| Rank | Public School Performance ▲ | School District / Population |
| 1. |  | Elba Public Schools / 495 |
| 1. | | Chase County Schools / 3,225 |
| 1. | | Clay Center Public Schools / 995 |
| 1. | | Prague Public Schools / 740 |
| 1. | | Keya Paha County Schools / 753 |
| 1. | | Sioux County Public Schools / 884 |
| 1. | | Newcastle Public Schools / 852 |
| 1. | | Dodge Public Schools / 1,109 |
| 1. | | Howells Public Schools / 1,078 |
| 1. | | Rising City Public Schools / 609 |
| 1. | | Loup County Public Schools / 565 |
| 12. | | Elkhorn Public Schools / 33,668 |
| 13. | | Giltner Public Schools / 677 |
| 14. | | Norris School District 160 / 9,337 |
| 15. | | Bloomfield Community Schools / 1,690 |
| 16. | | Ansley Public Schools / 1,193 |
| 17. | | Arlington Public Schools / 3,573 |
| 18. | | Cody-Kilgore Public Schools / 546 |
| 19. | | Bennington Public Schools / 7,557 |
| 20. | | Creighton Public Schools / 2,079 |
| 21. | | Westside Community Schools / 31,522 |
| 22. | | Stapleton Public Schools / 875 |
| 23. | | Spalding Public Schools / 870 |
| 24. | | Yutan Public Schools / 2,199 |
| 25. |  | Millard Public Schools / 113,133 |
| 26. | | Hay Springs Public Schools / 1,027 |
| 27. | | Loomis Public Schools / 781 |
| 28. | | Bruning-Davenport Unified School System / 1,346 |
| 29. | | Centennial Public Schools / 3,298 |
| 30. | | Anselmo-Merna Public Schools / 1,048 |
| 31. | | Gretna Public Schools / 16,499 |
| 32. | | Milford Public Schools / 4,204 |
| 33. | | Bertrand Public Schools / 1,441 |
| 34. | | Holdrege Public Schools / 6,869 |
| 35. | | Elgin Public Schools / 1,121 |
| 36. | | Freeman Public Schools / 1,880 |
| 37. | | Kenesaw Public Schools / 1,434 |
| 38. | | Humphrey Public Schools / 2,276 |
| 39. | | Silver Lake Public Schools / 1,419 |
| 40. | | Rock County Public Schools / 1,436 |
| 41. | | Papillion-La Vista Public Schools / 58,338 |
| 42. | | Heartland Community Schools / 2,077 |
| 43. | | Franklin Public Schools / 1,820 |
| 44. | | Chadron Public Schools / 7,512 |
| 45. | | Palmyra District OR-1 / 3,111 |
| 46. | | Chambers Public Schools / 674 |
| 47. | | Fort Calhoun Community Schools / 3,098 |
| 48. |  | Alma Public Schools / 1,816 |
| 49. | | Auburn Public Schools / 5,746 |
| 50. | | Elmwood-Murdock Public Schools / 1,853 |
| 51. | | Thedford Public Schools / 649 |
| 52. | | Amherst Public Schools / 1,150 |
| 53. | | Wallace Public School District 65 R / 685 |
| 54. | | Wausa Public Schools / 1,139 |
| 55. | | Thayer Central Community Schools / 2,642 |
| 56. | | Blair Community Schools / 13,173 |
| 57. | | Hyannis Area Schools / 917 |
| 58. | | Cambridge Public Schools / 1,527 |
| 59. | | Leigh Community Schools / 1,152 |
| 60. | | Diller-Odell Public Schools / 1,444 |
| 61. | | Aurora Public Schools / 6,562 |
| 62. | | Wisner-Pilger Public Schools / 2,558 |
| 63. | | Valentine Community Schools / 4,660 |
| 64. | | Pender Public Schools / 2,013 |
| 65. | | Johnson-Brock Public Schools / 1,307 |
| 66. | | Fillmore Central Public Schools / 3,263 |
| 67. | | Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools / 4,476 |
| 68. | | Shickley Public Schools / 748 |
| 69. | | High Plains Community Schools / 1,884 |
| 70. | | York Public Schools / 9,199 |
| 71. | | Ashland-Greenwood Public Schools / 5,366 |
| 72. | | North Bend Central Public Schools / 3,232 |
| 73. | | Mullen Public Schools / 909 |
| 74. | | Potter-Dix Public Schools / 1,150 |
| 75. | | Hitchcock County School System / 1,996 |
| 76. | | Malcolm Public Schools / 2,166 |
| 77. | | Sandhills Public Schools / 730 |
| 78. | | Pierce Public Schools / 4,019 |
| 79. | | Cross County Community Schools / 2,072 |
| 80. | | Arthur County Schools / 490 |
| 81. | | Oakland Craig Public Schools / 2,112 |
| 82. | | Ord Public Schools / 3,568 |
| 83. | | West Holt Public Schools / 2,400 |
| 84. | | Seward Public Schools / 10,348 |
| 85. | | Battle Creek Public Schools / 2,362 |
| 86. | | South Sarpy District 46 / 7,025 |
| 87. | | Burwell Public Schools / 1,962 |
