PAPILLION LA VISTA SOUTH HS

PAPILLION LA VISTA SOUTH HS is a high school of substantial scale in PAPILLION, Nebraska, operated by PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, instructing 2,038 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 421% bigger than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 391 students.

Within PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, which oversees 22 schools and 12,069 students, PAPILLION LA VISTA SOUTH HS is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, PAPILLION LA VISTA SOUTH HS shows that White students make up the majority at 77%; the rest breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. Compared to Sarpy County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 120 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting PAPILLION LA VISTA SOUTH HS higher than the state norm the norm. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, Sarpy County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,321, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Sarpy County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,055 students), PAPILLION LA VISTA SOUTH HS is one campus in the mix.

LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PAPILLION LA VISTA SOUTH HS.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. PAPILLION LA VISTA SOUTH HS's enrollment has increased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 1,847 (now 2,038). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 82% to 77%.

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