Best Elementary Schools in Nebraska

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 294)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
41	Willowdale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	16901 P St	Omaha	68135	Douglas County	Millard Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 715-8280	469	28	16.6	16.0%	366 (78.0%)	10 (2.1%)	44 (9.4%)	33 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (3.0%)	$11,762			$155			$10,746	80.4	91.3	13	28		317374000089
42	Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3000 7th Ave	Kearney	68845	Buffalo County	Kearney Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 698-8280	257	15	16.7	28.4%	210 (81.7%)	5 (1.9%)	24 (9.3%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.1%)	$12,604			$429			$11,040	80.4	83.8	47	5		317239001109
43	Sagewood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4910 N 177th St	Omaha	68116	Douglas County	Elkhorn Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 289-9078	447	34	13.1	16.6%	292 (65.3%)	19 (4.3%)	34 (7.6%)	64 (14.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (8.3%)	$13,031			$242			$11,826	80.4	88.3	25	18		317011002277
44	Dundee Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	310 N 51st Street	Omaha	68132	Douglas County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(531) 299-1340	468	29	16.4		289 (61.8%)	57 (12.2%)	66 (14.1%)	18 (3.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.9%)	$17,356			$2,648			$13,304	79.7	72.6	105	61		317482001376
45	Kloefkorn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6601 Glass Ridge Drive	Lincoln	68526	Lancaster County	Lincoln Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 436-1148	497	32	15.5	15.7%	383 (77.1%)	19 (3.8%)	29 (5.8%)	25 (5.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.6%)	$13,388			$1,135			$10,556	79.5	85.4	38	7		317284002268
46	Pine Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7801 N Hws Cleveland Blvd	Bennington	68007	Douglas County	Bennington Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 238-2372	556	44	12.7	8.1%	453 (81.5%)	23 (4.1%)	37 (6.7%)	25 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.2%)	$12,517			$265			$10,862	79.5	87.6	29	17		310399002213
47	Aspen Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10325 South 188th Street	Omaha	68136	Sarpy County	Gretna Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 332-5617	416	27	15.6	2.2%	367 (88.2%)	2 (0.5%)	17 (4.1%)	10 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.6%)	$13,063			$195			$11,391	79.3	89.9	17	30		317122002364
48	Carl A Swanson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	410 S 86th Street	Omaha	68114	Douglas County	Westside Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 390-6485	283	19	14.8	22.3%	176 (62.2%)	11 (3.9%)	27 (9.5%)	33 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (12.7%)	$16,037			$238			$13,957	79.2	84.8	41	7		317866001710
49	Sunset Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	9503 Walnut St	Omaha	68124	Douglas County	Westside Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 390-6480	301	20	15.1	12.3%	254 (84.4%)	7 (2.3%)	20 (6.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.6%)	$15,613			$238			$13,228	79.1	79.9	73	24		317866001718
50	Stratford Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9303 North 171st Street	Bennington	68007	Douglas County	Bennington Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(402) 238-2941	379	29	12.9	6.3%	323 (85.2%)	11 (2.9%)	16 (4.2%)	14 (3.7%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.2%)	$12,845			$399			$10,564	78.9	83.7	48	2		310399002438

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NSCAS English Language Arts, NSCAS Mathematics, NSCAS Science test scores released by the Nebraska Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on November 30, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Nebraska Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Nebraska Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.