List of public schools in Omaha, Nebraska

This is a list of public schools in Omaha, Nebraska. The local school district

School district

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, called Omaha Public Schools

Omaha Public Schools

Omaha Public Schools is the largest school district in the state of Nebraska. This public school district serves a diverse community of more than 46,000 students at over 80 elementary and secondary schools in Omaha, Nebraska...

, operates Most public schools in Omaha

Omaha

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, with the exception of Westside Community Schools

Westside Community Schools

Westside Community Schools, also known locally as District 66, is Omaha's 3rd largest school district. The district has one high school, one middle school, ten elementary schools, and one alternative high school. The district is in the center-west part of Omaha, between the Omaha Public Schools...

and Millard Public Schools

Millard Public Schools

The Millard Public Schools is a school district in the southwest part of Omaha, Nebraska; the school district is named after the former city of Millard. The district has programs such as Nebraska’s only K-12 International Baccalaureate program, offered at Millard North High school, Millard North...

OPS Elementary schools

Elementary school Elementary school An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar... s in the Omaha Public Schools Omaha Public Schools Omaha Public Schools is the largest school district in the state of Nebraska. This public school district serves a diverse community of more than 46,000 students at over 80 elementary and secondary schools in Omaha, Nebraska... (Alphabetical order)
Name	Founded	Grades	Address	Enrollment
Adams Elementary		K-6	3420 North 78 Street
Ashland Park/Robbins Elementary School			5050 South 51 Street
Bancroft Elementary School			2724 Riverview Boulevard
Beals Elementary School	1904	K-6	1720 South 48 Street
Belle Ryan Elementary School			1807 South 60 Street
Belvedere Elementary School	thomas elementary		3775 Curtis Avenue
Benson West Elementary School			6652 Maple Street
Boyd Elementary School			8314 Boyd Street
Castelar Elementary School			2316 South 18 Street
Catlin Magnet Center	1967	K-6	12736 Marinda Street
Central Park Elementary School			4904 North 42 Street
Chandler View Elementary School			7800 South 25 Street
Columbian Elementary School			330 South 127 Street
Conestoga Magnet Center			2115 Burdette Street
Crestridge Magnet Center			818 Crestridge Road
Dodge Elementary School			3520 Maplewood Boulevard
Druid Hill Elementary School			4020 North 30 Street
Dundee Elementary School			310 North 51 Street
Edison Elementary School			2303 North 97 Street
Field Club Elementary School			3512 Walnut Street
Florence Elementary School			7902 North 36 Street
Fontenelle Elementary School			3905 North 52 Street
Franklin Elementary School			3506 Franklin Street
Fullerton Magnet Center			4711 North 138 Street
Gilder Elementary School			3705 Chandler Road
Gomez-Heritage Elementary School			5101 South 17 Street
Harrison Elementary School			5304 Hamilton Street
Hartman Elementary School			5530 North 66 Street
Highland Elementary School			2625 Jefferson Street
Indian Hill Elementary School			3121 U Street
Jackson Elementary School			620 South 31 Street
Jefferson Elementary School			4065 Vinton Street
Joslyn Elementary School			11220 Blondo Street
Kellom Elementary School Kellom Elementary School Kellom Elementary School, formerly called the Paul Street School, is a public school located at 1311 North 24th Street in the Near North Side neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska. Alumni of Kellom include Fred Astaire, Roger and Gale Sayers, Bob Gibson and Brenda Council... Formerly Paul Street School	1892	Pre-K - 6	1311 North 24 Street	380-400
Howard Kennedy Elementary School		Pre-K - 6	2906 North 30 Street	240
King Elementary School			3706 Maple Street
King Science and Technology Magnet Center King Science and Technology Magnet Center King Science and Technology Magnet Center is a district-wide magnet school of the Omaha Public Schools system in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The school was constructed in 1969 and opened in 1973 in predominantly black North Omaha as Martin Luther King Middle School...			3720 Florence Boulevard
Liberty Elementary School			2021 St. Mary's Avenue
Lord Elementary School			330 South 44 Street
Lothrop Magnet Center			3300 North 22 Street
Marrs Magnet School			5619 South 19 Street
Masters Elementary School			5505 North 99 Street
Miller Park Elementary School Miller Park Elementary School Miller Park Elementary School is located at 5625 North 28th Avenue in the Miller Park neighborhood of north Omaha, Nebraska. The school is credited for creating the original Junior Forest Club concept.-About:...	1912	K-6	5625 North 28 Avenue
Minne Lusa Elementary School			2728 Ida Street
Mount View Elementary School			5322 North 52 Street
Oak Valley Elementary School			3109 Pedersen Drive
Pawnee Elementary School			7310 South 48 Street
Picotte Elementary School			14506 Ohio Street
Pinewood Elementary School			6717 North 63 Street
Ponca Elementary School			11300 North Post Road
Prairie Wind Elementary School			10908 Ellison Avenue
Rose Hill Elementary School			5605 Corby Street
Saddlebrook Elementary	Saratoga Elementary School Saratoga Elementary School Saratoga Elementary School, located in Saratoga, California, started in 1855 as a one-room schoolhouse, and now has 22 K-5 classes and two County Day Classes for a total school population of 494 students. It was first recognized as one of California's first Distinguished schools in 1987, and again...	1867	Pre-K to 6	2504 Meredith Avenue
Sherman Elementary School Sherman Elementary School Sherman Elementary School is located at 5618 North 14th Avenue in East Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1888 at 16th and Jaynes Streets for 21 students, today Sherman is home to over 275 students in prekindergarten through sixth grade...	1888	Pre-K to 6	5618 North 14 Avenue
Skinner Magnet Center			4304 North 33 Street
Spring Lake Magnet Center			4215 South 20 Street
Springville Elementary School			7400 North 60 Street
Standing Bear Elementary School
Sunny Slope Elementary School			10828 Old Maple Road
Wakonda Elementary School			4845 Curtis Avenue
Walnut Hill Elementary School			4370 Hamilton Street
Washington Elementary School			5519 Mayberry Street
Western Hills Magnet Center			6523 Western Avenue

