WALNUT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WALNUT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized primary school in OMAHA, Nebraska, overseen by OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school serves 399 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 47% larger than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 94 schools with combined enrollment of 52,524 students; WALNUT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, WALNUT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 37% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 32% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 12% White, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the resource side, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, Douglas County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,391, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. WALNUT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 207 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students).

The closest other public school is FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

WALNUT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WALNUT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 15%, going from 471 students in 2018 to 399 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment declined from 28% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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