Nebraska schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | ADAMS CENTRAL JR-SR HIGH SCH HASTINGS · ADAMS CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 61.2% | +3.6pp |
| 52 | ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL ARLINGTON · ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 61.1% | +3.5pp |
| 53 | BURWELL JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL BURWELL · BURWELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 61.1% | +3.5pp |
| 54 | ORD JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL ORD · ORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 60.4% | +2.8pp |
| 55 | CREIGHTON COMMUNITY HIGH SCH CREIGHTON · CREIGHTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 60.0% | +2.4pp |
| 56 | HOMER HIGH SCHOOL HOMER · HOMER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS | High | 59.8% | +2.2pp |
| 57 | HITCHCOCK CO JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL TRENTON · HITCHCOCK CO SCH SYSTEM | High | 59.3% | +1.7pp |
| 58 | CHASE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IMPERIAL · CHASE COUNTY SCHOOLS | High | 59.0% | +1.4pp |
| 59 | HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL HAMPTON · HAMPTON PUBLIC SCHOOL | High | 59.0% | +1.4pp |
| 60 | O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL O'NEILL · O'NEILL PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 58.9% | +1.3pp |
| 61 | AMHERST HIGH SCHOOL AMHERST · AMHERST PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 58.6% | +1.0pp |
| 62 | GOTHENBURG SECONDARY SCHOOL GOTHENBURG · GOTHENBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 58.4% | +0.8pp |
| 63 | ST PAUL JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL ST PAUL · ST PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 58.3% | +0.7pp |
| 64 | LOGAN VIEW JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL HOOPER · LOGAN VIEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 57.6% | +0.0pp |
| 65 | SECONDARY SCH AT RAYMOND RAYMOND · RAYMOND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 57.4% | -0.2pp |
| 66 | ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL ARNOLD · ARNOLD PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 56.8% | -0.8pp |
| 67 | WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL WAKEFIELD · WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 55.8% | -1.8pp |
| 68 | SUTTON SECONDARY SCHOOL SUTTON · SUTTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 55.6% | -2.0pp |
| 69 | GIBBON HIGH SCHOOL GIBBON · GIBBON PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 55.0% | -2.6pp |
| 70 | GARDEN COUNTY JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL OSHKOSH · GARDEN COUNTY SCHOOLS | High | 54.8% | -2.8pp |
| 71 | JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL AT PALMYRA PALMYRA · PALMYRA DISTRICT O R 1 | High | 54.8% | -2.8pp |
| 72 | PAWNEE CITY SECONDARY SCHOOL PAWNEE CITY · PAWNEE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 54.5% | -3.1pp |
| 73 | FAIRBURY JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL FAIRBURY · FAIRBURY PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 52.2% | -5.4pp |
| 74 | FULLERTON HIGH SCHOOL FULLERTON · FULLERTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 51.7% | -5.9pp |
| 75 | ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL ARCADIA · ARCADIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 51.6% | -6.0pp |
| 76 | OSMOND HIGH SCHOOL OSMOND · OSMOND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS | High | 50.0% | -7.6pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the NSCAS % On Track + Advanced threshold on the latest available NSCAS English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Nebraska, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.