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Top 100 high schools in Nebraska (2025)

Schools classified as high schools by NCES. Ranked by the Success Index (US) from official American data; 100 schools shown.

  1. 1
    86
    Elkhorn South High SchoolOmaha · Public High85% Math proficiency · 1,434 students
  2. 2
    85
    Ponca High SchoolPonca · Public High77% Math proficiency · 198 students
  3. 3
    84
    Elmwood-Murdock JR/SR High SchMurdock · Public High72% Math proficiency · 205 students
  4. 4
    84
    Platteview Senior High SchoolSpringfield · Public High72% Math proficiency · 387 students
  5. 5
    84
    Elkhorn High SchoolElkhorn · Public High77% Math proficiency · 769 students
  6. 6
    83
    Diller-Odell Secondary SchoolOdell · Public High74.5% Math proficiency · 105 students
  7. 7
    83
    Howells Senior High SchoolHowells · Public High77% Math proficiency · 138 students
  8. 8
    81
    Malcolm JR/SR High SchoolMalcolm · Public High67% Math proficiency · 302 students
  9. 9
    81
    Gretna East High SchoolOmaha · Public High6.9% Free/reduced-price lunch · 1,009 students
  10. 10
    80
    Fort Calhoun JR-SR High SchoolFort Calhoun · Public High72% Math proficiency · 382 students
  11. 11
    80
    Wilcox-Hildreth JR/SR High SchoolWilcox · Public High75% Math proficiency · 76 students
  12. 12
    80
    Bennington High SchoolBennington · Public High72% Math proficiency · 1,068 students
  13. 13
    79
    High School at SyracuseSyracuse · Public High74.5% Math proficiency · 228 students
  14. 14
    79
    Millard West High SchoolOmaha · Public High71% Math proficiency · 2,344 students
  15. 15
    79
    Louisville High SchoolLouisville · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 207 students
  16. 16
    79
    Mead High SchoolMead · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 112 students
  17. 17
    79
    Stapleton High SchoolStapleton · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 64 students
  18. 18
    78
    Gretna High SchoolGretna · Public High69% Math proficiency · 955 students
  19. 19
    78
    Norris High SchoolFirth · Public High72% Math proficiency · 736 students
  20. 20
    78
    Cross County High SchoolStromsburg · Public High69.5% Math proficiency · 120 students
  21. 21
    78
    Auburn High SchoolAuburn · Public High67% Math proficiency · 258 students
  22. 22
    78
    Leigh High SchoolLeigh · Public High54.5% Math proficiency · 95 students
  23. 23
    78
    Yutan High SchoolYutan · Public High62% Math proficiency · 219 students
  24. 24
    77
    Fillmore Central High SchoolGeneva · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 175 students
  25. 25
    77
    Milford High SchoolMilford · Public High62% Math proficiency · 379 students
  26. 26
    77
    Thayer Central High SchoolHebron · Public High62% Math proficiency · 191 students
  27. 27
    77
    Axtell High SchoolAxtell · Public High77% Math proficiency · 135 students
  28. 28
    77
    Gordon-Rushville High SchoolGordon · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 125 students
  29. 29
    77
    North Bend Central High SchoolNorth Bend · Public High62% Math proficiency · 174 students
  30. 30
    77
    Elkhorn North High SchoolOmaha · Public High11.5% Free/reduced-price lunch · 1,050 students
  31. 31
    77
    Millard North High SchoolOmaha · Public High71% Math proficiency · 2,572 students
  32. 32
    77
    Seward High SchoolSeward · Public High67% Math proficiency · 511 students
  33. 33
    77
    Douglas Co West High SchoolValley · Public High67% Math proficiency · 326 students
  34. 34
    77
    Freeman High SchoolAdams · Public High52% Math proficiency · 220 students
  35. 35
    76
    Osmond High SchoolOsmond · Public High74.5% Math proficiency · 80 students
  36. 36
    76
    Crofton High SchoolCrofton · Public High67% Math proficiency · 171 students
  37. 37
    76
    West Holt High SchoolAtkinson · Public High67% Math proficiency · 208 students
  38. 38
    76
    Pierce JR/SR High SchoolPierce · Public High77% Math proficiency · 340 students
  39. 39
    76
    Giltner High SchoolGiltner · Public High74.5% Math proficiency · 93 students
  40. 40
    76
    Newman Grove High SchoolNewman Grove · Public High74.5% Math proficiency · 85 students
  41. 41
    75
    Hartington Newcastle High SchoolHartington · Public High67% Math proficiency · 170 students
  42. 42
    75
    Hampton High SchoolHampton · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 71 students
  43. 43
    75
    Blair High SchoolBlair · Public High62% Math proficiency · 681 students
  44. 44
    75
    Adams Central JR-SR High SchHastings · Public High59% Math proficiency · 452 students
  45. 45
    75
    Lincoln East High SchoolLincoln · Public High70% Math proficiency · 1,982 students
  46. 46
    75
    Wood River Rural High SchoolWood River · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 145 students
  47. 47
    74
    Waverly High SchoolWaverly · Public High67% Math proficiency · 679 students
  48. 48
    74
    Wayne High SchoolWayne · Public High72% Math proficiency · 323 students
  49. 49
    74
    Valentine High SchoolValentine · Public High74.5% Math proficiency · 158 students
  50. 50
    74
    Ashland-Greenwood High SchoolAshland · Public High57% Math proficiency · 322 students
  51. 51
    74
    Standing Bear High SchoolLincoln · Public High16.2% Free/reduced-price lunch · 631 students
  52. 52
    74
    JR-SR High School at PalmyraPalmyra · Public High52% Math proficiency · 181 students
  53. 53
    73
    High School at JohnsonJohnson · Public High62% Math proficiency · 118 students
  54. 54
    73
    Pender High SchoolPender · Public High77% Math proficiency · 191 students
  55. 55
    73
