GOMEZ HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GOMEZ HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of high-enrollment scale in OMAHA, Nebraska, run under OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, teacheing 711 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 161% bigger than the state mean of about 272.

GOMEZ HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 94 schools operated by OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that caters to 52,524 students overall.

Demographically, GOMEZ HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). The remainder breaks down as 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 15% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, GOMEZ HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting GOMEZ HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Douglas County put the typical household earns roughly $80,391 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Douglas County's 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), GOMEZ HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

R M MARRS MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

GOMEZ HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GOMEZ HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 15%, going from 840 students in 2018 to 711 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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