BELLE RYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BELLE RYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in OMAHA, Nebraska, one of the schools within OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, works with 278 students in grades pre-K through 6.

OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 94 schools in total, collectively educating 52,524 students. BELLE RYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, BELLE RYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 36% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 32% White, 18% Black, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 15% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, BELLE RYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting BELLE RYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Douglas County put median household earnings sit near $80,391, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Douglas County runs 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), of which BELLE RYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BELLE RYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has grew 9%, going from 254 students in 2018 to 278 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 29% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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