247)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2019)	Rank (2018)	Rank change from 2018
1^st	Elkhorn	7	2	1	0	2	0.968	2	1
2^nd	Newman Grove	1	0	1	0	0	0.955	29	27
3^rd	Tryon	1	0	1	0	0	0.949		(n/a)
4^th	Shickley	1	0	1	0	0	0.945	92	88
5^th	Pender	1	0	1	0	0	0.942	17	12
6^th	Odell	0	0	1	0	0	0.928	14	8
7^th	Ponca	1	0	1	0	0	0.92	8	1
8^th	Bennington	3	1	1	0	0	0.92	6	2
9^th	Elmwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.918	4	5
10^th	Murdock	0	0	1	0	0	0.911	16	6
11^th	Fort Calhoun	1	0	1	0	0	0.907	42	31
12^th	Dix	1	0	0	0	0	0.903	1	11
13^th	Seward	1	1	1	0	2	0.902	7	6
14^th	Stapleton	2	0	1	0	0	0.89	106	92
15^th	Mullen	1	0	1	0	0	0.876	70	55
16^th	Hay Springs	2	1	1	0	0	0.869		(n/a)
17^th	Bloomfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.866	12	5
18^th	Gretna	3	1	1	0	0	0.862	22	4
19^th	Atkinson	3	0	1	0	1	0.841	56	37
20^th	Milford	1	0	1	0	0	0.841	32	12
21^st	Allen	1	0	1	0	0	0.839	208	187
22^nd	Springfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.829	25	3
23^rd	Pierce	1	0	1	0	1	0.827	13	10
24^th	Osmond	1	0	1	0	1	0.826	34	10
25^th	Diller	1	0	0	0	0	0.814	5	20
26^th	Bruning	1	0	1	0	0	0.811	3	23
27^th	Johnson	1	0	1	0	0	0.804	10	17
28^th	Howells	1	0	1	0	1	0.802	76	48
29^th	Giltner	1	0	1	0	0	0.8	55	26
30^th	Bennet	1	0	0	0	0	0.796	24	6
31^st	Davenport	1	1	0	0	0	0.794		(n/a)
32^nd	Wynot	1	1	1	0	0	0.781	77	45
33^rd	Hebron	1	0	1	0	0	0.78	35	2
34^th	Firth	2	1	1	0	0	0.768	19	15
35^th	Henderson	1	0	1	0	0	0.763	21	14
36^th	Malcolm	1	0	1	0	0	0.757	18	18
37^th	Adams	1	0	1	0	0	0.757	52	15
38^th	Franklin	1	0	1	0	0	0.733	113	75
39^th	North Bend	1	1	1	0	0	0.722	27	12
40^th	Axtell	1	0	1	0	0	0.719	85	45
41^st	Syracuse	1	1	1	0	0	0.716	64	23
42^nd	Geneva	1	1	2	0	1	0.713	101	59
43^rd	Papillion	14	2	3	0	1	0.709	45	2
44^th	Dodge	1	0	0	0	1	0.708		(n/a)
45^th	Loomis	1	0	1	0	0	0.705	38	7
46^th	Auburn	3	1	2	0	0	0.705	31	15
47^th	Blair	4	1	1	0	1	0.703	79	32
48^th	Wahoo	2	1	1	0	2	0.702	75	27
49^th	Mc Cook	2	1	3	0	0	0.696	46	3
50^th	Mitchell	1	0	1	0	0	0.695	129	79
51^st	Valley	1	1	2	0	0	0.693	162	111
52^nd	Oakland	1	0	1	0	0	0.689	128	76
53^rd	Ashland	1	1	1	0	0	0.687	51	2
54^th	Clay Center	0	1	0	0	0	0.684	33	21
55^th	Blue Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0.684	57	2
56^th	Culbertson	1	0	0	0	0	0.681	69	13
57^th	York	2	1	1	0	2	0.67	100	43
58^th	Palmyra	0	0	1	0	0	0.669	157	99
59^th	Aurora	2	1	1	0	0	0.669	54	5
60^th	Hartington	1	0	1	0	2	0.668	98	38
61^st	Mead	1	0	1	0	0	0.667	163	102
