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The highest-poverty public high schools in Lancaster County, Nebraska

12 public high schools in Lancaster County, Nebraska appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL leads the list at 59.8%, against a median of 21.2% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Lancaster County, Nebraska

Top % FRL

59.8%

Median % FRL

21.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · LANCASTER COUNTY, NEBRASKA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL	LINCOLN, NE	LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	2,086	59.8%
2	LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL	LINCOLN, NE	LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	1,819	56.7%
3	NORTH STAR HIGH SCHOOL	LINCOLN, NE	LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	1,927	53.5%
4	NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL	LINCOLN, NE	LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	1,017	43.0%
5	LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL	LINCOLN, NE	LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	1,848	35.2%
6	SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL	LINCOLN, NE	LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	2,110	22.2%
7	SECONDARY SCH AT RAYMOND	RAYMOND, NE	RAYMOND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	237	20.3%
8	LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOL	LINCOLN, NE	LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	1,982	19.4%
9	MALCOLM JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL	MALCOLM, NE	MALCOLM PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	302	16.2%
10	STANDING BEAR HIGH SCHOOL	LINCOLN, NE	LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	631	16.2%
11	WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL	WAVERLY, NE	WAVERLY SCHOOL DISTRICT 145	High	679	15.3%
12	NORRIS HIGH SCHOOL	FIRTH, NE	NORRIS SCHOOL DIST 160	High	736	6.0%

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