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Public Schools in Nebraska

1,010 schools · 251 districts · 329,234 students

53%
Average
Avg Proficiency
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Largest Schools in Nebraska

School data sourced from NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) via the Common Core of Data.

Central High School

Omaha

2,738 students

South High School

Omaha

2,686 students

Grand Island Senior High School

Grand Island

2,650 students

Millard South High School

Omaha

2,607 students

Millard North High School

Omaha

2,573 students

Millard West High School

Omaha

2,309 students

Lincoln East High School

Lincoln

2,268 students

Lincoln High School

Lincoln

2,196 students

Southwest High School

Lincoln

2,171 students

Westside High School

Omaha

2,106 students

Frequently Asked Questions

Nebraska has 1,010 public schools across 251 districts, serving 329,234 students.

The largest school in Nebraska is Central High School with 2,738 students. Nebraska has 1,010 public schools overall.

The average proficiency rate is 53%. Proficiency rates measure the percentage of students meeting state standards on standardized assessments, as reported by EDFacts.

All school data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data for enrollment and school characteristics, and EDFacts for proficiency rates and graduation rates.

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School data is sourced from NCES enrollment records and EDFacts proficiency and graduation rate assessments. No synthetic scores are used.

The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.