CARL A SWANSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CARL A SWANSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of average-sized scale in OMAHA, Nebraska, one of the schools within WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, serveing 283 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Within WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, which oversees 12 schools and 6,330 students, CARL A SWANSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CARL A SWANSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 13% multiracial, 12% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CARL A SWANSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.6%.

In the broader community, census data for Douglas County shows median household income runs about $80,391, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CARL A SWANSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 207 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students).

The closest other public school is WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CARL A SWANSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 67.5%.

CARL A SWANSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 303 students in 2018 compared to 283 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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