Best High Schools in Nebraska (2025-26)

Ranked high schools

256

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Every ranked high school in Nebraska, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.

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Nebraska high schools ranked

Rank	Grade	School	City	District	Actual	Projected	Impact	Students
#1	A+	Elkhorn South High School	Omaha	Elkhorn Public Schools	84%	78%	Exceeds Expectations	1,428
#2	A	Banner County High School	Harrisburg	Banner County Public Schools	75%	58%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	41
#3	A	Cody Kilgore High School	Cody	Cody-Kilgore Public Schs	75%	52%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	51
#4	A	Leigh High School	Leigh	Leigh Community Schools	75%	59%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	99
#5	A	Leyton High School	Dalton	Leyton Public Schools	75%	63%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	60
#6	A	Osceola High School	Osceola	Osceola Public Schools	75%	60%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	68
#7	A	Wynot High School	Wynot	Wynot Public Schools	75%	55%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	63
#8	A	Kenesaw Secondary School	Kenesaw	Kenesaw Public Schools	73%	54%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	141
#9	A	Osmond High School	Osmond	Osmond Community Schools	73%	52%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	81
#10	A	Wayne High School	Wayne	Wayne Community Schools	73%	67%	Exceeds Expectations	307
#11	A	Elkhorn High School	Elkhorn	Elkhorn Public Schools	72%	61%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	741
#12	A	Millard West High School	Omaha	Millard Public Schools	71%	68%	Exceeds Expectations	2,309
#13	A	Bennington High School	Bennington	Bennington Public Schools	70%	66%	Exceeds Expectations	1,002
#14	A	Elkhorn North High School	Omaha	Elkhorn Public Schools	70%	59%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	946
#15	A	High School At Johnson	Johnson	Johnson-Brock Public Schools	70%	64%	Exceeds Expectations	161
#16	A	Wood River Rural High School	Wood River	Wood River Rural Schools	70%	45%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	154
#17	A	Howells Senior High School	Howells	Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools	68%	43%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	146
#18	A	Gretna High School	Gretna	Gretna Public Schools	67%	66%	Meets Expectations	1,729
#19	A-	Mc Cook Senior High School	Mc Cook	Mc Cook Public Schools	67%	56%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	464
#20	A-	Pierce Jrsr High School	Pierce	Pierce Public Schools	67%	44%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	346
#21	A-	Ponca High School	Ponca	Ponca Public Schools	67%	57%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	190
#22	A-	Millard North High School	Omaha	Millard Public Schools	65%	61%	Exceeds Expectations	2,573
#23	A-	Newman Grove High School	Newman Grove	Newman Grove Public Schools	65%	46%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	70
#24	A-	Stuart High School	Stuart	Stuart Public Schools	65%	57%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	87
#25	A-	Southwest High School	Lincoln	Lincoln Public Schools	64%	57%	Exceeds Expectations	2,171
#26	A-	Seward High School	Seward	Seward Public Schools	63%	66%	Meets Expectations	501
#27	A-	Ashland Greenwood High School	Ashland	Ashland-Greenwood Public Schs	62%	58%	Exceeds Expectations	299
#28	A-	Elmwood Murdock Jrsr High Sch	Murdock	Elmwood-Murdock Public Schools	62%	63%	Meets Expectations	168
#29	A-	Exeter Milligan High School	Exeter	Exeter-Milligan Public Schools	62%	42%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	50
#30	A-	Heartland Community High Sch	Henderson	Heartland Community Schools	62%	50%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	156
#31	A-	Stapleton High School	Stapleton	Stapleton Public Schools	62%	54%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	92
#32	A-	Yutan High School	Yutan	Yutan Public Schools	62%	68%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	225