62^nd	Yutan	1	0	1	0	0	0.667	66	4
63^rd	Arlington	1	0	1	0	1	0.666	30	33
64^th	Coleridge	0	1	0	0	0	0.656	132	68
65^th	Randolph	1	0	1	0	0	0.652	26	39
66^th	Louisville	1	1	1	0	0	0.652	96	30
67^th	Stuart	1	0	1	0	0	0.648		(n/a)
68^th	Palmer	1	0	1	0	0	0.645	189	121
69^th	Waverly	2	1	1	0	1	0.643	87	18
70^th	Wayne	2	1	1	1	1	0.643	60	10
71^st	Callaway	1	0	1	0	0	0.637	160	89
72^nd	Kearney	11	2	2	0	3	0.637	73	1
73^rd	Fairmont	0	1	0	0	0	0.636	86	13
74^th	Clarkson	1	0	1	0	0	0.633	110	36
75^th	Amherst	1	0	1	0	0	0.631	83	8
76^th	Plainview	1	0	1	0	1	0.631	122	46
77^th	Sutton	1	0	1	0	0	0.631	43	34
78^th	Hooper	1	0	1	0	0	0.629	53	25
79^th	Stromsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.627	37	42
80^th	Gurley	1	0	0	0	0	0.623	214	134
81^st	Sterling	1	0	1	0	0	0.623	62	19
82^nd	Lyons	1	0	1	0	0	0.621	59	23
83^rd	Trenton	0	0	1	0	0	0.62	105	22
84^th	Genoa	1	0	1	0	0	0.615	158	74
85^th	Doniphan	1	0	1	0	0	0.615	124	39
86^th	Leigh	1	0	1	0	0	0.613	9	77
87^th	Fullerton	1	0	1	0	0	0.612	50	37
88^th	Oxford	1	0	1	0	0	0.609	186	98
89^th	Wood River	1	1	1	0	0	0.609	102	13
90^th	Ceresco	1	0	0	0	0	0.602	159	69
91^st	Eustis	1	0	1	0	0	0.6	149	58
92^nd	Crofton	1	0	1	0	1	0.6	11	81
93^rd	Ord	1	0	1	0	1	0.598	136	43
94^th	Creighton	1	0	1	0	1	0.597	104	10
95^th	Kenesaw	1	0	1	0	0	0.593	81	14
96^th	Murray	1	0	1	0	0	0.585	114	18
97^th	Ravenna	1	0	1	0	0	0.577	185	88
98^th	Saint Paul	1	0	1	0	0	0.575	74	24
99^th	Hildreth	0	1	0	0	0	0.575	188	89
100^th	Wakefield	1	0	1	0	0	0.569	125	25
101^st	Nelson	0	1	1	0	0	0.568	138	37
102^nd	Potter	0	0	1	0	0	0.567	67	35
103^rd	Cairo	1	0	1	0	1	0.562	112	9
104^th	Cambridge	1	1	1	0	0	0.561	28	76
105^th	Grant	1	0	1	0	0	0.559	39	66
106^th	Chadron	2	1	2	0	2	0.556	103	3
107^th	Dakota City	1	0	0	0	0	0.555	84	23
108^th	Fairfield	2	0	1	0	0	0.552	123	15
109^th	David City	1	0	1	0	2	0.55	36	73
110^th	Scotia	1	0	0	0	0	0.549	156	46
111^th	Winside	1	0	1	0	0	0.545	200	89
112^th	Scribner	1	0	1	0	0	0.545	88	24
113^th	Wausa	1	0	1	0	0	0.545	40	73
114^th	Albion	1	0	1	0	1	0.543	139	25
115^th	Utica	1	0	1	0	1	0.531	120	5
116^th	Battle Creek	1	0	1	0	1	0.526	91	25
117^th	Hershey	1	0	1	0	0	0.523	168	51
118^th	Gothenburg	2	0	1	0	1	0.522	151	33
119^th	Lincoln	47	14	17	0	26	0.522	118	1
120^th	Bridgeport	2	0	1	0	0	0.52	89	31
121^st	Curtis	1	0	1	0	0	0.52	116	5
122^nd	North Platte	10	2	1	0	3	0.519	126	4
123^rd	Shelby	1	1	1	0	0	0.516	161	38
124^th	Wilcox	1	0	1	0	0	0.512	228	104
125^th	Norfolk	7	2	2	1	7	0.511	117	8
126^th	Brainard	1	0	1	0	0	0.51	164	38