| 88. | | Fullerton Public Schools / 1,957 |
| 89. | | Stuart Public Schools / 904 |
| 90. | | St. Paul Public Schools / 3,625 |
| 91. | | Crofton Community Schools / 2,468 |
| 92. | | Logan View Public Schools / 2,927 |
| 93. | | Adams Central Public Schools / 5,654 |
| 94. | | Hampton Public Schools / 858 |
| 95. |  | Sidney Public Schools / 7,843 |
| 96. | | Sutton Public Schools / 2,503 |
| 97. | | Hartington Public Schools / 2,800 |
| 98. | | Arnold Public Schools / 967 |
| 99. | | Osmond Public Schools / 1,455 |
| 100. | | Conestoga Public Schools / 3,891 |
| 101. | | Broken Bow Public Schools / 4,754 |
| 102. | | Arcadia Public Schools / 568 |
| 103. | | McCook Public Schools / 9,030 |
| 104. | | Wynot Public Schools / 873 |
| 105. | | Cedar Rapids Public Schools / 875 |
| 106. | | Falls City Public Schools / 6,000 |
| 107. | | Waverly School District 145 / 10,791 |
| 108. | | Johnson County Central Public Schools / 4,566 |
| 109. | | Wakefield Public Schools / 2,177 |
| 110. | | Clarkson Public Schools / 1,431 |
| 111. | | Hemingford Public Schools / 1,710 |
| 112. | | Gothenburg Public Schools / 4,453 |
| 113. | | Louisville Public Schools / 2,998 |
| 114. | | Arapahoe Public Schools / 1,801 |
| 115. | | Dorchester Public Schools / 1,187 |
| 116. | | Lincoln Public Schools / 269,121 |
| 117. | | Sterling Public Schools / 1,402 |
| 118. | | Ainsworth Community Schools / 3,085 |
| 119. | | Paxton Consolidated Schools / 1,174 |
| 120. | | David City Public Schools / 5,575 |
| 121. | | Leyton Public Schools / 1,150 |
| 122. | | Beatrice Public Schools / 14,406 |
| 123. | | Randolph Public Schools / 1,687 |
| 124. | | Pleasanton Public Schools / 1,217 |
| 125. | | Newman Grove Public Schools / 1,300 |
| 126. | | McPherson County Schools / 429 |
| 127. | | St. Edward Public Schools / 1,222 |
| 128. | | Wayne Community Schools / 7,083 |
| 129. | | Garden County Schools / 1,957 |
| 130. | | Laurel-Concord Public Schools / 2,168 |
| 131. | | Douglas County West Community Schools / 5,179 |
| 132. | | Boone Central Schools / 3,558 |
| 133. | | Plainview Public Schools / 1,817 |
| 134. | | Minden Public Schools / 4,517 |
| 135. |  | Wilcox-Hildreth Public Schools / 1,561 |
| 136. | | Loup City Public Schools / 2,070 |
| 137. | | Lyons-Decatur Northeast Schools / 1,901 |
| 138. | | Deshler Public Schools / 1,289 |
| 139. | | McCool Junction Public Schools / 841 |
| 140. | | Northwest Public Schools / 5,835 |
| 141. | | Kearney Public Schools / 37,751 |
| 142. | | Greeley-Wolbach Public Schools / 1,083 |
| 143. | | Creek Valley Schools / 1,969 |
| 144. | | Tekamah-Herman Community Schools / 3,225 |
| 145. | | Mead Public Schools / 1,517 |
| 146. | | Meridian Public Schools / 1,050 |
| 147. | | Ewing Public Schools / 972 |
| 148. | | Emerson-Hubbard Public Schools / 1,823 |
| 149. | | Exeter-Milligan Public Schools / 1,601 |
| 150. | | Nebraska Unified District 1 / 3,015 |
| 151. | | Crawford Public Schools / 1,500 |
| 152. | | Wood River Rural Schools / 3,143 |
| 153. | | Maxwell Public Schools / 934 |
| 154. | | Raymond Central Schools / 4,229 |
| 155. | | Superior Public Schools / 2,835 |
| 156. | | Mitchell Public Schools / 3,357 |
| 157. | | Shelby Public Schools / 2,120 |
| 158. | | Lakeview Community Schools / 5,170 |
| 159. | | Perkins County Schools / 2,841 |
| 160. | | Crete Public Schools / 10,509 |
| 161. | | Brady Public Schools / 869 |
| 162. | | Hershey Public Schools / 2,115 |
| 163. |  | Elm Creek Public Schools / 1,516 |
| 164. | | O'Neill Public Schools / 5,281 |
| 165. | | Southern Valley Schools / 3,028 |
| 166. | | Scribner-Snyder Community Schools / 1,987 |
| 167. | | Wauneta-Palisade Public Schools / 1,882 |
| 168. | | East Butler Public Schools / 2,869 |
| 169. | | Ravenna Public Schools / 2,178 |
| 170. | | Nebraska City Public Schools / 9,016 |
| 171. | | South Platte Public Schools / 1,446 |
| 172. | | Bellevue Public Schools / 46,624 |
| 173. | | Callaway Public Schools / 1,374 |
