Nebraska: the highest-poverty school districts

87 districts

Nebraska public school districts ranked by the share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	Students on FRL	% FRL
1	LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	7	3,242	2,329	71.8%
2	SO SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHS	NE	8	3,871	2,506	69.0%
3	CRETE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	5	2,275	1,497	65.8%
4	FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	11	5,283	3,473	65.7%
5	MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	4	580	337	58.1%
6	NEBRASKA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	4	1,413	821	58.1%
7	RALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	8	3,491	1,905	58.1%
8	COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	9	4,171	2,372	56.9%
9	JOHNSON CO CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHS	NE	4	500	281	56.2%
10	SCOTTSBLUFF PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	8	3,420	1,508	56.2%
11	WEST POINT PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	3	740	410	55.4%
12	ALLIANCE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	5	1,310	719	54.9%
13	WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	2	575	314	54.6%
14	BEATRICE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	7	2,900	1,578	54.4%
15	FAIRBURY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	3	906	490	54.1%
16	HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	8	3,789	1,962	51.8%
17	SCHUYLER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	NE	8	2,089	1,076	51.5%
18	NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	11	4,543	2,325	51.2%
19	COZAD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	NE	4	965	487	50.5%
20	GERING PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	6	1,976	954	48.3%
21	GIBBON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	2	575	270	47.0%
22	O'NEILL PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	2	809	372	46.0%
23	OGALLALA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	3	766	352	46.0%
24	SIDNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	5	1,141	525	46.0%
25	FALLS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	4	899	398	44.3%
26	CHASE COUNTY SCHOOLS	NE	3	608	267	43.9%
27	VALENTINE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	NE	5	623	269	43.5%
28	MITCHELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	3	655	283	43.2%
29	SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNIFIED 5	NE	6	733	307	41.9%
30	YORK PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	4	1,598	655	41.0%
31	GOTHENBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	3	801	325	40.6%
32	NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	12	3,751	913	39.6%
33	DAVID CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	3	700	271	38.7%
34	BROKEN BOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	5	892	344	38.6%
35	HOLDREGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	4	1,006	386	38.4%
36	LOGAN VIEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	2	592	218	36.8%
37	AUBURN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	4	1,019	373	36.6%
38	CHADRON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	4	870	318	36.6%
39	CENTRAL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	3	793	289	36.4%
40	MC COOK PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	4	1,345	488	36.3%
41	BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	20	9,502	3,420	36.0%
42	PLATTSMOUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	NE	4	1,479	529	35.8%
43	BOONE CENTRAL SCHOOLS	NE	3	603	212	35.2%
44	LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	67	42,301	10,920	35.0%
45	ORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	2	544	190	34.9%
46	WILBER-CLATONIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	3	601	206	34.3%
47	HERSHEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	NE	2	539	183	34.0%
48	WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	NE	4	1,016	339	33.4%
49	LAKEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	NE	4	1,037	343	33.1%
50	WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	NE	12	6,330	1,798	32.8%

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