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Schools in Lillian Township

Lillian Township’s public schools

Sargent Public Schools and Anselmo-Merna Public Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lillian Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/4schools above Nebraska’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Nebraska’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
52%
2021–22
Math proficiency
42%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.3K
▲ 24% vs NE $15.6K
FY2024 · Anselmo-Merna
Students per teacher
9.3
NE 13.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
395 students on the public path
In brief

Lillian Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Lillian Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Nebraska’s 882 public schools. Sargent Elementary School places highest (better than 63%); Anselmo-Merna High School lowest (37%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Lillian Township, graded from B− to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Anselmo-Merna High School and Sargent High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Lillian Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressB− to B
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Sargent Public Schools.

Two districts serve Lillian Township

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Sargent Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 146 students, down 12% since 2020–21 · 7.0 per teacher (NE 13.8)
$23,814NE $15,602 · FY2024
C+
Anselmo-Merna Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 249 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 11.5 per teacher (NE 13.8)
$19,333NE $15,602 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Sargent Public Schools52%
State average 47.1% · 83 students tested
Math · PK–12, Sargent Public Schools42%
State average 46% · 83 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Anselmo-Merna Public Schools42%
State average 47.1% · 123 students tested
Math · PK–12, Anselmo-Merna Public Schools47%
State average 46% · 123 students tested

Lillian Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Nebraska towns that share Lillian Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lillian Township—Sargent PK–12 · Anselmo-Merna PK–12
West Union—Sargent
Milburn—Sargent PK–12 · Anselmo-Merna PK–12
Sargent—Sargent
Victoria—Anselmo-Merna
Douglas Grove—Sargent
Garfield—Broken Bow
Broken Bow—Broken Bow

4 of the 7 neighbors share Sargent with Lillian Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Lillian Township

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Nebraska’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Lillian Townshipin other towns
Anselmo-Merna Elementary-Merna
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Merna
B−
145 students13:1Rate it →
Sargent Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Sargent
B
80 students7:1Rate it →
Anselmo-Merna High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Merna
C+
104 students10:1Rate it →
Sargent High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Sargent
C+
66 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Lillian Township’s schools

Are Lillian Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lillian Township. Sargent Public Schools and Anselmo-Merna Public Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lillian Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Nebraska’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Lillian Township in?

Sargent Public Schools and Anselmo-Merna Public Schools.

Where do Lillian Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Anselmo-Merna High School and Sargent High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.