Humboldt’s public schools score below 56% of Nebraska districts
The public schools Humboldt’s kids attend trail 56% of Nebraska’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
What Humboldt’s schools are like
High spending, middling results
Humboldt spends $27,200 per student, 74% more than the state average, and each teacher has about 8 students, compared with 14 statewide. Results haven’t kept pace: the schools beat 44% of districts. Test scores ↓
Math is above the state; reading is just below
Reading proficiency is 42%, 6 points below the state. Math is 52%, 6 points above the state. Both are close enough to average that small changes could flip them. Test scores ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution; the grade rests on only 135 tested students.
How Humboldt compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Nebraska’s state tests against the state average. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Nebraska only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Humboldt.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Every school in Humboldt
3 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Humboldt families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Humboldt
There’s no college in Humboldt, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Peru State College in Peru, 24.1 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Humboldt. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within Nebraska. Stars are from neighbors.