Nebraska · EDFacts 2021-22

Chronic Absenteeism in Nebraska

The 100 schools with the highest chronic absenteeism rates in Nebraska, ranked by the share of students missing 15 or more school days a year.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools Editorial. · Updated June 2026

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The 100 Nebraska schools listed here average 46.2% chronic absenteeism, against a national school average of 29.5%, and 30 of them sit above the 50% critical line.

46.2%
average across these 100 schools: 29.5%
national school average: 98.8%
highest rate (Umo N Ho N Nation High School): 30
schools above 50%

#	School	Enrollment	Status	Absent %
1	Umo N Ho N Nation High School MACY	170	Critical	98.8%
2	Walthill Elementary School WALTHILL	159	Critical	86.2%
3	Walthill High School WALTHILL	151	Critical	84.8%
4	Garden County Junior/Senior High School OSHKOSH	96	Critical	81.3%
5	Mc Millan Magnet Middle School OMAHA	654	Critical	79.5%
6	Winnebago High School WINNEBAGO	187	Critical	78.6%
7	Monroe Middle School OMAHA	716	Critical	69.0%
8	Medicine Valley Jr-Sr High School CURTIS	57	Critical	64.9%
9	King Science/Tech Magnet Middle School OMAHA	610	Critical	62.1%
10	Shelby - Rising City High School SHELBY	112	Critical	61.6%
11	Ogallala High School OGALLALA	237	Critical	60.3%
12	Morrill High School MORRILL	122	Critical	59.8%
13	Silver Lake High School ROSELAND	94	Critical	59.6%
14	Sidney High School SIDNEY	329	Critical	58.7%
15	Benson West Elementary School OMAHA	268	Critical	57.1%
16	Alliance Middle School ALLIANCE	261	Critical	57.1%
17	Chase County High School IMPERIAL	208	Critical	56.7%
18	Umo N Ho N Nation Elem School MACY	391	Critical	56.5%
19	Alliance High School ALLIANCE	451	Critical	56.1%
20	Lewis & Clark Middle School OMAHA	839	Critical	55.3%
21	Bancroft Elementary School OMAHA	535	Critical	54.2%
22	Franklin Elementary School OMAHA	243	Critical	53.9%
23	Bryan Middle School OMAHA	682	Critical	53.5%
24	Norris Middle School OMAHA	1,140	Critical	52.5%
25	Hastings Senior High School HASTINGS	991	Critical	52.2%
26	Lincoln Northeast High School LINCOLN	1,819	Critical	52.1%
27	Minne Lusa Elementary School OMAHA	329	Critical	52.0%
28	Indian Hill Elementary School OMAHA	489	Critical	50.9%
29	Belvedere Elementary School OMAHA	364	Critical	50.8%
30	Nebraska City High School NEBRASKA CITY	442	Critical	50.5%
31	Red Cloud High School RED CLOUD	111	High	49.5%
32	Druid Hill Elementary School OMAHA	294	High	49.0%
33	Ralston High School RALSTON	1,024	High	48.6%
34	Central Park Elementary School OMAHA	280	High	47.9%
35	Gibbon High School GIBBON	251	High	47.8%
36	Prairie View School OGALLALA	371	High	47.7%
37	Isanti Elementary School NIOBRARA	120	High	47.5%
38	Creek Valley High School CHAPPELL	53	High	47.2%
39	Morton Magnet Middle School OMAHA	744	High	46.1%
40	Nathan Hale Magnet Middle School OMAHA	685	High	45.8%
41	Morrill Elementary MORRILL	116	High	45.7%
42	Emerson Elementary School ALLIANCE	237	High	45.6%
43	North Star High School LINCOLN	1,927	High	44.8%
44	Bellevue East Sr High School BELLEVUE	1,420	High	44.7%
45	Leyton High School DALTON	53	High	43.4%
46	R M Marrs Magnet Middle School OMAHA	1,066	High	42.9%
47	Southern Jr-Sr High School WYMORE	163	High	42.9%
48	Beveridge Magnet Middle School OMAHA	740	High	42.3%
49	Betz Elementary School BELLEVUE	241	High	42.3%
50	Medicine Valley Elementary CURTIS	97	High	42.3%
51	Barr Middle School GRAND ISLAND	648	High	42.1%
52	Harvard Middle School HARVARD	53	High	41.5%
53	Scottsbluff Senior High School SCOTTSBLUFF	1,064	High	41.0%
54	Dawes Middle School LINCOLN	395	High	40.8%
55	Superior Sr High School SUPERIOR	126	High	40.5%
56	Skinner Magnet Center OMAHA	433	High	40.2%
57	Bellevue Mission Middle School BELLEVUE	406	High	40.1%
58	Miller Park Elementary School OMAHA	410	High	40.0%
59	Loup City High School LOUP CITY	120	High	40.0%
60	Falls City Senior High FALLS CITY	216	High	39.8%
61	Belle Ryan Elementary School OMAHA	278	High	39.6%
62	Hastings Middle School HASTINGS	757	High	39.4%
63	Gordon-Rushville High School GORDON	125	High	39.2%
64	Callaway High School CALLAWAY	74	High	39.2%
65	King Elementary School OMAHA	316	High	38.9%
66	Winnebago Elementary School WINNEBAGO	438	High	38.8%
67	Cedar Bluffs Secondary School CEDAR BLUFFS	121	High	38.8%
68	Culler Middle School LINCOLN	677	High	38.7%
69	Ashland Park/Robbins Elementary School OMAHA	708	High	38.6%
70	Gretna High School GRETNA	955	High	37.8%
71	Eustis-Farnam High School EUSTIS	67	High	37.3%
72	Millard South High School OMAHA	2,526	High	37.2%
73	Prairie Wind Elementary School OMAHA	644	High	37.0%
74	South Sioux High School SO SIOUX CITY	1,193	High	36.5%
75	Lawrence/Nelson High Sch NELSON	63	High	36.5%
76	Platteview Senior High School SPRINGFIELD	387	High	36.2%
77	Elba Secondary School ELBA	53	High	35.8%
78	Mead High School MEAD	112	High	35.7%
79	Park Middle School LINCOLN	843	High	35.6%
80	Fontenelle Elementary School OMAHA	452	High	35.4%
81	Chandler View Elementary School OMAHA	368	High	35.3%
82	Millard Central Middle School OMAHA	811	High	34.9%
83	Sidney Middle School SIDNEY	152	High	34.9%
84	Southwest Jr/Sr High School BARTLEY	83	High	34.9%
85	Alfonza W Davis Middle School OMAHA	732	High	34.7%
86	Ralston Middle School RALSTON	488	High	34.6%
87	Western Hills Magnet Center OMAHA	377	High	34.5%
88	Castelar Elementary School OMAHA	574	High	34.1%
89	West Lincoln Elementary School LINCOLN	463	High	33.9%
90	Pawnee City Secondary School PAWNEE CITY	112	High	33.9%
91	Lincoln Southeast High School LINCOLN	1,848	High	33.8%
92	Beatrice High School BEATRICE	627	High	33.8%
93	Papillion La Vista Senior High PAPILLION	1,867	High	33.5%
94	Edison Elementary School OMAHA	360	High	33.3%
95	Bancroft-Rosalie Jr/Sr High School BANCROFT	114	High	33.3%
96	Sunrise Middle School KEARNEY	536	High	33.2%
97	Liberty Elementary School OMAHA	643	High	33.1%
98	Fremont Senior High School FREMONT	1,677	High	33.0%
99	Potter-Dix Jr/Sr High School POTTER	88	High	33.0%
100	Field Club Elementary School OMAHA	638	High	32.9%

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment

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