Nebraska City Rankings

Updated Friday, December 10, 2021, based on the 2020-21 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 232)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2021)	Rank (2019)	Rank change from 2019
1^st	Shickley	1	0	1	0	0.981	4	3
2^nd	Elkhorn	8	2	1	3	0.963	1	1
3^rd	Johnson	1	0	1	0	0.934	27	24
4^th	Elmwood	1	0	0	0	0.923	9	5
5^th	Murdock	0	0	1	0	0.897	10	5
6^th	Pender	1	0	1	0	0.89	5	1
7^th	Bennington	4	1	1	0	0.886	8	1
8^th	Ravenna	1	0	1	0	0.864	97	89
9^th	Seward	1	1	1	2	0.862	13	4
10^th	Adams	1	0	1	0	0.856	37	27
11^th	Ponca	1	0	1	0	0.855	7	4
12^th	Leigh	1	0	1	0	0.851	86	74
13^th	Bloomfield	1	0	1	0	0.837	17	4
14^th	Randolph	1	0	1	0	0.825	65	51
15^th	Syracuse	1	1	1	0	0.825	41	26
16^th	Spalding	1	1	0	0	0.821	173	157
17^th	Pierce	1	0	1	1	0.821	23	6
18^th	Gretna	3	1	1	0	0.82	18
19^th	Atkinson	2	0	1	1	0.815	19
20^th	Albion	1	0	1	1	0.815	114	94
21^st	Brady	1	0	1	0	0.812	213	192
22^nd	Arlington	1	0	1	1	0.812	63	41
23^rd	Hampton	1	0	1	1	0.809		(n/a)
24^th	Hyannis	1	0	1	0	0.799		(n/a)
25^th	North Bend	1	1	1	0	0.798	39	14
26^th	Malcolm	1	0	1	0	0.788	36	10
27^th	Osmond	1	0	1	1	0.785	24	3
28^th	Fairmont	0	1	0	0	0.78	73	45
29^th	Diller	1	0	0	0	0.776	25	4
30^th	Elgin	1	0	1	2	0.769	139	109
31^st	Crofton	1	0	1	1	0.769	92	61
32^nd	Dalton	0	0	1	0	0.766	208	176
33^rd	Fort Calhoun	1	0	1	0	0.756	11	22
34^th	Yutan	1	0	1	0	0.755	62	28
35^th	Stuart	1	0	1	0	0.748	67	32
36^th	Curtis	1	0	1	0	0.744	121	85
37^th	Palmer	1	0	1	0	0.727	68	31
38^th	Papillion	12	2	2	1	0.719	43	5
39^th	Stromsburg	1	1	1	0	0.719	79	40
40^th	Aurora	2	1	1	0	0.718	59	19
41^st	Nelson	0	1	1	0	0.713	101	60
42^nd	Ceresco	1	0	0	0	0.71	90	48
43^rd	Henderson	1	0	1	0	0.708	35	8
44^th	Mc Cook	2	1	1	1	0.707	49	5
45^th	Arnold	1	0	1	0	0.706		(n/a)
46^th	Ansley	1	0	1	0	0.699	188	142
47^th	Firth	2	1	1	0	0.698	34	13
48^th	Cairo	1	0	1	1	0.698	103	55
49^th	Milford	1	0	1	0	0.697	20	29
50^th	Chappell	1	0	1	0	0.694	193	143
51^st	Springfield	1	1	1	0	0.693	22	29
52^nd	Sargent	1	0	1	0	0.692	137	85
53^rd	Sutton	1	0	1	0	0.692	77	24
54^th	Shelton	1	0	1	0	0.687	194	140
55^th	Bridgeport	2	0	1	0	0.685	120	65
56^th	Blue Hill	1	0	1	0	0.683	55	1
57^th	Howells	1	0	1	1	0.682	28	29
58^th	Kenesaw	1	0	1	0	0.681	95	37
59^th	Wayne	2	1	1	1	0.681	70	11
60^th	Wausa	1	0	1	0	0.68	113	53
61^st	Hebron	1	0	1	0	0.678	33	28
62^nd	Osceola	1	1	1	1	0.675		(n/a)
63^rd	Geneva	1	0	1	1	0.673	42	21
64^th	Giltner	1	0	1	0	0.67	29	35
65^th	Humboldt	1	0	1	0	0.67	203	138
66^th	Davenport	1	1	0	0	0.667	31	35
67^th	Trenton	0	0	1	0	0.666	83	16
68^th	Oxford	1	0	1	0	0.666	88	20
69^th	Rushville	2	1	0	0	0.664		(n/a)
70^th	Mead	1	0	1	0	0.663	61	9
71^st	De Witt	1	0	1	0	0.657	149	78
72^nd	Dodge	1	0	0	1	0.647	44	28
73^rd	Roseland	0	0	1	0	0.646	233	160
74^th	Ainsworth	2	1	1	0	0.646	168	94
75^th	David City	1	0	1	2	0.637	109	34
76^th	Kearney	11	3	3	3	0.635	72	4
77^th	Grant	1	0	1	0	0.634	105	28
