PRAIRIE WIND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a big primary school in OMAHA, Nebraska, PRAIRIE WIND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 644 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so PRAIRIE WIND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 137% above that benchmark.

Across the 94 schools in OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (52,524 students total), PRAIRIE WIND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PRAIRIE WIND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 31%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% Black, 17% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 10% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,391, 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), PRAIRIE WIND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MASTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PRAIRIE WIND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

PRAIRIE WIND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. PRAIRIE WIND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 767 (now 644). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 42% to 31% over that span.

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