    High School at BrainardBrainard · Public High57% Math proficiency · 151 students
  56. 56
    73
    Papillion la Vista South HSPapillion · Public High67% Math proficiency · 2,038 students
  57. 57
    72
    Minden High SchoolMinden · Public High54.5% Math proficiency · 272 students
  58. 58
    72
    Perkins County Junior- Senior High SchoolGrant · Public High52% Math proficiency · 188 students
  59. 59
    72
    Arnold High SchoolArnold · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 79 students
  60. 60
    72
    Chadron Senior High SchoolChadron · Public High54.5% Math proficiency · 242 students
  61. 61
    72
    Battle Creek High SchoolBattle Creek · Public High62% Math proficiency · 292 students
  62. 62
    71
    High Plains Community JR/SR High SchoolPolk · Public High49.5% Math proficiency · 93 students
  63. 63
    71
    Amherst High SchoolAmherst · Public High62% Math proficiency · 157 students
  64. 64
    71
    Wahoo High SchoolWahoo · Public High62% Math proficiency · 341 students
  65. 65
    71
    Wausa High SchoolWausa · Public High62% Math proficiency · 101 students
  66. 66
    71
    Doniphan-Trumbull SecondaryDoniphan · Public High52% Math proficiency · 221 students
  67. 67
    71
    Franklin High SchoolFranklin · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 77 students
  68. 68
    71
    Heartland Community High SchHenderson · Public High67% Math proficiency · 148 students
  69. 69
    71
    Northwest High SchoolGrand Island · Public High57% Math proficiency · 680 students
  70. 70
    71
    Ord JR-SR High SchoolOrd · Public High57% Math proficiency · 239 students
  71. 71
    71
    ST Paul JR/SR High SchoolST Paul · Public High57% Math proficiency · 277 students
  72. 72
    70
    Creighton Community High SchCreighton · Public High62% Math proficiency · 140 students
  73. 73
    70
    Kenesaw Secondary SchoolKenesaw · Public High57% Math proficiency · 128 students
  74. 74
    70
    Oakland Craig Junior-Senior HighOakland · Public High62% Math proficiency · 185 students
  75. 75
    70
    Mitchell Secondary SchoolMitchell · Public High57% Math proficiency · 261 students
  76. 76
    69
    Cambridge High SchoolCambridge · Public High54.5% Math proficiency · 81 students
  77. 77
    69
    Loomis Secondary SchoolLoomis · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 119 students
  78. 78
    69
    Bloomfield JR-SR High SchoolBloomfield · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 141 students
  79. 79
    69
    Hemingford High SchoolHemingford · Public High52% Math proficiency · 174 students
  80. 80
    69
    Southwest High SchoolLincoln · Public High67% Math proficiency · 2,110 students
  81. 81
    69
    Blue Hill High SchoolBlue Hill · Public High52% Math proficiency · 132 students
  82. 82
    69
    Conestoga JR/SR High SchoolMurray · Public High52% Math proficiency · 321 students
  83. 83
    69
    Aurora High SchoolAurora · Public High57% Math proficiency · 382 students
  84. 84
    69
    Sterling High SchoolSterling · Public High74.5% Math proficiency · 81 students
  85. 85
    69
    Wallace High SchoolWallace · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 71 students
  86. 86
    68
    Winside High SchoolWinside · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 110 students
  87. 87
    68
    Sutton Secondary SchoolSutton · Public High62% Math proficiency · 174 students
  88. 88
    68
    Shelby - Rising City High SchoolShelby · Public High54.5% Math proficiency · 112 students
  89. 89
    68
    Anselmo-Merna High SchoolMerna · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 104 students
  90. 90
    67
    Elgin High SchoolElgin · Public High49.5% Math proficiency · 79 students
  91. 91
    67
    Mc Cook Senior High SchoolMc Cook · Public High52% Math proficiency · 448 students
  92. 92
    67
    Papillion la Vista Senior HighPapillion · Public High62% Math proficiency · 1,867 students
  93. 93
    67
    Arlington High SchoolArlington · Public High47% Math proficiency · 330 students
  94. 94
    67
    Holdrege High SchoolHoldrege · Public High62% Math proficiency · 337 students
  95. 95
    67
    Sandy Creek High SchoolFairfield · Public High40.3% Free/reduced-price lunch · 124 students
  96. 96
    67
    Lincoln Southeast High SchoolLincoln · Public High65% Math proficiency · 1,848 students
  97. 97
    67
    Logan View JR/SR High SchoolHooper · Public High52% Math proficiency · 262 students
  98. 98
    66
    Bridgeport High SchoolBridgeport · Public High52% Math proficiency · 253 students
  99. 99
    66
    Palmer Junior-Senior HighPalmer · Public High64.5% Math proficiency · 129 students
  100. 100
    66
    Ravenna Senior HighRavenna · Public High57% Math proficiency · 170 students

Elkhorn South High School in Omaha leads the 2025 list of high schools in Nebraska with a Success Index (US) of 85.6. Of the 100 schools shown, 100 are public.

Scores are percentiles within school type, so a elementary school and a high school with the same score sit at the same point in their own distributions. Use the rankings to build a shortlist, then visit the schools and ask how they support students at your child's level.

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Elkhorn South High School in Omaha ranks first among high schools in Nebraska with a Success Index (US) of 85.6 out of 100 (Enrollment: 1,434).

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Each school's Success Index (US) combines 4 factors: math proficiency (30%), reading proficiency (30%), community advantage (fewer free/reduced-price lunch) (25%), students per teacher (15%). Each factor is a percentile against schools of the same type across United States. Schools with fewer than 60 students are excluded from rankings.

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