78^th	Waverly	2	1	1	1	0.634	69	9
79^th	Loomis	1	0	1	0	0.634	45	34
80^th	Bennet	1	0	0	0	0.631	30	50
81^st	Ashland	1	1	1	0	0.629	53	28
82^nd	Emerson	1	1	1	0	0.626	212	130
83^rd	Wahoo	2	1	1	2	0.626	48	35
84^th	Franklin	1	0	1	0	0.624	38	46
85^th	Bartley	0	0	1	0	0.622	191	106
86^th	Wynot	1	1	1	0	0.62	32	54
87^th	Mitchell	1	0	1	0	0.616	50	37
88^th	Amherst	1	0	1	0	0.61	75	13
89^th	Utica	1	0	1	1	0.609	115	26
90^th	York	2	1	1	2	0.609	57	33
91^st	Wood River	1	1	1	0	0.603	89	2
92^nd	Blair	4	1	1	1	0.601	47	45
93^rd	Chadron	2	1	2	2	0.597	106	13
94^th	Axtell	1	0	1	0	0.595	40	54
95^th	Friend	1	0	1	0	0.594	201	106
96^th	West Point	1	1	1	3	0.59	177	81
97^th	Murray	1	0	1	0	0.589	96	1
98^th	Laurel	1	0	1	0	0.572	174	76
99^th	Eagle	1	0	0	0	0.568	210	111
100^th	Sidney	3	2	1	0	0.568		(n/a)
101^st	Valparaiso	1	0	0	0	0.566	167	66
102^nd	Valentine	3	1	1	1	0.565		(n/a)
103^rd	Fairfield	2	1	1	0	0.563	108	5
104^th	Bladen	1	0	0	0	0.563	190	86
105^th	Creighton	1	0	1	1	0.561	94	11
106^th	Cambridge	1	1	1	0	0.56	104	2
107^th	Daykin	1	0	1	0	0.556	211	104
108^th	Bassett	1	0	1	0	0.554	136	28
109^th	Auburn	3	1	1	0	0.553	46	63
110^th	Humphrey	1	0	1	1	0.55	135	25
111^th	Plainview	1	0	1	1	0.544	76	35
112^th	Table Rock	0	1	0	0	0.543	226	114
113^th	Spencer	0	1	1	0	0.538	216	103
114^th	Merna	1	0	1	0	0.537	129	15
115^th	Sutherland	1	0	1	0	0.535	151	36
116^th	Neligh	2	0	1	0	0.532	165	49
117^th	Brainard	1	0	1	0	0.529	126	9
118^th	Cook	1	1	0	0	0.523	154	36
119^th	Saint Libory	1	0	0	0	0.522	131	12
120^th	Indianola	1	0	0	0	0.52	140	20
121^st	Imperial	1	0	1	0	0.516	147	26
122^nd	Dorchester	1	0	1	0	0.516	171	49
123^rd	Oshkosh	1	0	1	0	0.514	166	43
124^th	Oakland	1	0	1	0	0.511	52	72
125^th	Scotia	1	0	0	0	0.509	110	15
126^th	Overton	1	0	1	0	0.509	207	81
127^th	Minden	2	1	1	0	0.508	132	5
128^th	Weeping Water	1	1	1	0	0.507	209	81
129^th	Deshler	1	0	1	1	0.503	192	63
130^th	Doniphan	1	0	1	0	0.502	85	45
131^st	Battle Creek	1	0	1	1	0.501	116	15
132^nd	Winside	1	0	1	0	0.501	111	21
133^rd	Paxton	1	0	1	0	0.498	232	99
134^th	Loup City	1	0	1	0	0.498	219	85
135^th	Palmyra	0	0	1	0	0.496	58	77
136^th	North Platte	10	2	1	3	0.495	122	14
137^th	Lincoln	45	12	7	26	0.493	119	18
138^th	Broken Bow	3	1	1	0	0.484	133	5
139^th	Burwell	2	0	1	0	0.479	128	11
140^th	Bellevue	22	3	2	5	0.475	142	2
141^st	Wisner	1	0	1	0	0.475	127	14
142^nd	Eustis	1	0	1	0	0.464	91	51
143^rd	La Vista	6	1	0	1	0.463	161	18
144^th	Elm Creek	1	0	1	0	0.462	184	40
145^th	Valley	1	1	1	0	0.457	51	94
146^th	Gothenburg	2	0	1	1	0.453	118	28
147^th	Red Cloud	1	0	1	0	0.447	162	15
148^th	Wallace	1	0	1	0	0.446	182	34
149^th	Hershey	1	0	1	0	0.44	117	32
150^th	Alma	1	0	1	0	0.438	163	13
151^st	Tilden	1	0	1	0	0.43	197	46
152^nd	Hooper	1	0	1	0	0.422	78	74
153^rd	Odell	0	0	1	0	0.422	6	147
154^th	Louisville	1	1	1	0	0.421	66	88
155^th	Mc Cool Junction	1	0	1	0	0.42	215	60
156^th	Homer	1	0	1	0	0.413	146	10
