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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 68883

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Top rankedWood River Rural Middle School66^th of 133 Nebraska middle schools

Summary:

The 68883 zip code is home to a single middle school, Wood River Rural Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. This school has demonstrated consistently strong academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics, where its proficiency rates exceed the state averages.

Wood River Rural Middle School has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking, ranging from 41st out of 200 schools in 2023-2024 to 126th out of 238 schools in 2022-2023. However, the school's performance on standardized tests remains impressive, with 7th-grade ELA proficiency at 70.97% in 2024-2025, compared to the state average of 58.41%, and 8th-grade Mathematics proficiency at 71.05% in 2024-2025, significantly higher than the state average of 57.43%. Additionally, the school's 8th-grade Science proficiency rate was 78.38% in 2023-2024, outperforming the state average of 65.61%.

Despite serving a population with a higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students, as indicated by the 45.87% of free and reduced-price lunch recipients in 2023-2024, Wood River Rural Schools has managed to maintain a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.8 and a per-student spending of $557 for the 2023-2024 school year, which is below the state average. This suggests the district is efficiently utilizing its resources to provide a supportive learning environment for its students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NSCAS English Language Arts (2025)			NSCAS Mathematics (2025)		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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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 7th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts All Grades	NSCAS Mathematics 8th Grade	NSCAS Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Wood River Rural Middle School	Public	6-8	13800 W Wood River Rd	Wood River	68883	Hall County	Wood River Rural Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 583-2249	98	9	10.8	48.0%	65 (66.3%)	4 (4.1%)	25 (25.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	2 (2.0%)	58.8	66^th of 133 public middle schools	50.4%		75.4	41^st of 200 public middle schools	79.5%	25	71.0	63.2	67.7	71.1	77.8	$590	$00	$546

Cities Near Zip Code 68883

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wood River	0.19 mi	3	77^th
Shelton	7.89 mi	2
Grand Island	9.83 mi	26	110^th
Doniphan	12.25 mi	2	55^th
Kenesaw	13.99 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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