Schools · Nemaha

Nemaha, NE schools

Nemaha’s public schools score well above Nebraska’s averages: 61% of students are proficient in reading against 48.2% statewide, and 97% of high schoolers graduate on time against 86%. Kids attend Norris Elementary School or Freeman Elementary-Adams through grade 6, then Norris Intermediate School or Freeman Elementary-Adams, Norris Middle School or Freeman High School and Norris High School or Freeman High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Nemaha’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Nemaha’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 83% of Nebraska’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

A-Test scoresA-Graduation
Nebraska school districts we grade (246)Better than 83%
Lower resultsHigher results
Nebraska towns with similar household incomes (79)Better than 80%
Towns in Gage County (24)Better than 83%
High confidence. Built on 1,559 tested students and a graduating class of 174; 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.
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Where Nemaha kids go to school

Grades 7–12
BNorris Middle School or A-Freeman High School Depends on your address Norris School District 160
Grades 12
A-Norris High School or A-Freeman High School Depends on your address Norris School District 160

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading (Freeman)56%
State average 48.2%
Reading (grades PK–12, Norris School District 160)61%
State average 48.2%
Math (Freeman)63%
State average 46.1%
Math (grades PK–12, Norris School District 160)53%
State average 46.1%
Graduation · class of 2020

97% graduate on time

Graduation rate
97%
NE: 86%
Graduating class
174
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Nemaha

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Nemaha

There’s no college in Nemaha, but 7 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Doane University in Crete, 19.4 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Nemaha. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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