LPS CAREER ACADEMY
LINCOLN · NE · LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS · Public
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LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOL → MORTON SCHOOL → LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL → NEBRASKA YOUTH ACADEMY → BRYAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL → LPS GRADUATION PATHWAYS PROGRAM → HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SUPPORT PROGRAM → LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL →📋 At a glance
- 📚 12 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 6 calculus classes · 3 physics · 18 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Top 3.7% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 76th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How LPS CAREER ACADEMY compares for families
Among the nation's most academically rigorous high schools.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor sits in the top 3.7% of US high schools with 12 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyNE students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOL, MORTON SCHOOL, LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
Top 3.7% of US high schools
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2176th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,747/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.
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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOL LINCOLN |
Public | 1.4 | 1,982 | -12.0% |
| MORTON SCHOOL LINCOLN |
Public | 2.4 | — | — |
| LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL LINCOLN |
Public | 2.4 | 1,819 | -2.3% |
| NEBRASKA YOUTH ACADEMY LINCOLN |
Public | 2.4 | — | — |
| BRYAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL LINCOLN |
Public | 2.7 | — | — |
| LPS GRADUATION PATHWAYS PROGRAM LINCOLN |
Public | 2.7 | — | — |
| HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SUPPORT PROGRAM LINCOLN |
Public | 3.6 | — | — |
| LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL LINCOLN |
Public | 4.1 | 1,848 | -6.8% |