BENSON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BENSON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in OMAHA, Nebraska, overseen by OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 268 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 94 schools with combined enrollment of 52,524 students; BENSON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, BENSON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Black at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 25% White, 17% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, Douglas County reports that median household income runs about $80,391, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Douglas County runs 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), of which BENSON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

ROSE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

BENSON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. BENSON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 51% since 2018, when it stood at 543 (now 268). The White share of enrollment shrank from 36% to 25% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the BENSON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.