2009 District Rankings - Nebraska Elementary Schools
The district rankings were calculated by taking the standardized tests used by Nebraska to determine the proficiency level across varying grades and subjects for elementary schools in the state. These school percentile ranks were then averaged for all elementary schools in each school district 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 School District's Ranking:
| Rank | City Name | Percentile | Changed From 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hampton Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 102 | 79.51 |  6 | |
| 2 | Wausa Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 119 | 79.45 | 59 | |
| 3 | Bertrand Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 149 | 79.45 | 31 | |
| 4 | Burwell Jr-Sr High School District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 187 | 75.93 | 2 | |
| 5 | Arlington Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 288 | 73.74 | 8 | |
| 6 | Arapahoe Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 181 | 73.45 | 57 | |
| 7 | Red Cloud Community Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 136 Has one elementary school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" |  | 73.45 |  4 |
| 8 | Creighton Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 197 Has one elementary school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 72.68 | 3 |
| 9 | Hershey Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 255 | 72.64 | 151 | |
| 10 | Allen Consolidated Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 120 | 71.32 | 18 | |
| 11 | East Butler Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 149 | 71.23 | 34 | |
| 12 | Diller-Odell Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 150 | 70.99 | 40 | |
| 13 | Amherst Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 156 | 70.59 | 69 | |
| 14 | Palmyra District Or1 Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 245 | 70.26 | 7 | |
| 15 | Southwest Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 183 | 69.98 | 13 | |
| 16 | Freeman Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 198 | 69.52 | 7 | |
| 17 | South Sarpy District 46 Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 538 | 69.08 | 8 | |
| 18 | Humphrey Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 129 | 68.90 | 41 | |
| 19 | Paxton Consolidated Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 113 | 68.86 | 103 | |
| 20 | Cambridge Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 177 | 67.87 | 76 | |
| 21 | Thayer Central Community Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 112 | 67.12 | 32 | |
| 22 | Gretna Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,614 | 67.07 | 29 | |
| 23 | Axtell Community Schools District Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 202 | 66.84 | 9 | |
| 24 | Franklin Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 182 Has one elementary school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 66.44 | 23 |
| 25 | Yutan Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 229 | 65.71 | 6 | |
| 26 | Osmond Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 113 | 65.60 | 15 | |
| 27 | Shelton Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 176 | 65.21 | 83 | |
| 28 | Waverly School District 145 Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 528 | 64.00 | 9 | |
| 29 | Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer School District Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 289 | 63.51 | 12 | |
| 30 | Doniphan-Trumbull Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 249 | 63.36 | 18 | |
| 31 | Elkhorn Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 6 | Total Enrollment: 2,669 | 63.35 | 8 | |
| 32 | Fullerton Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 180 | 63.22 | 3 | |
| 33 | Elwood Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 140 | 63.19 | 35 | |
| 34 | Shelby Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 200 | 63.05 | 2 | |
| 35 | Homer Community Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 185 | 62.98 | 56 | |
| 36 | Kenesaw Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 135 | 62.81 | 21 | |
| 37 | Minden Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 491 | 62.35 | 11 | |
| 38 | Oakland Craig Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 246 | 62.29 | 54 | |
| 39 | West Boyd School District Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 160 | 62.23 | 40 | |
| 40 | Wilcox-Hildreth Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 149 | 62.16 | 35 | |
| 41 | Nebraska Unified District 1 Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 267 | 62.16 | 21 | |
| 42 | Superior Public Schools Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 128 | 62.07 | 56 | |
| 43 | Elkhorn Valley Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 173 | 61.76 | 46 | |
| 44 | So Central Ne Unified System 5 School District Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 380 | 61.64 | 3 | |
| 45 | Fillmore Central Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 401 | 61.45 | 29 | |
| 46 | Sutton Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 237 | 61.14 |  | |
| 47 | Malcolm Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 264 | 61.14 | 15 | |
| 48 | Creek Valley Schools District Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 178 | 61.01 | 42 | |
| 49 | Falls City Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 173 | 60.24 | 106 | |
