Nebraska schools ranked by test score
Latest NSCAS year (2024-25). 123 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 57.6%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELKHORN VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL ELKHORN · ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 83.8% | +26.2pp |
| 2 | ELKHORN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA · ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 81.8% | +24.2pp |
| 3 | ELKHORN NORTH RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA · ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 81.6% | +24.0pp |
| 4 | ELKHORN GRANDVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA · ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 81.2% | +23.6pp |
| 5 | BENNINGTON SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL BENNINGTON · BENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 81.1% | +23.5pp |
| 6 | LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL PAPILLION · PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS | Middle | 75.6% | +18.0pp |
| 7 | MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL LINCOLN · LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 75.5% | +17.9pp |
| 8 | CHASE COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL IMPERIAL · CHASE COUNTY SCHOOLS | Middle | 74.7% | +17.1pp |
| 9 | RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA · MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 73.8% | +16.2pp |
| 10 | LUX MIDDLE SCHOOL LINCOLN · LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 72.2% | +14.6pp |
| 11 | ASPEN CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA · GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 71.5% | +13.9pp |
| 12 | HTRS MIDDLE SCHOOL HUMBOLDT · HUMBOLDT TABLE ROCK STEINAUER | Middle | 71.4% | +13.8pp |
| 13 | BENNINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL BENNINGTON · BENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 71.1% | +13.5pp |
| 14 | WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST POINT · WEST POINT PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 71.1% | +13.5pp |
| 15 | ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL ELKHORN · ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 70.9% | +13.3pp |
| 16 | SCOTT MIDDLE SCHOOL LINCOLN · LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 70.1% | +12.5pp |
| 17 | MIDDLE SCHOOL AT SYRACUSE SYRACUSE · SYRACUSE-DUNBAR-AVOCA SCHOOLS | Middle | 70.0% | +12.4pp |
| 18 | BEADLE MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA · MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 69.8% | +12.2pp |
| 19 | WOOD RIVER RURAL MIDDLE SCHOOL WOOD RIVER · WOOD RIVER RURAL SCHOOLS | Middle | 69.7% | +12.1pp |
| 20 | SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL SEWARD · SEWARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 69.6% | +12.0pp |
| 21 | SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL FAIRFIELD · SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNIFIED 5 | Middle | 69.5% | +11.9pp |
| 22 | LEWIS & CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOL BELLEVUE · BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 69.0% | +11.4pp |
| 23 | NORTH BEND CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH BEND · NORTH BEND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHS | Middle | 68.2% | +10.6pp |
| 24 | KIEWIT MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA · MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 67.7% | +10.1pp |
| 25 | CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL UTICA · CENTENNIAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 67.2% | +9.6pp |
| 26 | PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL PAPILLION · PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS | Middle | 67.2% | +9.6pp |
| 27 | NORRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL FIRTH · NORRIS SCHOOL DIST 160 | Middle | 67.1% | +9.5pp |
| 28 | GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL GRETNA · GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 67.0% | +9.4pp |
| 29 | VALENTINE MIDDLE SCHOOL VALENTINE · VALENTINE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS | Middle | 66.9% | +9.3pp |
| 30 | RIVERSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPALDING · RIVERSIDE PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 66.7% | +9.1pp |
| 31 | PLATTEVIEW CENTRAL JR HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD · SPRINGFIELD PLATTEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS | Middle | 66.4% | +8.8pp |
| 32 | MILLARD NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA · MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 66.3% | +8.7pp |
| 33 | AINSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL AINSWORTH · AINSWORTH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS | Middle | 66.2% | +8.6pp |
| 34 | FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL FRANKLIN · FRANKLIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 65.9% | +8.3pp |
| 35 | GERALD OTTE BLAIR MIDDLE SCH BLAIR · BLAIR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS | Middle | 65.7% | +8.1pp |
| 36 | MC COOK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MC COOK · MC COOK PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 65.0% | +7.4pp |
| 37 | BOONE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL ALBION · BOONE CENTRAL SCHOOLS | Middle | 64.8% | +7.2pp |
| 38 | ASHLAND-GREENWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL ASHLAND · ASHLAND-GREENWOOD PUBLIC SCHS | Middle | 64.4% | +6.8pp |
| 39 | POUND MIDDLE SCHOOL LINCOLN · LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 64.3% | +6.7pp |
| 40 | AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL AURORA · AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 64.1% | +6.5pp |
| 41 | WAVERLY MIDDLE SCHOOL WAVERLY · WAVERLY SCHOOL DISTRICT 145 | Middle | 64.1% | +6.5pp |
| 42 | AUBURN MIDDLE SCHOOL AUBURN · AUBURN PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 63.7% | +6.1pp |
| 43 | PALMYRA MIDDLE SCHOOL PALMYRA · PALMYRA DISTRICT O R 1 | Middle | 63.4% | +5.8pp |
| 44 | WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL WAHOO · WAHOO PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 63.3% | +5.7pp |
| 45 | HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL KEARNEY · KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 63.2% | +5.6pp |
| 46 | EXETER-MILLIGAN MIDDLE SCHOOL EXETER · EXETER-MILLIGAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 62.5% | +4.9pp |
| 47 | SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL SIDNEY · SIDNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 62.3% | +4.7pp |
| 48 | LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL COLERIDGE · LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE SCHOOL | Middle | 62.0% | +4.4pp |
| 49 | LOGAN FONTENELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL BELLEVUE · BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Middle | 62.0% | +4.4pp |
| 50 | LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL LA VISTA · PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS | Middle | 61.6% | +4.0pp |
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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.