#33	A-	Lincoln East High School	Lincoln	Lincoln Public Schools	61%	60%	Meets Expectations	2,268
#34	A-	Papillion La Vista South HS	Papillion	Papillion La Vista Community Schools	61%	51%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	1,965
#35	A-	Arlington High School	Arlington	Arlington Public Schools	60%	56%	Exceeds Expectations	346
#36	A-	Blue Hill High School	Blue Hill	Blue Hill Community Schools	60%	42%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	142
#37	A-	Boone Central High School	Albion	Boone Central Schools	60%	49%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	198
#38	A-	Freeman High School	Adams	Freeman Public Schools	60%	62%	Meets Expectations	199
#39	A-	High School At Syracuse	Syracuse	Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools	60%	57%	Exceeds Expectations	217
#40	A-	Humphrey JR SR High School	Humphrey	Humphrey Public Schools	60%	55%	Exceeds Expectations	148
#41	A-	Hyannis High School	Hyannis	Hyannis Area Schools	60%	48%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	58
#42	A-	Malcolm Jrsr High School	Malcolm	Malcolm Public Schools	60%	56%	Exceeds Expectations	308
#43	A-	Mead High School	Mead	Mead Public Schools	60%	42%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	125
#44	A-	Milford High School	Milford	Milford Public Schools	60%	53%	Exceeds Expectations	358
#45	A-	Norris High School	Firth	Norris School Dist 160	60%	56%	Exceeds Expectations	757
#46	A-	Pender High School	Pender	Pender Public Schools	60%	50%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	182
#47	A-	Perkins County Junior Senior High School	Grant	Perkins County Schools	60%	55%	Exceeds Expectations	169
#48	A-	Shelby Rising City High School	Shelby	Shelby - Rising City Public Schools	60%	31%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	110
#49	A-	Weeping Water High School	Weeping Water	Weeping Water Public Schools	60%	56%	Exceeds Expectations	107
#50	B+	Arnold High School	Arnold	Arnold Public Schools	58%	53%	Exceeds Expectations	71
#51	B+	Bloomfield JR SR High School	Bloomfield	Bloomfield Community Schools	58%	56%	Exceeds Expectations	136
#52	B+	Centura Secondary School	Cairo	Centura Public Schools	58%	48%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	208
#53	B+	Chadron Senior High School	Chadron	Chadron Public Schools	58%	46%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	267
#54	B+	Crofton High School	Crofton	Crofton Community Schools	58%	57%	Meets Expectations	178
#55	B+	Fort Calhoun JR SR High School	Fort Calhoun	Fort Calhoun Community Schs	58%	55%	Exceeds Expectations	368
#56	B+	Giltner High School	Giltner	Giltner Public Schools	58%	48%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	94
#57	B+	Hampton High School	Hampton	Hampton Public School	58%	60%	Meets Expectations	81
#58	B+	Litchfield High School	Litchfield	Litchfield Public Schools	58%	51%	Exceeds Expectations	42
#59	B+	Loomis Secondary School	Loomis	Loomis Public Schools	58%	57%	Meets Expectations	118
#60	B+	Sutton Secondary School	Sutton	Sutton Public Schools	58%	49%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	180
#61	B+	Verdigre High School	Verdigre	Verdigre Public Schools	58%	39%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	66
#62	B+	Wahoo High School	Wahoo	Wahoo Public Schools	58%	61%	Meets Expectations	345
#63	B+	Wheeler Central High	Bartlett	Wheeler Central Schools	58%	53%	Exceeds Expectations	44
#64	B+	Adams Central JR SR High Sch	Hastings	Adams Central Public Schools	57%	60%	Meets Expectations	430
#65	B+	Ainsworth High School	Ainsworth	Ainsworth Community Schools	57%	53%	Exceeds Expectations	119
#66	B+	Battle Creek High School	Battle Creek	Battle Creek Public Schools	57%	58%	Meets Expectations	273
#67	B+	Fillmore Central High School	Geneva	Fillmore Central Public Schs	57%	56%	Meets Expectations	178
#68	B+	Hitchcock Co Jrsr High School	Trenton	Hitchcock Co Sch System	57%	40%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	123