157^th	Norfolk	8	2	1	7	0.41	125	32
158^th	Omaha	120	22	14	50	0.408	159	1
159^th	Genoa	1	0	1	0	0.407	84	75
160^th	Shelby	1	1	1	0	0.406	123	37
161^st	Maywood	1	0	1	0	0.405	148	13
162^nd	Hemingford	1	0	1	0	0.403	155	7
163^rd	Central City	1	1	1	1	0.398	185	22
164^th	Columbus	8	2	2	7	0.396	141	23
165^th	Hastings	6	1	2	3	0.389	152	13
166^th	Saint Paul	1	0	1	0	0.384	98	68
167^th	Bancroft	1	0	1	0	0.377	164	3
168^th	Platte Center	1	0	0	0	0.376	158	10
169^th	Oneill	2	0	1	2	0.374	176	7
170^th	Culbertson	1	0	0	0	0.371	56	114
171^st	Falls City	2	1	1	1	0.366	143	28
172^nd	Lyons	1	0	1	0	0.366	82	90
173^rd	Clarkson	1	0	1	0	0.362	74	99
174^th	Sumner	1	0	1	0	0.36	138	36
175^th	Greeley	1	0	1	0	0.36	229	54
176^th	Ogallala	1	0	1	2	0.355	196	20
177^th	Grand Island	18	3	2	5	0.353	183	6
178^th	Crawford	1	0	1	0	0.351	206	28
179^th	Gering	6	1	1	0	0.348	170	9
180^th	Pawnee City	1	0	1	1	0.348	230	50
181^st	Dakota City	1	0	0	0	0.346	107	74
182^nd	Scottsbluff	8	1	1	3	0.336	180	2
183^rd	Hartington	1	0	1	3	0.335	60	123
184^th	Palisade	1	0	0	0	0.33	225	41
185^th	Fullerton	1	0	1	0	0.329	87	98
186^th	Crete	3	1	1	1	0.325	172	14
187^th	Raymond	1	1	1	0	0.322	175	12
188^th	Tekamah	1	0	1	0	0.321	205	17
189^th	Arapahoe	1	0	1	0	0.321	156	33
190^th	Sterling	1	0	1	0	0.319	81	109
191^st	Wilber	1	1	1	0	0.317	227	36
192^nd	Benkelman	1	0	1	0	0.312	218	26
193^rd	Butte	1	0	0	0	0.308	187	6
194^th	Wilcox	1	0	1	0	0.296	124	70
195^th	Cedar Rapids	1	0	1	0	0.287	220	25
196^th	Beatrice	4	1	1	2	0.285	178	18
197^th	Plattsmouth	2	1	1	2	0.277	179	18
198^th	Gordon	1	0	1	0	0.275	169	29
199^th	Maxwell	1	0	1	0	0.271	244	45
200^th	Wakefield	1	0	1	0	0.268	100	100
201^st	Gibbon	1	0	1	0	0.267	231	30
202^nd	Cedar Bluffs	1	0	1	0	0.266	202
203^rd	Cozad	2	1	1	0	0.261	221	18
204^th	Polk	0	0	1	1	0.254	243	39
205^th	Fremont	9	2	1	3	0.244	234	29
206^th	Bertrand	1	0	1	0	0.244	200	6
207^th	Stanton	1	0	1	0	0.241	150	57
208^th	Tecumseh	1	0	1	1	0.239	242	34
209^th	Petersburg	0	1	0	0	0.224	130	79
210^th	Lawrence	2	0	0	0	0.224	195	15
211^th	Big Springs	1	0	1	0	0.223	228	17
212^th	Schuyler	4	1	1	0	0.218	239	27
213^th	South Sioux City	5	1	1	1	0.211	204	9
214^th	Pleasanton	1	0	1	0	0.209	160	54
215^th	Ord	1	0	1	1	0.204	93	122
216^th	Ralston	2	1	1	0	0.202	214	2
217^th	Fairbury	2	0	1	0	0.191	199	18
218^th	Alliance	3	1	1	3	0.186	241	23
219^th	Coleridge	0	1	0	0	0.179	64	155
220^th	Superior	1	1	1	0	0.173	186	34
221^st	Blue Springs	2	0	0	0	0.165	224	3
222^nd	Wymore	0	0	1	0	0.14	157	65
223^rd	Lexington	5	1	1	0	0.137	235	12
224^th	Morrill	3	0	1	0	0.123	223	1
225^th	Kimball	1	0	1	0	0.12	222	3
226^th	Bayard	1	0	1	0	0.115	238	12
227^th	Wauneta	0	1	1	0	0.103		(n/a)
228^th	Nebraska City	2	1	1	1	0.088	245	17
229^th	Allen	1	0	1	0	0.077	21	208
230^th	Madison	2	1	1	2	0.076	240	10
231^st	Scribner	1	0	1	0	0.024	112	119
232^nd	Winnebago	1	0	1	1	0.013	247	15

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