Nebraska: the counties with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios

47 counties

Nebraska counties ranked by the lowest county-wide student-to-teacher ratio. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 12.7:1.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Ratio
1	Thurston County	NE	11	2,146	9.2:1
2	Clay County	NE	11	1,566	9.9:1
3	Knox County	NE	15	1,757	10.0:1
4	Cedar County	NE	10	1,215	10.1:1
5	Polk County	NE	10	1,118	10.1:1
6	Holt County	NE	9	1,552	10.2:1
7	Butler County	NE	6	1,027	10.5:1
8	Cuming County	NE	7	1,520	10.8:1
9	Custer County	NE	15	1,845	10.9:1
10	Dawes County	NE	7	1,073	10.9:1
11	Furnas County	NE	7	1,013	11.0:1
12	Jefferson County	NE	8	1,683	11.0:1
13	Kearney County	NE	7	1,320	11.1:1
14	Burt County	NE	6	1,253	11.3:1
15	Richardson County	NE	7	1,217	11.3:1
16	Howard County	NE	7	1,396	11.5:1
17	Phelps County	NE	8	1,514	11.6:1
18	Hamilton County	NE	8	1,656	11.8:1
19	Pierce County	NE	6	1,222	11.8:1
20	Merrick County	NE	7	1,252	11.9:1
21	Cheyenne County	NE	8	1,407	12.2:1
22	Cass County	NE	15	3,932	12.5:1
23	Red Willow County	NE	7	1,671	12.6:1
24	Box Butte County	NE	7	1,693	12.7:1
25	Wayne County	NE	8	1,837	12.9:1
26	Saunders County	NE	17	3,755	13.0:1
27	Colfax County	NE	14	2,762	13.2:1
28	Dawson County	NE	18	5,509	13.2:1
29	Seward County	NE	8	2,809	13.2:1
30	Adams County	NE	15	5,228	13.3:1
31	Dakota County	NE	11	4,437	13.3:1
32	Otoe County	NE	9	2,543	13.6:1
33	Lincoln County	NE	22	5,190	13.7:1
34	Gage County	NE	12	3,866	13.8:1
35	Scotts Bluff County	NE	26	6,493	13.8:1
36	Washington County	NE	9	3,728	13.8:1
37	Buffalo County	NE	28	8,449	14.0:1
38	Madison County	NE	20	6,196	14.1:1
39	Saline County	NE	12	3,333	14.2:1
40	Lancaster County	NE	82	48,123	14.3:1
41	York County	NE	8	2,169	14.3:1
42	Dodge County	NE	19	6,729	14.4:1
43	Nemaha County	NE	7	1,374	14.5:1
44	Sarpy County	NE	73	34,055	14.9:1
45	Hall County	NE	27	12,203	15.0:1
46	Platte County	NE	16	5,530	15.4:1
47	Douglas County	NE	173	98,640	16.0:1

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