127^th	Wisner	1	0	1	0	0	0.51	135	8
128^th	Burwell	2	0	1	0	0	0.508	72	56
129^th	Merna	1	0	1	0	0	0.504	65	64
130^th	Petersburg	0	1	0	0	0	0.502	95	35
131^st	Saint Libory	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	97	34
132^nd	Minden	2	1	1	0	0	0.492	143	11
133^rd	Broken Bow	3	1	1	0	0	0.485	121	12
134^th	Clearwater	1	0	1	0	0	0.478	180	46
135^th	Humphrey	1	0	1	0	1	0.471	94	41
136^th	Bassett	2	0	1	0	0	0.471	173	37
137^th	Sargent	1	0	1	0	0	0.471	199	62
138^th	Sumner	1	0	1	0	0	0.466	137	1
139^th	Elgin	1	0	1	0	2	0.465	20	119
140^th	Indianola	1	0	0	0	0	0.456	201	61
141^st	Columbus	7	2	2	1	6	0.455	144	3
142^nd	Bellevue	17	3	2	1	3	0.454	172	30
143^rd	Falls City	2	1	1	0	1	0.454	190	47
144^th	Clarks	1	1	0	0	0	0.453	191	47
145^th	Milligan	1	0	0	0	0	0.447	119	26
146^th	Homer	1	0	1	0	0	0.446	203	57
147^th	Imperial	1	1	1	0	0	0.445	178	31
148^th	Maywood	1	0	1	0	0	0.445	140	8
149^th	De Witt	1	0	1	0	0	0.444	90	59
150^th	Stanton	1	0	1	0	0	0.444	165	15
151^st	Sutherland	1	0	1	0	0	0.44	145	6
152^nd	Hastings	7	1	4	0	3	0.439	152
153^rd	Saint Edward	1	0	1	0	0	0.437	141	12
154^th	Cook	1	1	0	0	0	0.431	154
155^th	Hemingford	1	0	1	0	0	0.43	169	14
156^th	Arapahoe	1	0	1	0	0	0.427	127	29
157^th	Wymore	1	0	1	0	0	0.425	223	66
158^th	Platte Center	1	0	0	0	0	0.42	134	24
159^th	Omaha	118	24	32	5	46	0.418	174	15
160^th	Pleasanton	1	0	1	0	0	0.416	225	65
161^st	La Vista	4	1	0	1	1	0.409	147	14
162^nd	Red Cloud	1	0	1	0	0	0.407	221	59
163^rd	Alma	1	0	1	0	0	0.407	109	54
164^th	Bancroft	1	0	1	0	0	0.406	108	56
165^th	Neligh	3	0	2	0	0	0.405		(n/a)
166^th	Oshkosh	1	0	1	0	0	0.403	204	38
167^th	Valparaiso	1	1	0	0	0	0.396	48	119
168^th	Ainsworth	2	1	1	0	0	0.39	63	105
169^th	Gordon	1	0	1	0	0	0.39	175	6
170^th	Gering	8	1	1	0	0	0.386		(n/a)
171^st	Dorchester	1	0	1	0	0	0.385	224	53
172^nd	Crete	2	1	1	0	1	0.385	211	39
173^rd	Spalding	1	1	0	0	0	0.381	107	66
174^th	Laurel	1	0	1	0	0	0.376	23	151
175^th	Raymond	1	0	1	0	0	0.375	150	25
176^th	Oneill	2	0	1	1	1	0.371	206	30
177^th	West Point	1	1	1	0	3	0.365	130	47
178^th	Beatrice	4	1	2	0	2	0.363	177	1
179^th	Plattsmouth	2	1	1	0	1	0.363	207	28
180^th	Scottsbluff	6	1	3	1	3	0.361	155	25
181^st	Ewing	1	0	1	0	0	0.359		(n/a)
182^nd	Wallace	1	0	1	0	0	0.359	61	121
183^rd	Grand Island	16	3	5	2	4	0.35	183
184^th	Elm Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.344	193	9
185^th	Central City	1	1	1	0	0	0.342	179	6
186^th	Superior	1	0	1	0	0	0.339	170	16
187^th	Butte	1	0	0	0	0	0.338		(n/a)
