WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in OMAHA, Nebraska, WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, operated by ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It enrolls 405 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 49% above that benchmark.

ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 11,653 students. WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 10% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. Roughly 5% of students at WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Douglas County runs at roughly 25%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Nebraska schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 74.5%; actual is 83.9%, +9.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,391, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 207 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students).

ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 80.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 424 students in 2018 compared to 405 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 85% to 73%.

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