NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools NE

Best-Resourced Schools in Gretna, NE

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6 public K-12 schools in Gretna from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
3,605
Students
48.3/100
Avg Resource Index
15.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Gretna has more public-school enrollment than 38% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Gretna sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Gretna's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 10-point gap between Gretna Elementary School and Squire John Thomas Elementary shows the range hidden by Gretna's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 62%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
82nd percentile
Teacher staffing
53rd percentile

Gretna High School accounts for 26.5% of all Gretna public-school enrollment

That concentration means Gretna-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Gretna school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities

Gretna school enrollment ranges from 374 students (lowest) to 955 students (highest), a spread of 581 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Gretna student-teacher ratio is 15.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Gretna is typically wider than the Gretna-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Gretna Elementary School 55
2. Gretna Middle School 49
3. Reeder Elementary School 48
4. Gretna High School 47
5. Harvest Hills Elementary School 46
6. Squire John Thomas Elementary 45

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Gretna

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Reeder Elementary School 33.8/100
  2. 2 Harvest Hills Elementary School 25.5/100
  3. 3 Gretna High School 24.2/100
  4. 4 Gretna Middle School 22.9/100
  5. 5 Squire John Thomas Elementary 21.6/100

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Which Gretna school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Gretna Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Gretna schools in this federal-data comparison at 55/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Gretna, NE? ▼

Gretna has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,605 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.