WESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL

Set in BENNINGTON, Nebraska, WESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL is a roomy 9-12 campus, part of OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It enrolls 1,573 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 391 students per school, that is 302% larger than typical.

Within OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 94 schools and 52,524 students, WESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL lists that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Black, 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL has 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate median household income runs about $80,391, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Douglas County's 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), WESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PINE CREEK ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.