ELKHORN GRANDVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 17801 GRAND AVENUE, in OMAHA, Nebraska, ELKHORN GRANDVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL is a reasonably sized intermediate school that caters to 520 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Enrollment runs roughly 27% above the state mean of about 411.

ELKHORN GRANDVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 20 schools operated by ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that educates 11,653 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ELKHORN GRANDVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ELKHORN GRANDVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.5:1 average. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Douglas County (around 25%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, ELKHORN GRANDVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 70.8%; this one delivers 80.9%, a residual of +10.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,391, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Douglas County runs 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), of which ELKHORN GRANDVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SAGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ELKHORN GRANDVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ELKHORN GRANDVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 78.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 613 students in 2018 compared to 520 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 86% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.