1,119 schools in Nebraska

94 counties · 283 cities · Public K-12

Nebraska sits at 1,119 public K-12 schools in the most recent NCES counts, an average of roughly 12 per county. The county and city tabs below partition the directory for browsing.

Residents

1,978,707

all ages · ACS 5-yr

Students

332,340

public K-12 · NCES

Schools

1,119

public K-12

Counties

283 cities

Nebraska rankings

Schools

Districts

Counties

Largest by enrollment

GRAND ISLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLGrand Island2,696 students CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLOmaha2,587 students MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOLOmaha2,572 students

Excludes virtual / online schools.

Largest district

OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS52,524 students · 94 schools

Test scores

Reading, SY 2024-25. State average: 57.6% met or exceeded.

Top 5 schools

1.BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY
ELKHORN
89.3%
2.ALDRICH ELEMENTARY
OMAHA
88.6%
3.SPRING RIDGE ELEMENTARY
OMAHA
86.9%
4.SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ELKHORN
84.3%
5.FIRE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ELKHORN
83.9%

Lowest 5 schools

1.MOCKINGBIRD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OMAHA
21.2%
2.BELVEDERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OMAHA
22.4%
3.MONROE MIDDLE SCHOOL
OMAHA
22.5%
4.MC MILLAN MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL
OMAHA
23.6%
5.NORRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL
OMAHA
23.9%

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Adams County18 schools→Antelope County8 schools→Arthur County2 schools→Banner County3 schools→Blaine County1 schools→Boone County7 schools→Box Butte County7 schools→Boyd County4 schools→Brown County4 schools→Buffalo County28 schools→Burt County6 schools→Butler County6 schools→Cass County15 schools→Cedar County10 schools→Chase County6 schools→Cherry County8 schools→Cheyenne County9 schools→Clay County12 schools→Colfax County14 schools→Cuming County7 schools→Custer County15 schools→Dakota County11 schools→Dawes County7 schools→Dawson County19 schools→Deuel County6 schools→Dixon County5 schools→Dodge County22 schools→Douglas County207 schools→Dundy County2 schools→Fillmore County8 schools→Franklin County4 schools→Frontier County7 schools→Furnas County7 schools→Gage County14 schools→Garden County2 schools→Garfield County2 schools→Gosper County2 schools→Grant County2 schools→Greeley County5 schools→Hall County32 schools→Hamilton County8 schools→Harlan County2 schools→Hayes County2 schools→Hitchcock County2 schools→Holt County9 schools→Hooker County3 schools→Howard County7 schools→Jefferson County8 schools→Johnson County6 schools→Kearney County7 schools→Keith County5 schools→Keya Paha County2 schools→Kimball County3 schools→Knox County15 schools→Lancaster County97 schools→Lincoln County22 schools→Logan County2 schools→Loup County2 schools→Madison County23 schools→McPherson County2 schools→Merrick County7 schools→Morrill County5 schools→Nance County4 schools→Nemaha County8 schools→Nuckolls County10 schools→Otoe County10 schools→Pawnee County4 schools→Perkins County2 schools→Phelps County8 schools→Pierce County6 schools→Platte County19 schools→Polk County10 schools→Red Willow County9 schools→Richardson County7 schools→Rock County2 schools→Saline County13 schools→Sarpy County76 schools→Saunders County18 schools→Scotts Bluff County31 schools→Seward County8 schools→Sheridan County8 schools→Sherman County4 schools→Sioux County4 schools→Stanton County3 schools→Thayer County9 schools→Thomas County3 schools→Thurston County11 schools→Todd County1 schools→Valley County4 schools→Washington County10 schools→Wayne County9 schools→Webster County5 schools→Wheeler County2 schools→York County8 schools→