Best High Schools in Nebraska

The top 47 high schools (grades 9-12) in Nebraska, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 64%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Central High School	Omaha, NE	2,738	49%
2	South High School	Omaha, NE	2,686	54%
3	Grand Island Senior High School	Grand Island, NE	2,650	36%
4	Millard South High School	Omaha, NE	2,607	55%
5	Millard North High School	Omaha, NE	2,573	62%
6	Millard West High School	Omaha, NE	2,309	68%
7	Lincoln East High School	Lincoln, NE	2,268	64%
8	Lincoln High School	Lincoln, NE	2,196	37%
9	Southwest High School	Lincoln, NE	2,171	67%
10	Westside High School	Omaha, NE	2,106	64%
11	Lincoln Southeast High School	Lincoln, NE	1,929	61%
12	Papillion La Vista Senior High	Papillion, NE	1,893	65%
13	Kearney High School	Kearney, NE	1,629	66%
14	Bellevue West Sr High School	Bellevue, NE	1,536	62%
15	Elkhorn South High School	Omaha, NE	1,428	73%
16	Bennington High School	Bennington, NE	1,002	67%
17	Elkhorn North High School	Omaha, NE	946	65%
18	Norris High School	Firth, NE	757	74%
19	Elkhorn High School	Elkhorn, NE	741	65%
20	Seward High School	Seward, NE	501	71%
21	Adams Central Jr-Sr High Sch	Hastings, NE	430	70%
22	Gothenburg Secondary School	Gothenburg, NE	389	67%
23	Platteview Senior High School	Springfield, NE	388	65%
24	Wahoo High School	Wahoo, NE	345	70%
25	Malcolm Jr/Sr High School	Malcolm, NE	308	64%
26	Battle Creek High School	Battle Creek, NE	273	70%
27	Chadron Senior High School	Chadron, NE	267	63%
28	Yutan High School	Yutan, NE	225	68%
29	West Holt High School	Atkinson, NE	215	64%
30	Doniphan-Trumbull Secondary	Doniphan, NE	210	70%
31	University of Nebraska High School	Lincoln, NE	197	71%
32	Oakland Craig Junior-Senior High	Oakland, NE	193	78%
33	Sutton Secondary School	Sutton, NE	180	64%
34	Amherst High School	Amherst, NE	170	62%
35	Alma High School	Alma, NE	167	64%
36	Hartington Newcastle High School	Hartington, NE	164	64%
37	Humphrey Elementary School	Humphrey, NE	159	58%
38	Sutherland High School	Sutherland, NE	153	63%
39	Centennial Jr-Sr High School	Utica, NE	148	64%
40	Blue Hill High School	Blue Hill, NE	142	64%
41	High School at Brainard	Brainard, NE	129	66%
42	Creighton Community High Sch	Creighton, NE	115	63%
43	Weeping Water High School	Weeping Water, NE	107	64%
44	Red Cloud High School	Red Cloud, NE	106	61%
45	Friend High Schools	Friend, NE	104	63%
46	Arthur County High School	Arthur, NE	57	76%
47	West Kearney High School	Kearney, NE	50	63%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best high school in Nebraska?

The largest high school in Nebraska is Central High School in Omaha with 2,738 students and a 49% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many high schools are in Nebraska?

This page shows the top 47 high schools (grades 9-12) in Nebraska by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.