| 174. | | Bridgeport Public Schools / 2,762 |
| 175. | | Overton Public Schools / 1,359 |
| 176. | | Tri County Public Schools / 2,360 |
| 177. | | Banner County Public Schools / 806 |
| 178. | | Elkhorn Valley Schools / 2,182 |
| 179. | | Stanton Community Schools / 2,580 |
| 180. | | Eustis-Farnam Public Schools / 1,025 |
| 181. | | Columbus Public Schools / 23,547 |
| 182. | | Gordon-Rushville Public Schools / 4,147 |
| 183. | | West Boyd Public Schools / 1,564 |
| 184. | | Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Public Schools / 3,215 |
| 185. | | Norfolk Public Schools / 29,796 |
| 186. | | Ogallala Public Schools / 6,324 |
| 187. |  | Morrill Public Schools / 2,426 |
| 188. | | Medicine Valley Public Schools / 1,316 |
| 189. | | Wahoo Public Schools / 6,948 |
| 190. | | Sutherland Public Schools / 1,853 |
| 191. | | Hastings Public Schools / 23,510 |
| 192. | | Osceola Public Schools / 1,496 |
| 193. | | Neligh-Oakdale Schools / 2,464 |
| 194. | | Allen Consolidated Schools / 913 |
| 195. | | Dundy County Public Schools / 2,353 |
| 196. | | Centura Public Schools / 2,765 |
| 197. | | Pawnee City Public Schools / 1,649 |
| 198. | | Twin Rivers Public Schools / 2,758 |
| 199. | | Palmer Public Schools / 1,202 |
| 200. | | Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Schools / 1,105 |
| 201. | | Axtell Community Schools / 1,246 |
| 202. | | Gering Public Schools / 10,889 |
| 203. | | Weeping Water Public Schools / 1,835 |
| 204. | | Cedar Bluffs Public Schools / 1,193 |
| 205. | | Sargent Public Schools / 995 |
| 206. | | North Loup Scotia Public Schools / 1,141 |
| 207. | | Cozad City Schools / 5,174 |
| 208. | | Plattsmouth Community Schools / 10,048 |
| 209. | | Friend Public Schools / 1,501 |
| 210. | | Litchfield Public Schools / 822 |
| 211. | | North Platte Public Schools / 28,732 |
| 212. | | West Point Public Schools / 5,861 |
| 213. | | Winside Public Schools / 947 |
| 214. | | Gibbon Public Schools / 2,718 |
| 215. | | Doniphan-Trumbull Public Schools / 2,600 |
| 216. | | Homer Community Schools / 1,685 |
| 217. | | Central City Public Schools / 4,527 |
| 218. |  | Wilber-Clatonia Public Schools / 2,794 |
| 219. | | Shelton Public Schools / 1,665 |
| 220. | | Fairbury Public Schools / 5,918 |
| 221. | | Grand Island Public Schools / 49,629 |
| 222. | | Ponca Public Schools / 2,163 |
| 223. | | Blue Hill Public Schools / 1,464 |
| 224. | | Fremont Public Schools / 29,692 |
| 225. | | South Central Nebraska School District / 3,419 |
| 226. | | Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools / 1,133 |
| 227. | | Southwest Public Schools / 2,128 |
| 228. | | Bayard Public Schools / 2,112 |
| 229. | | Niobrara Public Schools / 757 |
| 230. | | Scottsbluff Public Schools / 19,233 |
| 231. | | Maywood Public Schools / 901 |
| 232. | | Coleridge Community Schools / 961 |
| 233. | | Red Cloud Community Schools / 1,543 |
| 234. | | Ralston Public Schools / 21,622 |
| 235. |  | Elwood Public Schools / 1,760 |
| 236. | | Kimball Public Schools / 3,254 |
| 237. | | Harvard Public Schools / 1,213 |
| 238. | | Madison Public Schools / 3,722 |
| 239. | | Hayes Center Public Schools / 714 |
| 240. | | Schuyler Community Schools / 8,095 |
| 241. | | Lewiston Consolidated Schools / 862 |
| 242. | | Southern School District 1 / 2,422 |
| 243. | | South Sioux City Community Schools / 17,503 |
| 244. | | Minatare Public Schools / 1,001 |
| 245. | | Alliance Public Schools / 9,985 |
| 246. | | Wheeler Central Schools / 796 |
| 247. | | Lexington Public Schools / 12,124 |
| 248. | | Omaha Public Schools / 355,709 |
| 249. | | Lynch Public Schools / 585 |
| 250. | | Winnebago Public Schools / 2,077 |
| 251. | | Walthill Public Schools / 1,297 |
| 252. | | Santee Community Schools / 652 |
| 253. | | Umonhon Nation Public Schools / 1,126 |
Please note that we only rank locations with 'Public School Performance' data. The rank above might not be a complete list. Locations without 'Public School Performance' data are not listed.
