Name: Nebraska schools on the rise · enrollment growth 2017–2024
Creator: allk12
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Keywords: public schools, K-12, enrollment growth, NCES, Nebraska

Nebraska schools on the rise

Nebraska public schools with the largest enrollment growth from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

Schools in this report

top growth in state

Top growth

+177%

MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Range

+26% to +177%

2017-18 → 2024-25

TOP 50 NE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENROLLMENT GROWTH · 2017-18 → 2024-25

School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% change ↓
MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL	LINCOLN	LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	307	849	177%
SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	OMAHA	WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	156	301	92.9%
ASPEN CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL	OMAHA	GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	448	863	92.6%
BENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOL	BENNINGTON	BENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	582	1,068	83.5%
WYSONG ELEMENTARY	LINCOLN	LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	435	738	69.7%
ARBOR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	ELKHORN	ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	336	555	65.2%
HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	FREMONT	FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS	267	421	57.7%
EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER	SCOTTSBLUFF	SCOTTSBLUFF PUBLIC SCHOOLS	116	180	55.2%
PRESCHOOL LEARNING ACADEMY	YORK	YORK PUBLIC SCHOOLS	115	178	54.8%
WESTERN HILLS MAGNET CENTER	OMAHA	OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	247	377	52.6%
KEARNEY EDUCATION CENTER	KEARNEY	KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	220	332	50.9%
OAKLAND CRAIG JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH	OAKLAND	OAKLAND CRAIG PUBLIC SCHOOLS	123	185	50.4%
AXTELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	AXTELL	AXTELL COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	136	200	47.1%
LOTHROP MAGNET CENTER	OMAHA	OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	299	431	44.1%
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	FREMONT	FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS	294	417	41.8%
LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL	PAPILLION	PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	371	522	40.7%
CROFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	CROFTON	CROFTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	138	193	39.9%
BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	BATTLE CREEK	BATTLE CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS	209	292	39.7%
GERING MIDDLE SCHOOL	GERING	GERING PUBLIC SCHOOLS	293	408	39.2%
ELKHORN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL	TILDEN	ELKHORN VALLEY SCHOOLS	138	190	37.7%
BLAIR DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY	BLAIR	BLAIR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	289	397	37.4%
SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	SPRINGFIELD	SPRINGFIELD PLATTEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	292	400	37.0%
LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	NORTH PLATTE	NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	232	316	36.2%
UMO N HO N NATION HIGH SCHOOL	MACY	UMO N HO N NATION PUBLIC SCHS	125	170	36.0%
CEDAR BLUFFS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	CEDAR BLUFFS	CEDAR BLUFFS PUBLIC SCHOOLS	184	250	35.9%
ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL	ELKHORN	ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	468	631	34.8%
MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	MADISON	MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	185	248	34.1%
J STERLING MORTON ELEM SCHOOL	OMAHA	MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS	293	392	33.8%
DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY	FREMONT	FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS	217	290	33.6%
SOUTH WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	SIDNEY	SIDNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	196	261	33.2%
BLOOMFIELD JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL	BLOOMFIELD	BLOOMFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	106	141	33.0%
ALMA HIGH SCHOOL	ALMA	ALMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	143	190	32.9%
PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	OMAHA	OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	224	297	32.6%
PENDER HIGH SCHOOL	PENDER	PENDER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	145	191	31.7%
SHELL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	COLUMBUS	LAKEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	286	373	30.4%
LEIGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	LEIGH	LEIGH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	155	201	29.7%
WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL	WISNER	WISNER-PILGER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	237	306	29.1%
MINDEN HIGH SCHOOL	MINDEN	MINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	211	272	28.9%
STERLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	STERLING	STERLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS	111	143	28.8%
UMO N HO N NATION ELEM SCHOOL	MACY	UMO N HO N NATION PUBLIC SCHS	304	391	28.6%
WEST HOLT HIGH SCHOOL	ATKINSON	WEST HOLT PUBLIC SCHOOLS	162	208	28.4%
CALVERT ELEMENTARY	AUBURN	AUBURN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	414	531	28.3%
WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	SIDNEY	SIDNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	186	238	28.0%
FLORENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	OMAHA	OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	202	258	27.7%
BATTLE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL	BATTLE CREEK	BATTLE CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS	229	292	27.5%
DAKOTA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	DAKOTA CITY	SO SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHS	193	246	27.5%
HUMPHREY JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL	HUMPHREY	HUMPHREY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	104	132	26.9%
VALENTINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	VALENTINE	VALENTINE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS	225	285	26.7%
SO VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	OXFORD	SOUTHERN VALLEY SCHOOLS	199	252	26.6%
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	GRAND ISLAND	GRAND ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS	279	352	26.2%

50 of 50 rows · Brick-and-mortar only. Virtual, online, and cyber schools excluded. Schools must have had ≥100 students in 2017-18 and be open in both school years.↓ Download schools-on-the-rise-by-state-ne.csv

How this list was built

Every Nebraska public school that reported total enrollment in both the NCES SY 2017-18 and SY 2024-25 vintages was scored on percent change in enrollment. Schools needed at least 100 students in 2017-18 to qualify, which filters out small specialty programs whose percentage swings are dominated by noise. Brick-and-mortar only: virtual academies, cyber charters, and online schools are excluded by name pattern and by NCES is_virtual flag. Those schools dominate raw growth numbers but rarely represent a school families are choosing for their neighborhood.

Enrollment growth is a leading indicator, not a quality measure. Schools grow because catchment areas shift, because districts consolidate, because a magnet program opens, or because reputation pulls in transfers. A school on this list is one that more Nebraskafamilies are sending their kids to in 2024-25 than in 2017-18, for whatever reason. Pair this with the school's page on allk12 for test scores, demographics, and discussion.

Source data

NCES Common Core of Data, EDGE_ADMINDATA_PUBLICSCH MapServer, vintages 2017-18 and 2024-25. Refreshed yearly when NCES publishes a new admin-data release. School names, slugs, and current district affiliation come from the 2024-25 snapshot.

HOW TO CITE THIS REPORT

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allk12 (2026). "Nebraska schools on the rise: enrollment growth 2017–2024." Retrieved from https://allk12.com/reports/on-the-rise/nebraska

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