SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL

SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL, a sizable high school in LINCOLN, Nebraska, part of LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, teaches 2,110 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 440% above the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 391 students.

LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 67 schools with combined enrollment of 42,301 students; SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL reports that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian.

On the resource side, The school lists 107 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. Roughly 22% of students at SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lancaster County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Lancaster County) shows that median household earnings sit near $74,793, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL is one of 97 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students).

SCOTT MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL.

SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL has climbed 8%, going from 1,946 students in 2018 to 2,110 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 81% to 73% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

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