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
81	Patriot Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1701 Hardwood Dr	Papillion	68046	Sarpy County	Papillion La Vista Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 898-0405	361	24	15.2	16.1%	276 (76.5%)	19 (5.3%)	33 (9.1%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.2%)	$13,004			$129			$11,527	71.9	80.7	68	13		317527002209
82	Meadows Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	9225 Berry	Omaha	68127	Douglas County	Ralston Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 339-6655	330	20	16.8	49.1%	177 (53.6%)	26 (7.9%)	102 (30.9%)	6 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	16 (4.8%)	$14,880			$636			$13,340	71.8	68.3	134	52		317590001539
83	Ashland-Greenwood Intermediate School	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 Boyd Steet	Ashland	68003	Saunders County	Ashland-Greenwood Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 944-7083	247	19	12.7	19.8%	221 (89.5%)	3 (1.2%)	8 (3.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	13 (5.3%)	$17,506			$661			$14,691	71.7	78.4	84	1		310003400034
84	West Point Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1200 East Washington	West Point	68788	Cuming County	West Point Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 372-5507	334	25	13.2	55.7%	194 (58.1%)	0 (0.0%)	135 (40.4%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$19,447			$825			$16,462	71.2	71	117	33		310000601706
85	Heartland Community Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1501 Front St	Henderson	68371	York County	Heartland Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 723-4434	176	16	11.3	39.8%	167 (94.9%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.3%)	$22,953			$1,073			$18,033	71.1	76.6	89	4		310011700615
86	Hershey Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	301 S Lincoln	Hershey	69143	Lincoln County	Hershey Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 368-5572	300	21	14.1	35.0%	275 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.3%)	$17,523			$1,320			$14,322	70.8	71.9	110	24		317182001066
87	Squire John Thomas Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	11221 Northridge Drive	Gretna	68028	Sarpy County	Gretna Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(402) 332-5578	499	33	14.9	10.0%	440 (88.2%)	3 (0.6%)	31 (6.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.2%)	$15,137			$195			$13,131	70.6	68.5	132	45		317122001760
88	Heritage Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9950 Rosewater Parkway	Bennington	68007	Douglas County	Bennington Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 238-2095	436	32	13.7	17.4%	321 (73.6%)	38 (8.7%)	34 (7.8%)	14 (3.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.0%)	$12,985			$584			$10,656	70.3	71	118	30		310399002261
89	Rockbrook Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2514 S 108th St	Omaha	68144	Douglas County	Westside Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 390-6475	278	20	14.2	26.3%	203 (73.0%)	5 (1.8%)	31 (11.2%)	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (11.9%)	$15,272			$238			$13,755	69.9	76	94	5		317866001716
90	Bridgeport Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	800 Q St	Bridgeport	69336	Morrill County	Bridgeport Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 262-1574	272	20	13.5		202 (74.3%)	4 (1.5%)	60 (22.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	$22,480			$1,175			$17,497	69.2	75.3	98	8		310010500100

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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.