188^th	Ansley	1	0	1	0	0	0.336	99	89
189^th	Elwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.334	71	118
190^th	Bladen	1	0	0	0	0	0.332	167	23
191^st	Bartley	0	0	1	0	0	0.331	227	36
192^nd	Deshler	1	0	1	0	1	0.328	115	77
193^rd	Chappell	1	0	1	0	0	0.328	197	4
194^th	Shelton	1	0	1	0	0	0.324	220	26
195^th	Lawrence	2	0	0	0	0	0.321	192	3
196^th	Ogallala	1	0	1	0	2	0.32	176	20
197^th	Tilden	1	0	1	0	0	0.32	217	20
198^th	Lewiston	1	0	1	0	0	0.316		(n/a)
199^th	Fairbury	2	0	1	0	0	0.316	184	15
200^th	Bertrand	1	0	1	0	0	0.313	209	9
201^st	Friend	1	0	1	0	0	0.308	153	48
202^nd	Cedar Bluffs	1	0	1	0	0	0.308	194	8
203^rd	Humboldt	1	0	1	1	0	0.299	68	135
204^th	South Sioux City	5	1	1	0	1	0.297	216	12
205^th	Tekamah	1	0	1	0	0	0.296	198	7
206^th	Crawford	1	0	1	0	0	0.295	166	40
207^th	Overton	1	0	1	0	0	0.294	146	61
208^th	Dalton	0	0	1	0	0	0.286		(n/a)
209^th	Weeping Water	1	0	1	0	0	0.281	181	28
210^th	Eagle	1	0	0	0	0	0.279	196	14
211^th	Daykin	1	0	1	0	0	0.279	142	69
212^th	Emerson	1	0	1	0	0	0.273	182	30
213^th	Brady	1	0	1	0	0	0.268	187	26
214^th	Ralston	2	1	1	0	0	0.264	218	4
215^th	Mc Cool Junction	1	0	1	0	0	0.263	148	67
216^th	Spencer	0	1	1	0	0	0.263		(n/a)
217^th	Bellwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.248		(n/a)
218^th	Benkelman	1	0	1	0	0	0.246	202	16
219^th	Loup City	1	0	1	0	0	0.245	195	24
220^th	Cedar Rapids	1	0	1	0	0	0.244		(n/a)
221^st	Cozad	2	1	1	0	0	0.238	210	11
222^nd	Kimball	3	0	1	0	0	0.236	213	9
223^rd	Morrill	3	0	1	0	0	0.235	231	8
224^th	Blue Springs	2	0	0	0	0	0.232	233	9
225^th	Palisade	1	0	0	0	0	0.23		(n/a)
226^th	Table Rock	0	1	0	0	0	0.223	230	4
227^th	Wilber	1	0	1	0	0	0.215	212	15
228^th	Big Springs	1	0	1	0	0	0.201		(n/a)
229^th	Greeley	1	0	1	0	0	0.199	133	96
230^th	Pawnee City	1	0	1	0	1	0.197	205	25
231^st	Gibbon	1	0	1	0	0	0.192	226	5
232^nd	Paxton	1	0	1	0	0	0.19	41	191
233^rd	Roseland	0	0	1	0	0	0.174	219	14
234^th	Fremont	10	2	4	3	3	0.165	222	12
235^th	Lexington	6	1	1	0	0	0.151	229	6
236^th	Niobrara	2	0	2	0	0	0.15		(n/a)
237^th	Harvard	1	1	1	0	0	0.142	232	5
238^th	Bayard	1	0	1	0	0	0.136	234	4
239^th	Schuyler	4	1	1	0	0	0.135	238	1
240^th	Madison	2	1	1	1	2	0.118	235	5
241^st	Alliance	3	1	1	0	2	0.115	236	5
242^nd	Tecumseh	1	0	1	0	1	0.101	44	198
243^rd	Polk	1	0	1	0	1	0.095	78	165
244^th	Maxwell	1	0	1	0	0	0.085	237	7
245^th	Nebraska City	2	1	1	1	0	0.081	239	6
246^th	Walthill	1	0	1	0	0	0.033	241	5
247^th	Winnebago	1	0	1	0	1	0.027	240	7

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