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Fastest-growing Nebraska public schools, 2017-2024

Nebraska public schools open in both 2017-18 and 2024-25 with at least 200 students in 2017, ranked by percentage enrollment change over the seven-year window.

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NEBRASKA · FASTEST-GROWING

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL	LINCOLN	LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	307	849	177%
2	ASPEN CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL	OMAHA	GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	448	863	92.6%
3	BENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOL	BENNINGTON	BENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	582	1,068	83.5%
4	WYSONG ELEMENTARY	LINCOLN	LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	435	738	69.7%
5	ARBOR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	ELKHORN	ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	336	555	65.2%
6	HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	FREMONT	FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS	267	421	57.7%
7	WESTERN HILLS MAGNET CENTER	OMAHA	OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	247	377	52.6%
8	KEARNEY EDUCATION CENTER	KEARNEY	KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	220	332	50.9%
9	LOTHROP MAGNET CENTER	OMAHA	OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	299	431	44.1%
10	WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	FREMONT	FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS	294	417	41.8%
11	LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL	PAPILLION	PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	371	522	40.7%
12	BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	BATTLE CREEK	BATTLE CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS	209	292	39.7%
13	GERING MIDDLE SCHOOL	GERING	GERING PUBLIC SCHOOLS	293	408	39.2%
14	BLAIR DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY	BLAIR	BLAIR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	289	397	37.4%
15	SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	SPRINGFIELD	SPRINGFIELD PLATTEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	292	400	37.0%
16	LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	NORTH PLATTE	NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	232	316	36.2%
17	ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL	ELKHORN	ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	468	631	34.8%
18	J STERLING MORTON ELEM SCHOOL	OMAHA	MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS	293	392	33.8%
19	DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY	FREMONT	FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS	217	290	33.6%
20	PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	OMAHA	OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	224	297	32.6%
21	SHELL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	COLUMBUS	LAKEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	286	373	30.4%
22	WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL	WISNER	WISNER-PILGER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	237	306	29.1%
23	MINDEN HIGH SCHOOL	MINDEN	MINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	211	272	28.9%
24	UMO N HO N NATION ELEM SCHOOL	MACY	UMO N HO N NATION PUBLIC SCHS	304	391	28.6%
25	CALVERT ELEMENTARY	AUBURN	AUBURN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	414	531	28.3%
26	FLORENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	OMAHA	OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	202	258	27.7%
27	BATTLE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL	BATTLE CREEK	BATTLE CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS	229	292	27.5%
28	VALENTINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	VALENTINE	VALENTINE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	225	285	26.7%
29	JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	GRAND ISLAND	GRAND ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS	279	352	26.2%
30	ASHLAND-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL	ASHLAND	ASHLAND-GREENWOOD PUBLIC SCHS	257	322	25.3%
31	WEST LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	GRAND ISLAND	GRAND ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS	272	338	24.3%
32	MOCKINGBIRD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	OMAHA	RALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	383	473	23.5%
33	CRETE HIGH SCHOOL	CRETE	CRETE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	575	705	22.6%
34	JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	OMAHA	OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	223	273	22.4%
35	WEST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	WEST POINT	WEST POINT PUBLIC SCHOOLS	273	334	22.3%
36	SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	RALSTON	RALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	234	286	22.2%
37	FORT CALHOUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	FORT CALHOUN	FORT CALHOUN COMMUNITY SCHS	380	460	21.1%
38	FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	BELLEVUE	BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	402	486	20.9%
39	ELKHORN VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL	ELKHORN	ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	562	679	20.8%
40	HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	GRAND ISLAND	GRAND ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS	401	484	20.7%
41	DONIPHAN-TRUMBULL ELEMENTARY	DONIPHAN	DONIPHAN-TRUMBULL PUBLIC SCHS	233	280	20.2%
42	DODGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	OMAHA	OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	400	479	19.8%
43	PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	LEXINGTON	LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	261	312	19.5%
44	BOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	OMAHA	OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	458	547	19.4%
45	BRIDGEPORT HIGH SCHOOL	BRIDGEPORT	BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS	212	253	19.3%
46	HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	OMAHA	MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS	285	340	19.3%
47	WALNUT CREEK ELEMENTARY	PAPILLION	PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	379	451	19.0%
48	BEVERIDGE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL	OMAHA	OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	622	740	19.0%
49	JOHNSON CROSSING ACADEMIC CENTER (5-6)	FREMONT	FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS	642	759	18.2%
50	ASHLAND-GREENWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL	ASHLAND	ASHLAND-GREENWOOD PUBLIC SCHS	209	247	18.2%

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