2009 City Rankings - Nebraska High Schools
The city rankings were calculated by taking the standardized tests used by Nebraska to determine the proficiency level across varying grades and subjects for high schools in the state. These school percentile ranks were then averaged for all high schools in each city and ordered from highest to lowest. The tests and subjects used to determine the percentile ranks can be found below. Learn more about how rankings are determined.
NeSA Exams Used To Determine Rankings
- Math
- Reading
- Science
- Writing
Find a City's Ranking:
| Rank | City Name | Percentile | Changed From 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Alma, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 160 | 81.19 |  75 | |
| 1 | Arlington, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 303 | 81.19 | 38 | |
| 5 | Creighton, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 188 | 81.19 | 26 | |
| 3 | Crofton, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 203 | 81.19 | 20 | |
| 13 | Daykin, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 104 | 81.19 |  7 | |
| 4 | Dewitt, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 205 | 81.19 | 20 | |
| 7 | Fairfield, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 199 | 81.19 | 95 | |
| 16 | Giltner, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 104 | 81.19 | 8 | |
| 6 | Homer, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 199 | 81.19 | 84 | |
| 12 | Laurel, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 113 | 81.19 | 135 | |
| 10 | Mccool Junction, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 130 | 81.19 | 160 | |
| 11 | Odell, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 117 | 81.19 | 7 | |
| 9 | Osmond, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 130 | 81.19 | 171 | |
| 15 | Trenton, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 105 | 81.19 | - | |
| 2 | Wisner, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 237 | 81.19 | 116 | |
| 28 | Geneva, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 193 | 77.38 | 114 | |
| 29 | North Bend, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 223 | 76.85 | 129 | |
| 30 | Grant, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 122 | 76.53 | 27 | |
| 31 | Gothenburg, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 408 | 76.10 | 43 | |
| 32 | St. Paul, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 205 | 75.88 | 20 | |
| 33 | Yutan, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 229 | 75.62 | 78 | |
| 34 | Pender, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 155 | 75.24 | 33 | |
| 36 | Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 122 | 74.92 | 67 | |
| 37 | Hershey, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 258 | 74.33 | 64 | |
| 38 | Sutton, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 188 | 74.17 | 19 | |
| 39 | Palmer, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 138 | 74.06 | 157 | |
| 40 | Lyons, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 125 | 74.01 | 52 | |
| 43 | Hebron, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 199 | 73.42 | 45 | |
| 42 | Malcolm, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 217 | 73.42 | 92 | |
| 44 | Cambridge, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 157 | 72.94 | 7 | |
| 45 | Blue Hill, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 207 | 72.35 | 5 | |
| 46 | Fort Calhoun, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 304 | 72.08 | 27 | |
| 47 | Adams, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 159 | 72.03 | 108 | |
| 48 | Kenesaw, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 136 | 71.76 | 13 | |
| 50 | Roseland, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 120 | 71.38 | 45 | |
| 51 | Humphrey, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 119 | 71.17 | 105 | |
| 52 | Auburn, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 270 | 70.85 | 136 | |
| 53 | Mead, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 113 | 70.53 | 6 | |
| 54 | Humboldt, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 165 | 70.20 | 72 | |
| 55 | Atkinson, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 194 | 69.51 | 30 | |
| 56 | Johnson, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 164 | 69.13 | 30 | |
| 58 | Arapahoe, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 150 | 68.81 | 23 | |
| 59 | Hemingford, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 162 | 67.74 | 13 | |
| 60 | Palmyra, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 194 | 67.20 | 15 | |
| 62 | Superior, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 200 | 66.83 | 37 | |
| 63 | Doniphan, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 242 | 66.45 | 36 | |
| 64 | Gretna, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 718 | 66.02 | 5 | |
| 67 | Exeter, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 128 | 64.84 | 5 | |
| 69 | Falls City, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 295 | 63.67 | 48 | |
| 73 | Clarkson, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 104 | 62.27 | 46 | |
| 74 | Fullerton, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 149 | 61.79 | 4 | |
| 76 | Tecumseh, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 140 | 60.13 | 17 | |
| 77 | Winnebago, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 120 | 59.97 | 35 | |
| 78 | Plainview, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 185 | 59.70 | 4 | |
| 79 | Kimball, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 253 | 59.54 | 124 | |
| 80 | Oakland, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 137 | 59.38 | 58 | |
| 84 | Paxton, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 118 | 58.68 | 51 | |
| 85 | Bloomfield, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 127 | 58.63 | 78 | |
| 86 | Franklin, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 165 | 58.63 | 84 | |
| 87 | Ogallala, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 307 | 58.36 | 132 | |
| 88 | Overton, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 133 | 58.31 | 96 | |
| 90 | Maxwell, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 158 | 57.98 | 34 | |
| 91 | Elkhorn, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,349 | 57.13 | 15 | |
| 92 | Eustis, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 102 | 56.97 | 26 | |
| 94 | Syracuse, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 356 | 56.86 | 58 | |
| 93 | Albion, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 221 | 56.81 | 35 | |
| 95 | Seward, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 495 | 56.06 | 58 | |
| 96 | Minden, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 262 | 55.79 | 29 | |
| 100 | Deshler, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 130 | 54.29 | 52 | |
| 102 | Burwell, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 180 | 53.97 | 48 | |
| 103 | Springfield, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 343 | 52.79 | 12 | |
| 104 | Emerson, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 145 | 52.57 | 19 | |
| 105 | Raymond, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 317 | 51.93 | 76 | |
| 106 | Friend, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 157 | 51.61 | 15 | |
| 107 | Oxford, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 241 | 51.61 | 23 | |
| 109 | Bartley, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 158 | 51.34 | 32 | |
| 108 | Hooper, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 274 | 51.29 | 94 | |
| 110 | Mitchell, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 322 | 51.07 | 4 | |
| 112 | Wood River, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 166 | 50.21 | 12 | |
| 113 | Wymore, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 184 | 50.21 | 19 | |
| 115 | Murdock, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 199 | 50.16 | 69 | |
| 114 | Oshkosh, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 106 | 50.16 | 56 | |
| 117 | Wayne, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 286 | 49.41 | 45 | |
| 120 | Scribner, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 132 | 49.20 | 86 | |
| 118 | Bennington, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 490 | 49.14 | 26 | |
| 122 | Cairo, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 238 | 48.77 | 2 | |
| 123 | Loup City, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 123 | 48.18 | 69 | |
| 125 | South Sioux City, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,130 | 47.59 | 21 | |
| 126 | Tilden, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 105 | 47.37 | 47 | |
| 130 | Randolph, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 151 | 45.98 | 33 | |
| 129 | Red Cloud, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 107 | 45.98 | 86 | |
| 133 | Elm Creek, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 150 | 44.80 | 12 | |
| 134 | Benkelman, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 189 | 44.27 | 1 | |
| 135 | Ashland, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 286 | 43.94 | 36 | |
| 136 | Pawnee City, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 121 | 43.41 | 5 | |
| 138 | Battle Creek, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 255 | 42.66 | 96 | |
| 139 | Tekamah, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 240 | 42.66 | 34 | |
| 140 | Hartington, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 135 | 42.55 | 30 | |
| 142 | Harvard, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 119 | 41.98 | 43 | |
| 145 | Amherst, Nebraska High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 120 | 41.91 | 70 | |
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