Alma Public Schools

Summary:

The Alma Public Schools district in Nebraska consists of two schools - Alma Elementary At Alma and Alma High School. The district serves students from elementary through high school grades.

Alma Elementary At Alma stands out for its consistently high performance on 3rd and 6th grade NSCAS tests, with proficiency rates significantly above the state average. The school also has a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 19.3%. In contrast, Alma High School has a lower statewide ranking, falling in the bottom half of Nebraska high schools, but it does have an impressive 87.9% four-year graduation rate and solid performance on 11th grade ACT Science.

Both Alma Elementary At Alma and Alma High School have relatively high free/reduced lunch rates, at 41.71% and 40.44% respectively, which may indicate socioeconomic challenges facing the district. However, the district appears to allocate resources fairly, with similar spending per student at the elementary and high school levels.

District Detail

515 Jewell St
Alma, NE 68920-0170

(308) 928-2131

SchoolDigger Rank:
62^nd of 118 Nebraska districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 382

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)			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 6th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts All Grades	NSCAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	NSCAS Mathematics 8th Grade	NSCAS Mathematics All Grades	ACT Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Alma Elementary At Alma	Public	PK, KG-6	515 Jewell St	Alma	68920	Harlan County	Alma Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 928-2131	192	19	9.9	40.1%	175 (91.1%)	1 (0.5%)	9 (4.7%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.1%)	60.3	124^th of 294 public elementary schools	57.8%		60.6	192^nd of 428 public elementary schools	55.1%	68	73.9	57.1		61.3	73.9		72.6		$19,616	$314	$16,716
Alma High School	Public	7-12	515 Jewell St	Alma	68920	Harlan County	Alma Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 928-2131	190	16	12.2	35.3%	181 (95.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.6%)								(n/a)			72.7	62.1		63.6	78.8	57.1	$20,817	$769	$16,873

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Southern Valley Schools	15.08 mi	2	43^rd
Wilcox-Hildreth Public Schools	20.9 mi	3
Franklin Public Schools	21.3 mi	3
Holdrege Public Schools	22.2 mi	7
Loomis Public Schools	26.97 mi	2

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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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