Schools · Lincoln
Lincoln, NE schools
Lincoln’s public schools score above Nebraska’s averages: 53% of students are proficient in reading against 48.2% statewide, and 81% of high schoolers graduate on time against 86%. Kids attend one of 40 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 12 middle schools and one of 8 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
Lincoln’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Lincoln’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 54% of Nebraska’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
BTest scoresDGraduation
Nebraska school districts we grade (246)Better than 46%
Lower resultsHigher results
Nebraska towns with similar household incomes (468)Better than 42%
High confidence. Built on 19,136 tested students and a graduating class of 2,922; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Nebraska’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Nebraska only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Nebraska with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.
School path
Where Lincoln kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Lincoln Public Schools)53%
State average 48.2%
Math (grades PK–12, Lincoln Public Schools)50%
State average 46.1%
Graduation · class of 2020
81% graduate on time
Graduation rate
81%
NE: 86%
Graduating class
2,922
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #50 of 52 NE towns →
Districts
The district serving Lincoln
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Lincoln is home to 5 colleges
University of Nebraska-LincolnUniversity or college · Public · Lincoln22,418on campusSoutheast Community College AreaCommunity college · Public · Lincoln6,951on campusNebraska Wesleyan UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lincoln1,599on campusBryan College of Health SciencesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lincoln701on campus
All 5 colleges in Lincoln →Every school
All 103 schools in Lincoln
Showing 1–30 of 103 schools
Kooser Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 929 students
BPublicRoper Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 850 students
C+PublicBelmont Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 773 students
CPublicAdams Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 767 students
A+PublicWysong ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 738 students
APublicMaxey Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 674 students
APublicArnold Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 673 students
CPublicCampbell Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 669 students
C-PublicRousseau Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 587 students
APublicCavett Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 556 students
APublicMeadow Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 523 students
C+PublicKloefkorn ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 497 students
A+PublicHumann Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 487 students
APublicPrescott Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 485 students
C+PublicEverett Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 480 students
DPublicWest Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 463 students
DPublicClinton Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 457 students
C-PublicRandolph Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 452 students
B-PublicPyrtle Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 449 students
APublicFredstrom Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 443 students
BPublicKahoa Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 432 students
APublicPershing Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 421 students
B-PublicLakeview Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 418 students
C-PublicHill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 402 students
APublicHolmes Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 402 students
BPublicRobinson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 398 students
PublicElliott Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 397 students
CPublicMorley Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 370 students
A-PublicZeman Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 360 students
BPublicHuntington Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 355 students
DPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.