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2023–24 school spending dataNov 29, 2025

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Top 10 Elementary Schools in Nebraska

Rank	School	City
1^st	Aldrich Elementary	Omaha
2^nd	Windy Hills Elementary School	Kearney
3^rd	Skyline Elementary School	Elkhorn
4^th	Reagan Elementary	Omaha
5^th	Spring Ridge Elementary	Omaha
6^th	Hitchcock Elementary School	Omaha
7^th	Meadowlark Elementary School	Kearney
8^th	Blue Sage Elementary	Elkhorn
9^th	Grace Abbott Elementary School	Omaha
10^th	Manchester Elementary School	Omaha

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Top 10 Middle Schools in Nebraska

Rank	School	City
1^st	Elkhorn Valley View Middle School	Elkhorn
2^nd	Elkhorn Ridge Middle School	Omaha
3^rd	Elkhorn Grandview Middle School	Omaha
4^th	Seward Middle School	Seward
5^th	Bennington South Middle School	Bennington
6^th	Bennington Middle School	Bennington
7^th	Yutan High School	Yutan
8^th	Elkhorn North Ridge Middle School	Omaha
9^th	Russell Middle School	Omaha
10^th	Gerald Otte Blair Middle School	Blair

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Top 10 High Schools in Nebraska

Rank	School	City
1^st	Elkhorn South High School	Omaha
2^nd	Elkhorn North High School	Omaha
3^rd	Mead High School	Mead
4^th	Crofton High School	Crofton
5^th	Cross County High School	Stromsburg
6^th	Tri County Junior-Senior High School	De Witt
7^th	High School At Johnson	Johnson
8^th	Fort Calhoun Junior-Senior High School	Fort Calhoun
9^th	Hitchcock County Junior/Senior High School	Trenton
10^th	Humphrey Junior-Senior High School	Humphrey

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District Name	Number of Schools	NE Nebraska District Rank	City	County
Omaha Public Schools	113	115^th	Omaha	Douglas County
Lincoln Public Schools	80	96^th	Lincoln	Lancaster County
Millard Public Schools	37	38^th	Omaha	Douglas County
Elkhorn Public Schools	22	2^nd	Elkhorn	Douglas County
Grand Island Public Schools	22	111^th	Grand Island	Hall County
Papillion La Vista Community Schools	22	68^th	Papillion	Sarpy County
Bellevue Public Schools	21	94^th	Bellevue	Sarpy County
Fremont Public Schools	14		Fremont	Dodge County
Westside Community Schools	14	64^th	Omaha	Douglas County
Kearney Public Schools	14	54^th	Kearney	Buffalo County

District Name	Number of Schools	NE Nebraska District Rank	City	County
Mead Public Schools	2	1^st	Mead	Saunders County
Elkhorn Public Schools	22	2^nd	Elkhorn	Douglas County
Seward Public Schools	3	3^rd	Seward	Seward County
Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools	3	4^th	Syracuse	Otoe County
Plainview Public Schools	2	5^th	Plainview	Pierce County
Crofton Community Schools	2	6^th	Crofton	Knox County
Palmyra District O R 1	3	7^th	Palmyra	Otoe County
Fort Calhoun Community Schools	2	8^th	Fort Calhoun	Washington County
Pender Public Schools	2	9^th	Pender	Thurston County
Bennington Public Schools	8	10^th	Bennington	Douglas County

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Top 10 NE Nebraska Cities

City	Number of Schools	NE Nebraska City Rank
Omaha	248	97^th
Lincoln	115	112^th
Bellevue	35	109^th
Grand Island	31	110^th
Columbus	23	123^rd
Norfolk	20	98^th
Papillion	19	63^rd
Fremont	19	135^th
Kearney	19	59^th
Hastings	18	92^nd

City	Number of Schools	NE Nebraska City Rank
Mead	2	1^st
Johnson	3	2^nd
Trenton	1	3^rd
Seward	5	4^th
Elkhorn	19	5^th
Humphrey	3	6^th
Palmyra	2	7^th
Syracuse	3	8^th
Plainview	3	9^th
Crofton	3	10^th

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