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Omaha Public Schools

A public school district in Omaha, Nebraska, with 112 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

52,524
Students enrolled
3,146
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
7,165.1
All staff, full-time equivalent
$16,585
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 52,524 in 2024–25
Ranks 76th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1st of 252 in Nebraska. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $16,585 in fiscal year 2023
More than 56% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Omaha Public Schools spent $16,585 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,652 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Omaha Public Schools spent $16,585 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,652 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$16,585$858.4 million51,754
FY2022$14,202$733.2 million51,626
FY2021$14,665$761.3 million51,914
FY2020$12,640$676.0 million53,483
FY2019$12,503$665.1 million53,194
FY2018$13,124$693.4 million52,836
FY2017$12,578$658.4 million52,344
FY2016$12,294$638.8 million51,966
FY2015$11,788$612.1 million51,928
FY2014$11,565$590.6 million51,069
FY2013$11,414$577.1 million50,559
FY2012$11,173$562.4 million50,340
FY2011$10,710$529.1 million49,405
FY2010$10,679$520.0 million48,692
FY2009$9,620$461.9 million48,014
FY2008$9,134$436.3 million47,763
FY2007$8,354$393.0 million47,044
FY2006$8,265$385.9 million46,686
FY2005$7,652$356.2 million46,549

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Omaha Public Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$173.9 million18.7%
State$363.1 million39.0%
Local$395.0 million42.4%
Total$931.9 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

112 operational schools, A to Z, 100 to a page: page 1 of 2.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Omaha Public Schools, page 1 of 2
SchoolStudents
Accelere Program0
Adams Elementary School270
Alfonza W Davis Middle School732
Alice Buffett Magnet Middle School952
Ashland Park/Robbins Elementary School708
Bancroft Elementary School535
Beals Elementary School292
Belle Ryan Elementary School278
Belvedere Elementary School364
Benson High School1,488
Benson West Elementary School268
Beveridge Magnet Middle School740
Blackburn Alternative Program0
Bluestem Middle School894
Boyd Elementary School547
Bryan High School1,474
Bryan Middle School682
Buena Vista High School1,494
Burke High School1,693
Career Center0
Castelar Elementary School574
Catlin Magnet Center110
Central High School2,587
Central Park Elementary School280
Chandler View Elementary School368
Columbian Elementary School249
Conestoga Magnet Elementary School325
Crestridge Magnet Center406
Dodge Elementary School479
Druid Hill Elementary School294
Dundee Elementary School468
Early Childhood Center at Educare - Indian Hill190
Early Childhood Center at Educare - Kellom154
Early Childhood Center at Gateway64
Early Learning Center (0-3) at Gateway39
Early Learning Center (0-3) at Kennedy11
Early Learning Center (0-3) at Skinner0
Early Learning Center (PK) at Kennedy58
Edison Elementary School360
Esl Teen Literacy Program0
Field Club Elementary School638
Florence Elementary School258
Fontenelle Elementary School452
Forest Station Elementary School362
Franklin Elementary School243
Fullerton Magnet Center550
Gateway Elementary School792
Gateway to College Program0
Gifford Park Elementary School399
Gilder Elementary School389
Gomez Heritage Elementary School711
Harrison Elementary School286
Hartman Elementary School448
Highland Elementary School399
Independent Study Program0
Indian Hill Elementary School489
Integrated Learning Program at Saratoga0
J P Lord Program0
Jackson Elementary School273
Jefferson Elementary School463
Joslyn Elementary School299
Kellom Elementary School230
Kennedy Elementary School272
King Elementary School316
King Science/Tech Magnet Middle School610
Lewis & Clark Middle School839
Liberty Elementary School643
Lothrop Magnet Center431
Masters Elementary School281
MC Millan Magnet Middle School654
MCC Career Academy
Miller Park Elementary School410
Minne Lusa Elementary School329
Monroe Middle School716
Morton Magnet Middle School744
Mount View Elementary School324
Nathan Hale Magnet Middle School685
Norris Middle School1,140
North High School1,754
Northwest High School1,517
Oak Valley Elementary School235
Omaha Public Schools Homebased17
Ops Virtual Elementary School0
Ops Virtual High School0
Ops Virtual Middle School0
Parrish Program0
Pawnee Elementary School341
Picotte Elementary School369
Pine Elementary School342
Pinewood Elementary School297
Ponca Elementary School138
Prairie Wind Elementary School644
R M Marrs Magnet Middle School1,066
Rose Hill Elementary School287
Saddlebrook Elementary School447
Secondary Success Program0
Sherman Elementary School257
Skinner Magnet Center433
South High School2,412
Spring Lake Magnet Center744

The district’s entry

Name as NCES lists it
OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not applicable
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
3174820

Elsewhere

Sources

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