#69	B+	Louisville High School	Louisville	Louisville Public Schools	57%	59%	Meets Expectations	188
#70	B+	North Bend Central High School	North Bend	North Bend Central Public Schs	57%	54%	Exceeds Expectations	226
#71	B+	Papillion La Vista Senior High	Papillion	Papillion La Vista Community Schools	57%	49%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	1,893
#72	B+	Ravenna Senior High	Ravenna	Ravenna Public Schools	57%	50%	Exceeds Expectations	169
#73	B+	Wausa High School	Wausa	Wausa Public Schools	57%	45%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	114
#74	B+	Bellevue West SR High School	Bellevue	Bellevue Public Schools	55%	52%	Exceeds Expectations	1,536
#75	B+	Bridgeport High School	Bridgeport	Bridgeport Public Schools	55%	46%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	248
#76	B+	Centennial JR SR High School	Utica	Centennial Public Schools	55%	49%	Exceeds Expectations	148
#77	B+	Friend High Schools	Friend	Friend Public Schools	55%	45%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	104
#78	B+	Holdrege High School	Holdrege	Holdrege Public Schools	55%	57%	Meets Expectations	303
#79	B+	Lakeview High School	Columbus	Lakeview Community Schools	55%	49%	Exceeds Expectations	311
#80	B+	Meridian High School	Daykin	Meridian Public Schools	55%	50%	Exceeds Expectations	102
#81	B+	Millard South High School	Omaha	Millard Public Schools	55%	54%	Meets Expectations	2,607
#82	B+	Mitchell Secondary School	Mitchell	Mitchell Public Schools	55%	51%	Exceeds Expectations	268
#83	B+	Northeast Secondary School	Lyons	Lyons-Decatur Northeast Schs	55%	28%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	124
#84	B+	Oakland Craig Junior Senior High	Oakland	Oakland Craig Public Schools	55%	52%	Exceeds Expectations	193
#85	B+	Randolph High School	Randolph	Randolph Public Schools	55%	51%	Exceeds Expectations	106
#86	B+	Shickley High School	Shickley	Shickley Public Schools	55%	54%	Meets Expectations	58
#87	B+	Southwest Jrsr High School	Bartley	Southwest Public Schools	55%	45%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	115
#88	B+	Thayer Central High School	Hebron	Thayer Central Community Schs	55%	55%	Meets Expectations	190
#89	B+	Westside High School	Omaha	Westside Community Schools	54%	50%	Exceeds Expectations	2,106
#90	B+	Auburn High School	Auburn	Auburn Public Schools	53%	51%	Exceeds Expectations	247
#91	B+	Burwell JR SR High School	Burwell	Burwell Public Schools	53%	44%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	133
#92	B+	Cambridge High School	Cambridge	Cambridge Public Schools	53%	51%	Exceeds Expectations	86
#93	B+	Cross County High School	Stromsburg	Cross County Community Schools	53%	51%	Exceeds Expectations	123
#94	B+	David City Secondary School	David City	David City Public Schools	53%	44%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	308
#95	B+	Lincoln Southeast High School	Lincoln	Lincoln Public Schools	53%	55%	Meets Expectations	1,929
#96	B+	Mullen High School	Mullen	Mullen Public Schools	53%	50%	Exceeds Expectations	52
#97	B+	Plainview Secondary School	Plainview	Plainview Public Schools	53%	47%	Exceeds Expectations	143
#98	B+	Platteview Senior High School	Springfield	Springfield Platteview Community Schools	53%	65%	Underperforms Expectations	388
#99	B+	Sidney High School	Sidney	Sidney Public Schools	53%	49%	Exceeds Expectations	349
#100	B+	Waverly High School	Waverly	Waverly School District 145	53%	60%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	682
#101	B+	West Holt High School	Atkinson	West Holt Public Schools	53%	44%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	215
#102	B+	Wilber Clatonia High School	Wilber	Wilber-Clatonia Public Schools	53%	50%	Exceeds Expectations	187
#103	B+	Arcadia High School	Arcadia	Arcadia Public Schools	52%	49%	Exceeds Expectations	46
#104	B+	Arthur County High School	Arthur	Arthur County Schools	52%	42%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	57
#105	B+	Beatrice High School	Beatrice	Beatrice Public Schools	52%	49%	Exceeds Expectations	644
#106	B+	Conestoga Jrsr High School	Murray	Conestoga Public Schools	52%	50%	Exceeds Expectations	316
