Schools · Omaha
Omaha, NE schools
Omaha’s public schools score well below Nebraska’s averages: 28% of students are proficient in reading against 48.2% statewide, and 73% of high schoolers graduate on time against 86%. Kids attend one of 58 schools through grade 6, then one of 59 middle schools, one of 11 middle schools and one of 7 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
D
Omaha’s School Grade: D
The public schools Omaha’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 95% of Nebraska’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
D-Test scoresDGraduation
Nebraska school districts we grade (246)Better than 5%
Lower resultsHigher results
Nebraska towns with similar household incomes (465)Better than 2%
High confidence. Built on 21,999 tested students and a graduating class of 3,707; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Nebraska’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Nebraska only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Nebraska with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Omaha kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Omaha Public Schools)28%
State average 48.2%
Math (grades PK–12, Omaha Public Schools)20%
State average 46.1%
Graduation · class of 2020
73% graduate on time
Graduation rate
73%
NE: 86%
Graduating class
3,707
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #52 of 52 NE towns →
Districts
The district serving Omaha
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Omaha is home to 8 colleges
Metropolitan Community College AreaCommunity college · Public · Omaha12,911on campusUniversity of Nebraska at OmahaUniversity or college · Public · Omaha11,554on campusCreighton UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Omaha6,982on campusUniversity of Nebraska Medical CenterUniversity or college · Public · Omaha3,227on campus
All 8 colleges in Omaha →Every school
All 212 schools in Omaha
Showing 1–30 of 212 schools
Gateway Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 792 students
DPublicSpring Lake Magnet CenterElementary · Grades PK–5 · 744 students
D-PublicGomez Heritage Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 711 students
DPublicAshland Park/Robbins Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 708 students
DPublicPrairie Wind Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 644 students
C-PublicLiberty Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 643 students
D-PublicMontclair Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 641 students
BPublicField Club Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 638 students
DPublicWheeler Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 633 students
APublicStanding Bear Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 623 students
APublicBlack Elk Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 605 students
A-PublicCastelar Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 574 students
D-PublicFullerton Magnet CenterElementary · Grades PK–5 · 550 students
CPublicBoyd Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 547 students
DPublicWestbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 545 students
DPublicBancroft Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 535 students
D-PublicIndian Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 489 students
D-PublicNeihardt Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 489 students
CPublicEzra Millard Elementary SCHElementary · Grades PK–5 · 485 students
APublicDodge Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 479 students
C-PublicSpring Ridge ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 474 students
A+PublicMockingbird Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 473 students
DPublicFire Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 469 students
A+PublicWillowdale Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 469 students
APublicDundee Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 468 students
BPublicJefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 463 students
DPublicAldrich ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 462 students
A+PublicGrace Abbott Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 454 students
A+PublicAckerman Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 453 students
A+PublicFontenelle Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 452 students
D-PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.