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BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL
About BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL
BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL is an expansive high school in OMAHA, Nebraska, one of the schools within OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school works with 1,494 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 391 students each, so BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL sits 282% larger than that benchmark.
OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 94 schools with combined enrollment of 52,524 students; BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL is among them.
Demographically, BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 14% White, 13% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Douglas County) records that the typical household earns roughly $80,391 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Douglas County's 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
WILSON FOCUS SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
On the community side, the feed for BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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