#107	B+	Crawford High School	Crawford	Crawford Public Schools	52%	40%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	72
#108	B+	Deshler High School	Deshler	Deshler Public Schools	52%	50%	Exceeds Expectations	117
#109	B+	High School At Dunning	Dunning	Sandhills Public Schools	52%	50%	Meets Expectations	35
#110	B+	Keya Paha County High School	Springview	Keya Paha County Schools	52%	39%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	48
#111	B+	Maywood High School	Maywood	Maywood Public Schools	52%	46%	Exceeds Expectations	81
#112	B+	Sargent High School	Sargent	Sargent Public Schools	52%	47%	Exceeds Expectations	93
#113	B+	Scribner Snyder Secondary Sch	Scribner	Scribner-Snyder Community Schs	52%	41%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	66
#114	B+	St Paul Jrsr High School	St Paul	St Paul Public Schools	52%	58%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	318
#115	B	Aurora High School	Aurora	Aurora Public Schools	50%	57%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	374
#116	B	Blair High School	Blair	Blair Community Schools	50%	48%	Meets Expectations	710
#117	B	Garden County Juniorsenior High School	Oshkosh	Garden County Schools	50%	48%	Exceeds Expectations	97
#118	B	Gothenburg Secondary School	Gothenburg	Gothenburg Public Schools	50%	53%	Meets Expectations	389
#119	B	Hemingford High School	Hemingford	Hemingford Public Schools	50%	50%	Meets Expectations	171
#120	B	Kearney High School	Kearney	Kearney Public Schools	50%	45%	Exceeds Expectations	1,629
#121	B	Mc Pherson County Secondary School	Tryon	Mc Pherson County Schools	50%	45%	Exceeds Expectations	37
#122	B	Shelton High School	Shelton	Shelton Public Schools	50%	50%	Meets Expectations	112
#123	B	Southern Valley Jrsr High	Oxford	Southern Valley Schools	50%	44%	Exceeds Expectations	153
#124	B	Winside High School	Winside	Winside Public Schools	50%	50%	Meets Expectations	97
#125	B	Alma High School	Alma	Alma Public Schools	48%	48%	Meets Expectations	167
#126	B	Ansley High School	Ansley	Ansley Public Schools	48%	45%	Exceeds Expectations	79
#127	B	Broken Bow High School	Broken Bow	Broken Bow Public Schools	48%	50%	Meets Expectations	247
#128	B	Chase County High School	Imperial	Chase County Schools	48%	41%	Exceeds Expectations	308
#129	B	Creighton Community High Sch	Creighton	Creighton Community Public Schools	48%	43%	Exceeds Expectations	115
#130	B	Doniphan Trumbull Secondary	Doniphan	Doniphan-Trumbull Public Schs	48%	50%	Meets Expectations	210
#131	B	Franklin High School	Franklin	Franklin Public Schools	48%	43%	Exceeds Expectations	78
#132	B	Hershey High School	Hershey	Hershey Public Schools	48%	49%	Meets Expectations	254
#133	B	High School At Brainard	Brainard	East Butler Public Schools	48%	43%	Exceeds Expectations	129
#134	B	JR SR High School At Palmyra	Palmyra	Palmyra District O R 1	48%	50%	Meets Expectations	163
#135	B	Minden High School	Minden	Minden Public Schools	48%	48%	Meets Expectations	264
#136	B	Northwest High School	Grand Island	Northwest Public Schools	48%	48%	Meets Expectations	703
#137	B	Scottsbluff Senior High School	Scottsbluff	Scottsbluff Public Schools	48%	44%	Exceeds Expectations	1,118
#138	B	Twin River SR High School	Genoa	Twin River Public Schools	48%	50%	Meets Expectations	190
#139	B	Wisner Pilger High School	Wisner	Wisner-Pilger Public Schools	48%	42%	Exceeds Expectations	188
#140	B	York High School	York	York Public Schools	48%	51%	Meets Expectations	522
#141	B	Anselmo Merna High School	Merna	Anselmo-Merna Public Schools	47%	42%	Exceeds Expectations	96
#142	B	Axtell High School	Axtell	Axtell Community Schools	47%	50%	Meets Expectations	135
#143	B	Bancroft Rosalie Jrsr High School	Bancroft	Bancroft-Rosalie Comm Schools	47%	44%	Exceeds Expectations	149
#144	B	Callaway High School	Callaway	Callaway Public Schools	47%	42%	Exceeds Expectations	79
#145	B	Elm Creek High School	Elm Creek	Elm Creek Public Schools	47%	46%	Meets Expectations	149
#146	B	Fullerton High School	Fullerton	Fullerton Public Schools	47%	49%	Meets Expectations	135