| 50 | Cedar Bluffs Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 101 | 60.24 | 53 | |
| 51 | Neligh-Oakdale Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 227 | 59.14 | 32 | |
| 52 | Dundy County Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 155 | 59.03 | 124 | |
| 53 | Tri County Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 212 | 58.59 | 47 | |
| 54 | Mead Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 121 | 58.37 | 17 | |
| 55 | Elmwood-Murdock Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 211 | 58.35 | 40 | |
| 56 | Mitchell Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 345 Has one elementary school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 58.33 | 29 |
| 57 | Heartland Community Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 170 | 58.31 | 35 | |
| 58 | Holdrege Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 747 | 57.96 | 25 | |
| 59 | Friend Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 157 | 57.85 | 49 | |
| 60 | Lyons-Decatur Northeast Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 155 | 57.58 | 20 | |
| 61 | Morrill Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 195 | 56.95 | 6 | |
| 62 | Crofton Community Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 157 | 56.66 | 38 | |
| 63 | Silver Lake Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 125 | 56.57 | 45 | |
| 64 | Mc Cool Junction Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 120 | 56.48 | 14 | |
| 65 | Southern School District 1 Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 226 Has one elementary school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 56.22 | 39 |
| 66 | Auburn Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 193 Has one elementary school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 55.85 | 9 |
| 67 | Fort Calhoun Community Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 282 | 55.65 | 9 | |
| 68 | Blue Hill Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 208 | 55.45 | 38 | |
| 69 | Alma Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 158 | 55.36 | 1 | |
| 70 | North Platte Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 10 | Total Enrollment: 2,101 Has one elementary school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 55.06 | 6 |
| 71 | Dorchester Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 111 | 54.95 | 22 | |
| 72 | Elm Creek Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 169 | 54.94 | 29 | |
| 73 | Johnson-Brock Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 143 | 54.64 | 7 | |
| 74 | Raymond Central Schools District Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 335 | 53.95 | 33 | |
| 75 | Randolph Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 136 | 53.69 | 12 | |
| 76 | So Sioux City Community Schools District Elementary Schools: 6 | Total Enrollment: 1,751 Has one elementary school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 53.57 | 38 |
| 77 | Gothenburg Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 509 | 53.49 | 11 | |
| 78 | Blair Community Schools District Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 687 | 53.30 | 23 | |
| 79 | Laurel-Concord Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 240 | 53.05 | 63 | |
| 80 | Ord Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 242 | 53.01 | 47 | |
| 81 | Adams Central Jr-Sr High School District Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 365 | 52.92 | 39 | |
| 82 | Twin River Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 290 | 52.61 | 10 | |
| 83 | Palmer Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 126 | 51.93 | 85 | |
| 84 | Norris School District 160 Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,414 | 51.80 | 40 | |
| 85 | Garden County High School District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 126 | 51.21 | 81 | |
| 86 | Hemingford Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 235 | 51.03 | 12 | |
| 87 | Kearney Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 10 | Total Enrollment: 2,667 Two elementary schools have won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 50.87 | 6 |
| 88 | Mullen Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 103 | 50.81 | 41 | |
| 89 | High Plains Community Schools District Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 101 | 50.78 | 37 | |
| 90 | Cozad City Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 358 | 50.59 | 4 | |
| 91 | Douglas County West Community Schools District Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 482 | 50.52 | 28 | |
| 92 | Louisville Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 255 | 50.48 | 17 | |
| 93 | Bloomfield Community Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 115 | 50.22 | 39 | |
| 94 | Crete Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 847 | 50.04 | 9 | |
| 95 | Aurora Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 543 | 49.71 | 26 | |
| 96 | Scribner-Snyder Community Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 149 | 48.86 | 29 | |
| 97 | Sidney Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 494 | 48.56 | 52 | |
| 98 | Southern Valley Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 238 | 48.55 | - | |
| 99 | Newman Grove Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 103 | 48.55 | 66 | |
| 100 | Conestoga Public Schools District Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 389 | 48.40 | 37 | |
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