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Nebraska school safety

City and district rankings from federal incident data · 2021-22 collection

1,047SCHOOLS

618WITH TRUSTED DATA

17RANKED CITIES

Safest ranked cities in Nebraska

Percentile is against all ranked U.S. cities (higher = safer). Only cities with ≥5 trustworthy-data schools are ranked. Home value is Zillow's ZHVI.

#	CITY	SAFETY PCTL	SCHOOLS	HOME VALUE
1	Hastings	87	8 of 10	$209,042
2	Kearney	84	12 of 16	$319,176
3	Sidney	83	5 of 7	$180,045
4	Norfolk	81	10 of 11	$264,593
5	Elkhorn	77	7 of 11	—
6	Lincoln	75	64 of 76	$297,539
7	Omaha	67	139 of 176	$300,783
8	Bellevue	66	20 of 28	$302,976
9	Scottsbluff	66	6 of 12	$190,140
10	Columbus	64	6 of 11	$275,125
11	Gretna	59	5 of 6	$432,240
12	Bennington	42	6 of 6	$414,768
13	Fremont	33	10 of 12	$261,080
14	Grand Island	22	19 of 25	$258,203
15	Papillion	12	14 of 16	$415,721
16	So Sioux City	5	5 of 7	—
17	La Vista	4	5 of 5	$313,990

Safest ranked districts

#	DISTRICT	SAFETY PCTL	SCHOOLS
1	Hastings Public Schools	93	7 of 7
2	Kearney Public Schools	80	12 of 15
3	Sidney Public Schools	78	5 of 7
4	Norfolk Public Schools	76	10 of 11
5	Omaha Public Schools	70	85 of 107
6	Lincoln Public Schools	69	64 of 74
7	Columbus Public Schools	68	5 of 8
8	Bellevue Public Schools	62	18 of 21
9	Elkhorn Public Schools	61	15 of 20
10	Scottsbluff Public Schools	58	7 of 8
11	Millard Public Schools	54	35 of 36
12	Westside Community Schools	43	6 of 12
13	Bennington Public Schools	39	6 of 6
14	Gretna Public Schools	37	6 of 10
15	Fremont Public Schools	30	10 of 12
16	Grand Island Public Schools	19	18 of 21
17	Papillion La Vista Community Schools	9	21 of 22
18	Ralston Public Schools	8	8 of 8
19	So Sioux City Community Schs	7	6 of 8

Every Nebraska city with schools

Adams Ainsworth Albion Allen Alliance Alma Amherst Ansley Arapahoe Arcadia Arlington Arnold Arthur Ashland Atkinson Auburn Aurora Axtell Bancroft Bartlett Bartley Bassett Battle Creek Bayard Beatrice Bellevue Bellwood Benkelman Bennet Bennington Bertrand Big Springs Bladen Blair Bloomfield Blue Hill Blue Spring Blue Springs Boys Town Brady Brainard Bridgeport Broken Bow Bruning Burwell Butte Cairo Callaway Cambridge Cedar Bluffs Cedar Rapids Central City Ceresco Chadron Chambers Chappell Clarks Clarkson Clearwater Cody Coleridge Columbus Cook Cozad Crawford Creighton Crete Crofton Culbertson Curtis Dakota City Dalton Davenport David City Daykin Deshler Dewitt Diller Dix Dodge Doniphan Dorchester Dunning Dwight Eagle Elba Elgin Elkhorn Elm Creek Elmwood Elwood Emerson Eustis Ewing Exeter Fairbury Fairfield Fairmont Falls City Firth Fort Calhoun Franklin Fremont Friend Fullerton Geneva Genoa Gering Gibbon Giltner Gordon Gothenburg Grand Island Grant Greeley Gretna Gurley Halsey Hampton Harrisburg Harrison Hartington Harvard Hastings Hay Springs Hayes Center Hebron Hemingford Henderson Hershey Hildreth Holdrege Homer Hooper Howells Humboldt Humphrey Hyannis Imperial Indianola Jackson Johnson Juniata Kearney Kenesaw Kilgore Kimball La Vista Laurel Lavista Lawrence Leigh Lewiston Lexington Lincoln Lindsay Litchfield Loomis Louisville Loup City Lynch Lyons Macy Madison Malcolm Marsland Maxwell Maywood Mc Cook Mccook Mccool Junction Mead Merna Milford Milligan Minatare Minden Mitchell Morrill Mullen Murdock Murray Nebraska City Neligh Nelson Newcastle Newman Grove Niobrara Norfolk North Bend North Platte O'Neill Oakland Odell Ogallala Omah Omaha Orchard Ord Osceola Oshkosh Osmond Overton Oxford Palisade Palmer Palmyra Papillion Pawnee City Paxton Pender Petersburg Pierce Plainview Platte Center Plattsmouth Pleasanton Polk Ponca Potter Ralston Randolph Ravenna Raymond Red Cloud Richland Roseland Rushville Sargent Schuyler Scotia Scottsbluff Scribner Seward Shelby Shelton Shickley Sidney So Sioux City Spalding Spencer Springfield Springview St Edward St Libory St Paul Stanton Stapleton Sterling Stratton Stromsburg Stuart Sumner Superior Sutherland Sutton Syracuse Table Rock Taylor Tecumseh Tekamah Thedford Tilden Trenton Tryon Utica Valentine Valley Valparaiso Verdigre Wahoo Wakefield Wallace Walthill Wauneta Wausa Waverly Wayne Weeping Water West Point Wilber Wilcox Winnebago Winside Wisner Wolbach Wood River Wymore Wynot York Yutan

Every Nebraska school district

Adams Central Public Schools Ainsworth Community Schools Alegent/Immanuel Rtc Allen Consolidated Schools Alliance Public Schools Alma Public Schools Amherst Public Schools Anselmo-Merna Public Schools Ansley Public Schools Arapahoe Public Schools Arcadia Public Schools Arlington Public Schools Arnold Public Schools Arthur County Schools Ashland-Greenwood Public Schs Auburn Public Schools Aurora Public Schools Axtell Community Schools Bancroft-Rosalie Comm Schools Banner County Public Schools Battle Creek Public Schools Bayard Public Schools Beatrice Public Schools Bellevue Public Schools Bennington Public Schools Bertrand Public Schools Blair Community Schools Bloomfield Community Schools Blue Hill Community Schools Boone Central Schools Boyd County Schools Boys Town Interim Prg Schs Brady Public Schools Bridgeport Public Schools Broken Bow Public Schools Bruning-Davenport Unified Sys Burwell Public Schools Callaway Public Schools Cambridge Public Schools Cedar Bluffs Public Schools 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Unit 15 Elba Public Schools Elgin Public Schools Elkhorn Public Schools Elkhorn Valley Schools Elm Creek Public Schools Elmwood-Murdock Public Schools Elwood Public Schools Emerson-Hubbard Public Schools Eustis-Farnam Public Schools Exeter-Milligan Public Schools Fairbury Public Schools Falls City Public Schools Fillmore Central Public Schs Fort Calhoun Community Schs Franklin Public Schools Freeman Public Schools Fremont Public Schools Friend Public Schools Fullerton Public Schools Garden County Schools Gering Public Schools Gibbon Public Schools Giltner Public Schools Gordon-Rushville Public Schs Gothenburg Public Schools Grand Island Public Schools Gretna Public Schools Hampton Public School Hartington Newcastle Public Schools Harvard Public Schools Hastings Public Schools Hay Springs Public Schools Hayes Center Public Schools Heartland Community Schools Hemingford Public Schools Hershey Public Schools High Plains Community Schools Hitchcock Co Sch System Holdrege Public Schools 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