#147	B	High Plains Community Jrsr High School	Polk	High Plains Community Schools	47%	48%	Meets Expectations	102
#148	B	Laurel Concord Coleridge High School	Laurel	Laurel-Concord-Coleridge School	47%	45%	Exceeds Expectations	132
#149	B	Oneill High School	Oneill	O'neill Public Schools	47%	46%	Meets Expectations	353
#150	B	Red Cloud High School	Red Cloud	Red Cloud Community Schools	47%	44%	Exceeds Expectations	106
#151	B	Riverside High School	Cedar Rapids	Riverside Public Schools	47%	46%	Meets Expectations	72
#152	B	Tri County JR SR High School	Dewitt	Tri County Public Schools	47%	48%	Meets Expectations	192
#153	B	Fremont Senior High School	Fremont	Fremont Public Schools	46%	44%	Exceeds Expectations	1,633
#154	B	Thedford High School	Thedford	Thedford Public Schools	45%	44%	Meets Expectations	56
#155	B-	Allen High School	Allen	Allen Consolidated Schools	45%	41%	Exceeds Expectations	67
#156	B-	Elkhorn Valley High School	Tilden	Elkhorn Valley Schools	45%	52%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	188
#157	B-	Elwood High School	Elwood	Elwood Public Schools	45%	47%	Meets Expectations	68
#158	B-	Ogallala High School	Ogallala	Ogallala Public Schools	45%	46%	Meets Expectations	304
#159	B-	Potter Dix Jrsr High School	Potter	Potter-Dix Public Schools	45%	40%	Exceeds Expectations	75
#160	B-	Secondary Sch At Raymond	Raymond	Raymond Central Public Schools	45%	52%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	361
#161	B-	Silver Lake High School	Roseland	Silver Lake Public Schools	45%	44%	Meets Expectations	103
#162	B-	South Platte High School	Big Springs	South Platte Public Schools	45%	43%	Exceeds Expectations	108
#163	B-	Sutherland High School	Sutherland	Sutherland Public Schools	45%	54%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	153
#164	B-	Hastings Senior High School	Hastings	Hastings Public Schools	44%	46%	Meets Expectations	1,067
#165	B-	Bellevue East SR High School	Bellevue	Bellevue Public Schools	43%	43%	Meets Expectations	1,423
#166	B-	Central City High School	Central City	Central City Public Schools	43%	50%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	232
#167	B-	Clarkson JR SR High School	Clarkson	Clarkson Public Schools	43%	49%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	116
#168	B-	Diller Odell Secondary School	Odell	Diller-Odell Public Schools	43%	47%	Meets Expectations	99
#169	B-	Falls City Senior High	Falls City	Falls City Public Schools	43%	45%	Meets Expectations	236
#170	B-	Gordon Rushville High School	Gordon	Gordon-Rushville Public Schs	43%	42%	Meets Expectations	152
#171	B-	Hartington Newcastle High School	Hartington	Hartington Newcastle Public Schools	43%	45%	Meets Expectations	164
#172	B-	High School At Tekamah	Tekamah	Tekamah-Herman Community Schs	43%	43%	Meets Expectations	230
#173	B-	Logan View Jrsr High School	Hooper	Logan View Public Schools	43%	44%	Meets Expectations	274
#174	B-	Norfolk Senior High School	Norfolk	Norfolk Public Schools	43%	40%	Exceeds Expectations	1,346
#175	B-	Valentine High School	Valentine	Valentine Community Schools	43%	42%	Exceeds Expectations	164
#176	B-	Alliance High School	Alliance	Alliance Public Schools	42%	28%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	434
#177	B-	Amherst High School	Amherst	Amherst Public Schools	42%	50%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	170
#178	B-	Brady High School	Brady	Brady Public Schools	42%	50%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	96
#179	B-	Columbus High School	Columbus	Columbus Public Schools	42%	42%	Meets Expectations	1,273
#180	B-	Emerson Hubbard High School	Emerson	Emerson-Hubbard Public Schools	42%	38%	Exceeds Expectations	66
#181	B-	Gibbon High School	Gibbon	Gibbon Public Schools	42%	38%	Exceeds Expectations	236
#182	B-	Harvard High School	Harvard	Harvard Public Schools	42%	38%	Exceeds Expectations	56
#183	B-	Hay Springs High School	Hay Springs	Hay Springs Public Schools	42%	48%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	58
#184	B-	Paxton High School	Paxton	Paxton Consolidated Schools	42%	52%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	97
