SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 9503 WALNUT ST, in OMAHA, Nebraska, SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized primary school that caters to 301 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 12 schools operated by WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, a district that enrolls 6,330 students overall.

Looking at the student body, SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). The remainder is composed of 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Douglas County's rate of about 25%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.1%; this one delivers 78.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,391 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Douglas County runs 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), of which SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is OAKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 69.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged up 93%, going from 156 students in 2018 to 301 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged down from 7% to 1%.

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