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Narrow the federal record to the schools that match what you care about, then open any profile for the full picture. Filters run on NCES Common Core of Data; nothing leaves your browser beyond the search itself.

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How the School Finder works

Each filter maps directly to a field in the federal record, so a search is a precise query against the NCES Common Core of Data rather than an opinion ranking. Three things are worth knowing before you read the results:

  • Student-teacher ratio is enrollment divided by full-time-equivalent teachers, a staffing- intensity measure, not a direct count of students per classroom (it includes specialists and pull-out staff). The national median runs around 15 to 16 students per teacher, so a 12:1 filter surfaces the more generously staffed end of the distribution and a 25:1 filter is closer to the typical urban high school.
  • Free-lunch share is the proportion of students whose household income qualifies them for free meals, the standard proxy for economic need that federal Title I funding tracks; the national figure is near half of all public-school students, so a 75%-plus band isolates high-need campuses.
  • School type (charter, magnet, Title I) comes straight from the federal classification, not an editorial label.

The finder searches only schools that report staff data to NCES, so closed or stub listings are excluded, and it returns the largest matching schools first. A match is a starting point rather than a verdict: these figures describe the resources a school reports, not test scores or academic outcomes. Open any profile for the full context, and see our methodology for how every field is sourced, computed, and dated.

Top 100 of many matching schools

Many schools match. Showing the 100 largest. Add a state or tighter filters to narrow the list.

School Enrollment
Grand Island Senior High School Grand Island, NE 2,696
Central High School Omaha, NE 2,587
Millard North High School Omaha, NE 2,572
Millard South High School Omaha, NE 2,526
South High School Omaha, NE 2,412
Millard West High School Omaha, NE 2,344
Westside High School Omaha, NE 2,145
Southwest High School Lincoln, NE 2,110
Lincoln High School Lincoln, NE 2,086
Papillion La Vista South Hs Papillion, NE 2,038
Lincoln East High School Lincoln, NE 1,982
North Star High School Lincoln, NE 1,927
Papillion La Vista Senior High Papillion, NE 1,867
Lincoln Southeast High School Lincoln, NE 1,848
Lincoln Northeast High School Lincoln, NE 1,819
North High School Omaha, NE 1,754
Burke High School Omaha, NE 1,693
Fremont Senior High School Fremont, NE 1,677
Kearney High School Kearney, NE 1,663
Westview High School Bennington, NE 1,573
Bellevue West Sr High School Bellevue, NE 1,529
Northwest High School Omaha, NE 1,517
Buena Vista High School Omaha, NE 1,494
Benson High School Omaha, NE 1,488
Bryan High School Omaha, NE 1,474
Elkhorn South High School Omaha, NE 1,434
Bellevue East Sr High School Bellevue, NE 1,420
Norfolk Senior High School Norfolk, NE 1,359
Columbus High School Columbus, NE 1,337
South Sioux High School So Sioux City, NE 1,193
Columbus Middle School Columbus, NE 1,166
North Platte High School North Platte, NE 1,145
Norris Middle School Omaha, NE 1,140
Bennington High School Bennington, NE 1,068
R M Marrs Magnet Middle School Omaha, NE 1,066
Scottsbluff Senior High School Scottsbluff, NE 1,064
Elkhorn North High School Omaha, NE 1,050
Ralston High School Ralston, NE 1,024
Scott Middle School Lincoln, NE 1,020
Northwest High School Lincoln, NE 1,017
Beadle Middle School Omaha, NE 1,011
Schoo Middle School Lincoln, NE 1,006
Hastings Senior High School Hastings, NE 991
Kiewit Middle School Omaha, NE 967
Gretna High School Gretna, NE 955
Alice Buffett Magnet Middle School Omaha, NE 952
Westside Middle School Omaha, NE 948
Kooser Elementary School Lincoln, NE 929
Lexington High School Lexington, NE 915
Harry Andersen Middle School Omaha, NE 898
Aspen Creek Middle School Omaha, NE 863
Roper Elementary School Lincoln, NE 850
Goodrich Middle School Lincoln, NE 849
Moore Middle School Lincoln, NE 849
Park Middle School Lincoln, NE 843
Lewis & Clark Middle School Omaha, NE 839
Millard North Middle School Omaha, NE 820
Millard Central Middle School Omaha, NE 811
Lux Middle School Lincoln, NE 803
Irving Middle School Lincoln, NE 795
Gateway Elementary School Omaha, NE 792
Gretna Middle School Gretna, NE 784
South Sioux City Middle School So Sioux City, NE 781
Walnut Middle School Grand Island, NE 777
Belmont Elementary School Lincoln, NE 773
Elkhorn High School Elkhorn, NE 769
Adams Elementary School Lincoln, NE 767
Russell Middle School Omaha, NE 760
Johnson Crossing Academic Center (5-6) Fremont, NE 759
Hastings Middle School Hastings, NE 757
Bluffs Middle School Scottsbluff, NE 754
Morton Magnet Middle School Omaha, NE 744
Spring Lake Magnet Center Bellevue, NE 744
Beveridge Magnet Middle School Omaha, NE 740
Wysong Elementary Lincoln, NE 738
Norris High School Firth, NE 736
Alfonza W Davis Middle School Omaha, NE 732
Pound Middle School Lincoln, NE 731
La Vista Middle School La Vista, NE 719
Monroe Middle School Omaha, NE 716
Schuyler Elementary School Schuyler, NE 715
Gomez Heritage Elementary School Omaha, NE 711
Ashland Park/Robbins Elementary School Omaha, NE 708
Crete High School Crete, NE 705
Mickle Middle School Lincoln, NE 705
Westridge Middle School Grand Island, NE 694
Fremont Middle School Fremont, NE 689
Nathan Hale Magnet Middle School Omaha, NE 685
Bryan Middle School Omaha, NE 682
Blair High School Blair, NE 681
Northwest High School Grand Island, NE 680
Waverly High School Waverly, NE 679
Elkhorn Valley View Middle School Elkhorn, NE 679
Culler Middle School Lincoln, NE 677
Maxey Elementary School Lincoln, NE 674
Arnold Elementary School Lincoln, NE 673
Lexington Middle School Lexington, NE 672
Campbell Elementary School Lincoln, NE 669
Blue Sage Elementary Elkhorn, NE 664
Mc Millan Magnet Middle School Omaha, NE 654

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public School Universe (enrollment, staffing, free/reduced lunch) · 2024-25