#185	B-	West Point Beemer High School	West Point	West Point Public Schools	42%	41%	Meets Expectations	247
#186	C+	Central Valley High School	Greeley	Central Valley Public Schools	40%	39%	Meets Expectations	124
#187	C+	Cozad High School	Cozad	Cozad Community Schools	40%	39%	Meets Expectations	260
#188	C+	Douglas Co West High School	Valley	Douglas Co West Community Schs	40%	47%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	300
#189	C+	Fairbury JR SR High School	Fairbury	Fairbury Public Schools	40%	31%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	377
#190	C+	Homer High School	Homer	Homer Community Schools	40%	39%	Meets Expectations	191
#191	C+	Htrs High School	Humboldt	Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer	40%	42%	Meets Expectations	73
#192	C+	Junior Senior High At Sumner	Sumner	Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Schs	40%	44%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	107
#193	C+	Loup County High School	Taylor	Loup County Public Schools	40%	41%	Meets Expectations	34
#194	C+	Neligh Oakdale High School	Neligh	Neligh-Oakdale Schools	40%	46%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	140
#195	C+	Rock County High School	Bassett	Rock County Public Schools	40%	43%	Meets Expectations	97
#196	C+	Wallace High School	Wallace	Wallace Public Sch Dist 65 R	40%	44%	Meets Expectations	83
#197	C+	Lincoln High School	Lincoln	Lincoln Public Schools	39%	39%	Meets Expectations	2,196
#198	C+	Arapahoe High School	Arapahoe	Arapahoe Public Schools	38%	39%	Meets Expectations	151
#199	C+	Gering High School	Gering	Gering Public Schools	38%	36%	Exceeds Expectations	581
#200	C+	Mccool Junction JR SR High Sch	Mccool Junction	Mc Cool Junction Public Schs	38%	54%	Underperforms Expectations	120
#201	C+	Medicine Valley JR SR High School	Curtis	Medicine Valley Public Schools	38%	37%	Meets Expectations	92
#202	C+	Plattsmouth High School	Plattsmouth	Plattsmouth Community Schools	38%	45%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	491
#203	C+	Creek Valley High School	Chappell	Creek Valley Schools	37%	33%	Exceeds Expectations	73
#204	C+	Ord JR SR High School	Ord	Ord Public Schools	37%	47%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	246
#205	C+	Overton High School	Overton	Overton Public Schools	37%	38%	Meets Expectations	113
#206	C+	Palmer Junior Senior High	Palmer	Palmer Public Schools	37%	43%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	114
#207	C+	Pawnee City Secondary School	Pawnee City	Pawnee City Public Schools	37%	35%	Meets Expectations	117
#208	C+	Pleasanton High School	Pleasanton	Pleasanton Public Schools	37%	40%	Meets Expectations	128
#209	C+	South Sioux High School	So Sioux City	So Sioux City Community Schs	37%	36%	Meets Expectations	1,149
#210	C+	Sterling High School	Sterling	Sterling Public Schools	37%	46%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	89
#211	C+	Lincoln Northeast High School	Lincoln	Lincoln Public Schools	36%	39%	Meets Expectations	1,812
#212	C+	North Star High School	Lincoln	Lincoln Public Schools	36%	42%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	2,072
#213	C+	Bertrand High School	Bertrand	Bertrand Public Schools	35%	36%	Meets Expectations	121
#214	C+	Burke High School	Omaha	Omaha Public Schools	35%	37%	Meets Expectations	1,915
#215	C+	Central High School	Omaha	Omaha Public Schools	35%	35%	Meets Expectations	2,738
#216	C+	Chambers High School	Chambers	Chambers Public Schools	35%	40%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	43
#217	C+	Loup City High School	Loup City	Loup City Public Schools	35%	38%	Meets Expectations	129
#218	C+	Maxwell High School	Maxwell	Maxwell Public Schools	35%	38%	Meets Expectations	147
#219	C+	Stanton High School	Stanton	Stanton Community Schools	35%	42%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	176
#220	C+	Wakefield High School	Wakefield	Wakefield Public Schools	35%	37%	Meets Expectations	225
#221	C+	Wilcox Hildreth Jrsr High School	Wilcox	Wilcox-Hildreth Public Schools	35%	40%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	98
