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Best High Schools in Zip Code 69153

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Top rankedOgallala High School94^th of 146 Nebraska high schools

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Ogallala High School up 51 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The 69153 zip code is home to a single high school, Ogallala High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. While the school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking and SchoolDigger rating over the past few years, it maintains relatively strong academic proficiency rates in core subjects compared to the state averages.

Ogallala High School's four-year graduation rate remains high at 87.9% in 2024-2025, but the school's statewide ranking has dropped from 94th out of 146 Nebraska high schools in 2024-2025 to 145th out of 168 in 2023-2024 and 171st out of 215 in 2022-2023. Similarly, the school's SchoolDigger rating has decreased from 2 stars out of 5 in 2024-2025 to just 1 star out of 5 in the two previous school years. However, the school's proficiency rates in ACT/English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science for 11th-grade students are generally higher than the state averages, with the exception of a dip in English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency in 2023-2024.

Ogallala High School serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, as evidenced by the high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 48.53% in 2023-2024. The school's student-teacher ratio of 10.6 is lower than the state average, and its per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $21,583, which is higher than the state average. These factors suggest that the Ogallala Public Schools district is investing resources into the school, but further investigation is needed to understand how these resources are being utilized and whether they are effectively supporting student learning and achievement.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	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	ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ogallala High School	Public	9-12	602 East G	Ogallala	69153	Keith County	Ogallala Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 284-4029	237	22	10.6	36.7%	195 (82.3%)	2 (0.8%)	32 (13.5%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)	44.1	94^th of 146 public high schools	35.6%		16.6	145^th of 168 public high schools	13.7%	51	46.9	49.0	51.0	$26,251	$837	$21,201

Cities Near Zip Code 69153

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Ogallala	2.01 mi	3	114^th
Paxton	16.54 mi	2
Big Springs	21.31 mi	2
Grant	21.54 mi	2	107^th
Madrid	22.56 mi	1

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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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