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Best Public Schools in Dixon County, NE

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Schools

1,032

Students

Districts

Top rankedPonca Elementary School57^th of 294 Nebraska elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Wakefield Elementary School up 78 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Ponca High School 10.6 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NSCAS English Language Arts (2025)							NSCAS Mathematics (2025)			ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	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 4th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts All Grades	NSCAS Mathematics 4th Grade	NSCAS Mathematics 8th Grade	NSCAS Mathematics 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
Allen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	126 E 5th	Allen	68710	Dixon County	Allen Consolidated Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 635-2484	70	10	7.0	40.0%	67 (95.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)								(n/a)														$33,315	$299	$32,024
Allen High School	Public	7-12	126 E 5th	Allen	68710	Dixon County	Allen Consolidated Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 635-2484	61	10	6.3	37.7%	55 (90.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)														$38,585	$576	$37,055
Ponca Elementary School	Public	3-6	505 3rd St	Ponca	68770	Dixon County	Ponca Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 755-5700	128	11	11.9	24.2%	119 (93.0%)	3 (2.3%)	3 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	77.7	57^th of 294 public elementary schools	80.6%		82.9	52^nd of 428 public elementary schools	87.9%	5	77.8	71.4	70.0	78.6			74.4	80.0		86.8				$19,880	$412	$16,282
Ponca High School	Public	7-12	505 3rd St	Ponca	68770	Dixon County	Ponca Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 755-5701	198	19	10.6	21.2%	185 (93.4%)	4 (2.0%)	6 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)								(n/a)					61.3	67.5	64.8						66.7	$19,383	$271	$15,765
Wakefield Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	802 Highland	Wakefield	68784	Dixon County	Wakefield Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 287-9892	341	29	11.8	55.1%	121 (35.5%)	1 (0.3%)	217 (63.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	7.9	276^th of 294 public elementary schools	6.1%		21.1	354^th of 428 public elementary schools	17.3%	78		45.1	36.8	46.3			44.2			47.7				$19,101	$1,110	$15,781
Wakefield High School	Public	7-12	802 Highland	Wakefield	68784	Dixon County	Wakefield Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 287-2012	234	21	11.2	53.8%	89 (38.0%)	0 (0.0%)	145 (62.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	61.6	60^th of 146 public high schools	58.9%		29.7	123^rd of 168 public high schools	26.8%	63						57.1	54.1		57.1	56.8	61.0	48.8	58.5	$20,908	$884	$17,421

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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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