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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
51	MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL	MILFORD	MILFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS	321	379	18.1%
52	YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL	YORK	YORK PUBLIC SCHOOLS	260	307	18.1%
53	HOMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	HOMER	HOMER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	208	245	17.8%
54	YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	YORK	YORK PUBLIC SCHOOLS	523	615	17.6%
55	PINE CREEK ELEMENTARY	BENNINGTON	BENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	473	556	17.5%
56	GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL	GRETNA	GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	667	784	17.5%
57	SHOEMAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	GRAND ISLAND	GRAND ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS	375	438	16.8%
58	WAKE ROBIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	BELLEVUE	BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	465	543	16.8%
59	SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL	LINCOLN	LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	862	1,006	16.7%
60	MALCOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	MALCOLM	MALCOLM PUBLIC SCHOOLS	294	341	16.0%
61	WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL	WAKEFIELD	WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS	202	234	15.8%
62	PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARY	PAPILLION	PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	444	514	15.8%
63	CRETE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL	CRETE	CRETE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	394	455	15.5%
64	MALCOLM JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL	MALCOLM	MALCOLM PUBLIC SCHOOLS	262	302	15.3%
65	DOUGLAS CO WEST HIGH SCHOOL	VALLEY	DOUGLAS CO WEST COMMUNITY SCHS	283	326	15.2%
66	WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	WAKEFIELD	WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS	296	341	15.2%
67	KOOSER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	LINCOLN	LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	808	929	15.0%
68	BLACK ELK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	OMAHA	MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS	527	605	14.8%
69	SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	LEXINGTON	LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	312	358	14.7%
70	SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	OMAHA	OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	224	257	14.7%
71	KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	OMAHA	OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	238	272	14.3%
72	CENTRAL CITY HIGH SCHOOL	CENTRAL CITY	CENTRAL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	214	243	13.6%
73	ELKHORN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL	OMAHA	ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	508	576	13.4%
74	WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL	WAYNE	WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	285	323	13.3%
75	FREMONT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	FREMONT	FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,482	1,677	13.2%
76	DAVID CITY SECONDARY SCHOOL	DAVID CITY	DAVID CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	272	307	12.9%
77	DAVID CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	DAVID CITY	DAVID CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	279	315	12.9%
78	ELKHORN SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL	OMAHA	ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,271	1,434	12.8%
79	COVINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	SO SIOUX CITY	SO SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHS	362	408	12.7%
80	NATHAN HALE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL	OMAHA	OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	609	685	12.5%
81	LAKEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL	COLUMBUS	LAKEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	306	344	12.4%
82	SCHUYLER CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	SCHUYLER	SCHUYLER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	573	643	12.2%
83	WAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	WAYNE	WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	446	499	11.9%
84	COZAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	COZAD	COZAD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	386	432	11.9%
85	WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL	WAVERLY	WAVERLY SCHOOL DISTRICT 145	608	679	11.7%
86	PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	BELLEVUE	BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	418	466	11.5%
87	BELLEAIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	BELLEVUE	BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	295	328	11.2%
88	KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL	KEARNEY	KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,497	1,663	11.1%
89	BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	LEXINGTON	LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	347	385	11.0%
90	DOUGLAS CO WEST ELEMENTARY SCH	VALLEY	DOUGLAS CO WEST COMMUNITY SCHS	484	537	11.0%
91	FREEMAN ELEMENTARY-ADAMS	ADAMS	FREEMAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	253	280	10.7%
92	FORT CALHOUN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL	FORT CALHOUN	FORT CALHOUN COMMUNITY SCHS	345	382	10.7%
93	PAPILLION LA VISTA SOUTH HS	PAPILLION	PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	1,847	2,038	10.3%
94	LOUISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	LOUISVILLE	LOUISVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	339	374	10.3%
95	JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	NORFOLK	NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS	233	256	9.9%
96	CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL	CENTRAL CITY	CENTRAL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	203	223	9.9%
97	STANDING BEAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	OMAHA	OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	568	623	9.7%
98	WAHOO HIGH SCHOOL	WAHOO	WAHOO PUBLIC SCHOOLS	311	341	9.6%
99	LOGAN VIEW ELEMENTARY	HOOPER	LOGAN VIEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS	301	330	9.6%
100	MIDDLE SCHOOL AT SYRACUSE	SYRACUSE	SYRACUSE-DUNBAR-AVOCA SCHOOLS	261	286	9.6%

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