#222	C	North Platte High School	North Platte	North Platte Public Schools	35%	37%	Meets Expectations	1,212
#223	C	Ralston High School	Ralston	Ralston Public Schools	34%	43%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,026
#224	C	Superior SR High School	Superior	Superior Public Schools	34%	39%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	130
#225	C	Crete High School	Crete	Crete Public Schools	33%	32%	Meets Expectations	690
#226	C	Dundy Co Stratton High School	Benkelman	Dundy Co Stratton Public Schs	33%	30%	Exceeds Expectations	130
#227	C	Johnson Co Central High School	Tecumseh	Johnson Co Central Public Schs	33%	48%	Underperforms Expectations	153
#228	C	Lexington High School	Lexington	Lexington Public Schools	33%	31%	Meets Expectations	913
#229	C-	Madison High School	Madison	Madison Public Schools	30%	35%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	160
#230	C-	Nebraska City High School	Nebraska City	Nebraska City Public Schools	30%	44%	Underperforms Expectations	428
#231	C-	Southern JR SR High School	Wymore	Southern School District 1	30%	28%	Exceeds Expectations	171
#232	C-	Cedar Bluffs Secondary School	Cedar Bluffs	Cedar Bluffs Public Schools	29%	38%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	171
#233	C-	Morrill High School	Morrill	Morrill Public Schools	29%	26%	Exceeds Expectations	152
#234	C-	Dorchester High School	Dorchester	Dorchester Public School	28%	34%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	91
#235	D+	Elba Secondary School	Elba	Elba Public Schools	25%	28%	Meets Expectations	54
#236	D+	North High School	Omaha	Omaha Public Schools	25%	25%	Meets Expectations	1,796
#237	D+	St Edward High School	St Edward	St Edward Public Schools	25%	31%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	78
#238	D+	Minatare High School	Minatare	Minatare Public Schools	24%	21%	Exceeds Expectations	78
#239	D	Grand Island Senior High School	Grand Island	Grand Island Public Schools	23%	33%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	2,650
#240	D	Niobrara Secondary School	Niobrara	Niobrara Public Schools	22%	25%	Meets Expectations	86
#241	D	Schuyler Central High School	Schuyler	Schuyler Community Schools	22%	27%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	623
#242	D	Eustis Farnam High School	Eustis	Eustis-Farnam Public Schools	21%	32%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	79
#243	D	Hayes Center Secondary School Hayes Center	Hayes Center	Hayes Center Public Schools	21%	38%	Underperforms Expectations	49
#244	D	Wauneta Palisade High School	Wauneta	Wauneta-Palisade Public Schs	21%	36%	Underperforms Expectations	71
#245	D	Kimball Jrsr High School	Kimball	Kimball Public Schools	20%	30%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	167
#246	D	Bayard Secondary School	Bayard	Bayard Public Schools	19%	26%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	158
#247	D-	Boyd County High School Spencer	Spencer	Boyd County Schools	17%	45%	Underperforms Expectations	95
#248	D-	Lewiston High School	Lewiston	Lewiston Consolidated Schools	16%	34%	Underperforms Expectations	71
#249	D-	Bryan High School	Omaha	Omaha Public Schools	15%	20%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,634
#250	D-	Walthill High School	Walthill	Walthill Public Schools	14%	12%	Meets Expectations	123
#251	D-	Northwest High School	Omaha	Omaha Public Schools	13%	19%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,593
#252	D-	South High School	Omaha	Omaha Public Schools	13%	18%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	2,686
#253	D-	Benson High School	Omaha	Omaha Public Schools	12%	29%	Underperforms Expectations	1,570
#254	D-	Isanti High School	Niobrara	Isanti Community School	12%	14%	Meets Expectations	53
#255	F	Umo N Ho N Nation High School	Macy	Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs	10%	12%	Meets Expectations	150
#256	F	Winnebago High School	Winnebago	Winnebago Public Schools District 17	7%	21%	Underperforms Expectations	200

