Tekamah-Herman Community Schools

Summary:

The Tekamah-Herman Community Schools district in Nebraska consists of two schools: Elementary School At Tekamah and High School At Tekamah. The district as a whole is ranked 90th out of 115 districts in Nebraska and is rated 1 star out of 5 by SchoolDigger, suggesting some room for improvement.

The high school has shown steady improvement, moving from the bottom quartile to the middle quartile of Nebraska high schools in its statewide ranking. Its 11th-grade ACT proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science exceed the state averages, and its 4-year graduation rate is a strong 87.9%. In contrast, the elementary school outperforms the state averages in several key academic areas, particularly in 3rd-grade Mathematics and 6th-grade English Language Arts.

While the elementary school has a student enrollment of 294 and spends $15,814 per student, the high school has 224 students and spends $26,872 per student. Both schools have a chronic absenteeism rate of 19.3% and free/reduced lunch rates around 35-40%. These metrics suggest the district may be facing challenges in overall student engagement and socioeconomic factors, which could be impacting performance across the system.

District Detail

112 N 13th St
Tekamah, NE 68061-1044

(402) 374-2157

SchoolDigger Rank:
97^th of 118 Nebraska districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 536

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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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 (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 7th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts All Grades	NSCAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	NSCAS Mathematics 4th 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
Elementary School At Tekamah	Public	PK, KG-6	112 N 13th St	Tekamah	68061	Burt County	Tekamah-Herman Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 374-2154	288	23	12.2	31.6%	268 (93.1%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)	34.6	215^th of 294 public elementary schools	26.9%		48.9	257^th of 428 public elementary schools	40.0%	42	46.7			49.7	73.3	61.2		63.1						$15,814	$1,183	$12,695
High School At Tekamah	Public	7-12	112 N 13th St	Tekamah	68061	Burt County	Tekamah-Herman Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 374-2156	248	25	10.0	33.9%	235 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	41.8	97^th of 146 public high schools	33.6%		27.4	126^th of 168 public high schools	25.0%	29		63.8	65.8	64.7			59.6	63.5	79.0	79.0	48.7	41.0	53.9	$26,872	$789	$21,658

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Blair Community Schools	8.58 mi	5	52^nd
Logan View Public Schools	15.02 mi	2	81^st
Arlington Public Schools	16.48 mi	2	30^th
Fort Calhoun Community Schools	17.15 mi	2	8^th
Oakland Craig Public Schools	17.3 mi	2	60^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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