With 19 NAEYC-accredited preschools, Lincoln is 87 on our preschool rank.
City: Lincoln
State: Nebraska
Best Cities Overall Rank: 12
About Lincoln: Lincoln’s Elephant Hall has the largest collection of elephant skeletons in the world. The biggest mammoth fossils were discovered here!
With 19 NAEYC- Accredited preschools, Lincoln is 87 on our preschool rank.
County: Lancaster
Population: 251,624
Official website for city visitors’ bureau/city: Visitor’s bureau website
Newspaper with the largest circulation: Lincoln Journal Star
Lincoln blogs:
Lincoln‘s Facebook page: Follow Lincoln on Facebook
Education rank: 17
High School graduation rate 2008: 77.9%
Blue Ribbon Schools, 2003-2009: 0
Blue Ribbon Schools per 100,000 people: 0
NEAYC-accredited preschools: 19
NAEYC schools per 100,000 people: 7.55
NAEP State proficiency reading, grade 8: 267
Pupil/Teacher Ratio: 13.69
Total Expenditures Per Student: $10,948
Health rank: 61
Quality children’s hospitals: 0
Hospitals per 100,000 people: 0
Quality Pediatricians: 0
Quality Pediatricians per 100,000: 0
Average number of Unhealthy Air Quality days between 2006-2008, by county: 0
Safety rank: 35
Violent Crimes, 2008: 1,282
Violent Crime Rate per 100,000: 509.49
Sex Offenders: 547
Sex Offenders per 100,000: 217.39
Economy rank: 17
Travel time to work, 2006-2008, in minutes: 17.39
Percent of labor force unemployed, January 2010: 5
Best Performing Cities Job Index: 969.72
Median Home Sale Price: $139,100
5-Year Home Value Index: 0.64%
Percent of homes sold for a loss: 14.83%
Recreation Rank: 20
Parkland acreage, 2008 (includes pools and playgrounds): 5,945
Parkland per 100,000: 2,362.65
