2009 City Rankings - Nebraska Middle 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 middle schools in the state. These school percentile ranks were then averaged for all middle 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridge, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 177 | 81.67 |  92 | |
| 2 | Fullerton, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 180 | 81.67 | 57 | |
| 3 | Blue Hill, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 207 | 81.56 | 20 | |
| 4 | Giltner, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 104 | 81.56 |  1 | |
| 5 | Roseland, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 120 | 81.56 | 3 | |
| 6 | Trenton, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 105 | 81.56 | - | |
| 7 | Syracuse, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 356 | 78.42 | 75 | |
| 8 | Palmyra, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 194 | 76.53 | 41 | |
| 9 | Fairmont, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 149 | 75.71 |  | |
| 10 | Newman Grove, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 102 | 75.24 | 11 | |
| 11 | Adams, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 159 | 72.88 | 4 | |
| 12 | Exeter, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 128 | 72.69 | 29 | |
| 13 | Yutan, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 229 | 72.14 | 7 | |
| 14 | Gurley, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 152 | 71.54 | 43 | |
| 15 | Homer, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 199 | 70.51 | 30 | |
| 16 | Springfield, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 174 | 70.40 | 4 | |
| 17 | Superior, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 200 | 70.40 | 20 | |
| 18 | Doniphan, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 242 | 70.14 | | |
| 19 | Waverly, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 423 | 69.81 | 27 | |
| 20 | Hemingford, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 162 | 69.77 | 66 | |
| 21 | Hebron, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 199 | 69.59 | 35 | |
| 22 | Sutton, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 188 | 69.11 | 14 | |
| 23 | Ashland, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 124 | 68.81 | 15 | |
| 24 | Hartington, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 135 | 68.51 | 111 | |
| 25 | Ponca, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 193 | 68.18 | 33 | |
| 26 | Arapahoe, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 150 | 67.89 | 16 | |
| 27 | Arlington, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 303 | 67.78 | 5 | |
| 28 | Creighton, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 188 | 67.11 | 5 | |
| 29 | Red Cloud, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 107 | 66.93 | 1 | |
| 30 | Bennington, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 490 | 66.74 | 36 | |
| 31 | Mead, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 113 | 66.63 | 17 | |
| 32 | Fairfield, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 199 | 66.44 | 3 | |
| 33 | Pender, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 155 | 66.37 | 26 | |
| 34 | Malcolm, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 217 | 65.82 | 8 | |
| 35 | Scribner, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 132 | 65.30 | 10 | |
| 36 | Lyons, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 125 | 65.00 | 20 | |
| 37 | Battle Creek, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 255 | 64.86 | 36 | |
| 38 | Clarkson, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 104 | 64.75 | 15 | |
| 39 | Howells, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 113 | 64.63 | 31 | |
| 40 | Dewitt, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 205 | 64.49 | 34 | |
| 41 | Paxton, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 118 | 64.08 | 1 | |
| 42 | Deshler, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 130 | 64.07 | 48 | |
| 43 | Odell, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 117 | 63.19 | 16 | |
| 44 | Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 304 | 63.12 | 33 | |
| 45 | Winside, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 139 | 63.08 | 42 | |
| 46 | Crofton, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 203 | 63.01 | 7 | |
| 47 | Franklin, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 165 | 62.64 | 11 | |
| 48 | Firth, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 642 | 62.26 | 57 | |
| 49 | Tekamah, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 240 | 62.20 | 48 | |
| 50 | Wahoo, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 203 | 62.20 | | |
| 51 | Omaha, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 660 | 62.06 | 21 | |
| 52 | Blair, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 537 | 62.01 | 21 | |
| 53 | Hershey, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 258 | 61.34 | 8 | |
| 54 | Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 122 | 60.27 | 14 | |
| 55 | Tilden, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 105 | 59.94 | 29 | |
| 56 | Daykin, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 104 | 59.88 | 51 | |
| 57 | Eustis, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 102 | 59.87 | 56 | |
| 58 | Gretna, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 589 | 59.50 | 41 | |
| 59 | Kenesaw, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 136 | 59.20 | 48 | |
| 60 | Elkhorn, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 471 | 58.91 | 12 | |
| 61 | Plattsmouth, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 480 | 57.05 | 65 | |
| 62 | Brady, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 115 | 56.47 | 53 | |
| 63 | Sutherland, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 161 | 55.62 | 69 | |
| 64 | Gothenburg, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 408 | 55.40 | 58 | |
| 65 | Imperial, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 248 | 54.91 | 52 | |
| 66 | Murdock, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 199 | 54.36 | 47 | |
| 67 | Amherst, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 120 | 54.14 | 33 | |
| 68 | Holdrege, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 326 | 54.04 | 44 | |
| 69 | Allen, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 133 | 54.03 | 90 | |
| 70 | Henderson, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 157 | 53.81 | 29 | |
| 71 | North Bend, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 223 | 53.47 | 38 | |
| 72 | Bloomfield, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 127 | 53.44 | 68 | |
| 73 | Wisner, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 237 | 53.40 | 9 | |
| 74 | Kearney, Nebraska Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,037 | 53.09 | 5 | |
| 75 | Mitchell, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 322 | 51.92 | 32 | |
| 76 | York, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 257 | 51.78 | 28 | |
| 77 | Minden, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 277 | 51.48 | 25 | |
| 78 | Raymond, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 317 | 51.40 | 49 | |
| 79 | Mccook, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 295 | 50.78 | 19 | |
| 80 | Hastings, Nebraska Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,165 | 50.59 | 2 | |
| 81 | Randolph, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 151 | 50.44 | 7 | |
| 82 | Cook, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 122 | 50.17 | 28 | |
| 83 | Bertrand, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 107 | 49.45 | 51 | |
| 84 | Crete, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 338 | 49.03 | 56 | |
| 85 | Osmond, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 130 | 47.93 | 20 | |
| 86 | Plainview, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 185 | 47.82 | 19 | |
| 87 | Louisville, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 122 | 47.69 | 2 | |
| 88 | Mccool Junction, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 130 | 46.93 | 14 | |
| 89 | Overton, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 133 | 46.64 | 39 | |
| 90 | Petersburg, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 131 | 46.41 | 6 | |
| 91 | North Platte, Nebraska Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 888 | 46.11 | 21 | |
| 92 | Johnson, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 164 | 45.82 | 41 | |
| 93 | Hooper, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 274 | 45.75 | 2 | |
| 94 | Columbus, Nebraska Middle Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 938 | 45.36 | 31 | |
| 95 | Pawnee City, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 121 | 45.27 | 5 | |
| 96 | Seward, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 432 | 43.96 | 4 | |
| 97 | Murray, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 264 | 43.64 | 41 | |
| 98 | Neligh, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 206 | 43.57 | 3 | |
| 99 | South Sioux City, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 835 | 43.48 | 24 | |
| 100 | Auburn, Nebraska Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 270 | 42.35 | 24 | |
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