How Nebraska's high schools compare

A: 49B: 136C: 49D: 20F: 2

72% of the 256 ranked high schools in Nebraska earn an A or B (49 A grades, 136 B, 49 C, 20 D, 2 F), against 48% of high schools nationwide. 208 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (81% here, 75% nationally), and 124 exceed it. On average 48% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 46% (national averages: 42% actual, 40% projected).

The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Shelby Rising City High School (60% against 31%, A-), Northeast Secondary School (55% against 28%, B+), Wood River Rural High School (70% against 45%, A), Howells Senior High School (68% against 43%, A), Cody Kilgore High School (75% against 52%, A).

Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 64): Elkhorn Public Schools (3), Millard Public Schools (2), Lincoln Public Schools (2).

Cities with the most ranked high schools: Omaha (13, 6 at A or B), Lincoln (6, 3 at A or B).

The largest ranked high schools: Central High School (2,738 students, C+, #215), South High School (2,686 students, D-, #252), Grand Island Senior High School (2,650 students, D, #239).

High schools in Nebraska that are not ranked

9 graded high schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.

Very small schools (1)

Schools with fewer than 30 students have grades that swing on a handful of test results.

B- Sioux County High School, Harrison

Closed schools (2)

NCES lists these schools as closed or inactive since their last graded year.

B+ Lawrencenelson High Sch, Nelson
C+ Sandy Creek High School, Fairfield

Not yet graded (6)

Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.

Bruning Davenport High School, Bruning
Infant Toddler At Lincoln High School, Lincoln
Infant Toddler At Lincoln Northeast High School, Lincoln
Meridian School, Scottsbluff
Ncyf Community High School, Omaha
Summerland High School, Ewing

About this ranking

Scope: every public high school in Nebraska.
Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the high schools.
Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works

Questions about high schools in Nebraska

What is the best high school in Nebraska?

Elkhorn South High School in Omaha ranks first among the 256 ranked high schools in Nebraska with a SchoolGrade of A+, 84% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 78%.

How are high schools in Nebraska ranked?

By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.

How many high schools does Nebraska have?

SchoolGrade grades 265 public high schools in Nebraska; 256 are ranked here and 9 are listed as not ranked.