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Best Public Schools in Valley County, NE

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Schools

676

Students

Districts

Top rankedOrd Elementary School117^th of 294 Nebraska elementary schools

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Ord Elementary School up 65 spots statewide this year

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NSCAS English Language Arts (2025)			NSCAS Mathematics (2025)				NSCAS Science (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	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 8th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts All Grades	NSCAS Mathematics 4th Grade	NSCAS Mathematics 5th Grade	NSCAS Mathematics 7th Grade	NSCAS Mathematics All Grades	NSCAS Science 8th Grade	NSCAS Science 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
Arcadia Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	320 W Owens St	Arcadia	68815	Valley County	Arcadia Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 789-6522	82	11	7.5	39.0%	79 (96.3%)	1 (1.2%)	2 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)			76.3										$28,230	$487	$24,351
Arcadia High School	Public	7-12	320 W Owens St	Arcadia	68815	Valley County	Arcadia Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 789-6522	50	8	6.6	50.0%	45 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)													$39,904	$1,016	$33,965
Ord Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	820 S 16th St	Ord	68862	Valley County	Ord Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 728-3331	305	21	14.4	38.0%	273 (89.5%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	61.5	117^th of 294 public elementary schools	60.2%		62.1	182^nd of 428 public elementary schools	57.5%	65	66.7		54.4	75.7	68.3		69.4						$20,941	$208	$19,471
Ord Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	320 N 19th	Ord	68862	Valley County	Ord Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 728-3241	239	26	9.0	31.0%	222 (92.9%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.6%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	35.2	107^th of 146 public high schools	26.7%		22.5	136^th of 168 public high schools	19.0%	29		63.8	62.1			58.3	49.5	80.9	80.9	30.2	53.5	48.8	$20,390	$1,163	$15,159

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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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