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Best High Schools in Zip Code 68359

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The 68359 zip code is home to a single high school, Friend High Schools, which serves students in grades 9-12. This school has made significant strides in recent years, jumping from a 1-star to a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger and ranking 30th out of 168 Nebraska high schools for the 2023-2024 school year.

Friend High Schools outperforms the state average on several key academic metrics, including ACT/English Language Arts, ACT/Science, NSCAS/Mathematics, and NSCAS/Science for 8th grade students. The school's 4-year graduation rate of 88.1% is also notably higher than the state average. With a student-teacher ratio of 9.3 to 1 and spending of $26,459 per student, the school appears to be investing heavily in its educational resources and programs, which may be contributing to its improved performance.

While Friend High Schools has made significant strides, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 21.1% is slightly higher than the state average, which could be an area for improvement. Overall, the data suggests that Friend Public Schools is providing a quality education to its students and has made impressive progress in recent years.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Friend High Schools	Public	7-12	501 Main St	Friend	68359	Saline County	Friend Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 947-2781	100	11	8.9	19.0%	92 (92.0%)	1 (1.0%)	6 (6.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	$27,243	$25	$21,818

Cities Near Zip Code 68359

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Friend	1.16 mi	2
Dorchester	7.91 mi	2
Exeter	9.22 mi	3
Milford	14.29 mi	2	56^th
Fairmont	16.28 mi	1	108^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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