WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL

WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL operates as a roomy senior high in OMAHA, Nebraska, run under WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 2,145 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 391 students per school, that is 449% bigger than typical.

Across the 12 schools in WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS (6,330 students total), WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 13% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 134 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 36% of students are eligible 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,391 per year, 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), WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL has expanded 9%, going from 1,964 students in 2018 to 2,145 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 74% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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