Middle schools

Omaha middle school Middle school Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable... s (Alphabetical order)
Name	Founded	Grades	Address	District
Anderson Middle School		6-8	South 156th Street	Millard
Beadle Middle School Beadle Middle School George Beadle Middle School is one of the six public middle schools in the Millard Public Schools District, located in Millard, which is a part of Omaha, Nebraska. It was founded in 2001 and named after Nebraskan scientist George Beadle...		6-8	South 180 Street	Millard
Beveridge Magnet Middle School		7-8	1616 South 120 Street	OPS
Bryan Middle School		7-8	8210 South 42 Street	OPS
Buffett Magnet Middle School		5-8	14101 Larimore Avenue	OPS
Kiewit Middle School		6-8	15650 Howard Street	Millard
King Science and Technology Magnet Middle School		5-8	3720 Florence Boulevard	OPS
Lewis & Clark Middle School		7-8	6901 Burt Street	OPS
Marrs Magnet Middle School	1962	5-8	5619 South 19 Street	OPS
McMillan Magnet Middle School		7-8	3802 Redick Avenue	OPS
Millard Central Middle School	1960 (as Millard Sr/Jr. High	6-8	12811 L Street	Millard
Millard North Middle School		6-8	South 139th Street	Millard
Monroe Middle School Monroe Middle School Monroe Middle School, or Monroe Middle, is located at 5105 Bedford Avenue in the Benson community of Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1926, Monroe is one of the oldest middle school buildings in Omaha, and in 1956 it became the first junior high school in the Omaha school district.-Early years:Monroe...	1926	7-8	5105 Bedford Avenue	OPS
Morton Magnet Middle School		5-8	4606 Terrace Drive	OPS
Nathan Hale Middle School Nathan Hale Middle School Nathan Hale Middle School is a middle school in Norwalk, Connecticut, Fairfield County, United States of America. Nathan Hale is the top middle school in Norwalk due to the outstanding test scores of the class of 2007. It feeds into Norwalk High School, a high school with a renowned music program...		7-8	6143 Whitmore Street	OPS
Norris Middle School	1955	7-8	2235 South 46 Street	OPS
Russell Middle School		6-8	1616 South 120 Street	Millard
Westside Middle School		7-8	8601 Arbor Street	Westside

High schools

Omaha Senior high schools (Alphabetical order)
Name	Founded	Grades	Address	Other info
Millard North High School Millard North High School Millard North High School is a high school in the Millard Public Schools district. Opened in 1981, Millard North is the second largest school in Nebraska behind Omaha Central High School. Millard North partially opened in 1978 for 9th and 10th grade students...	1982	9 - 12	1010 South 144th Street
Millard South High School Millard South High School On January 5, 2011, Robert Butler Jr., a senior at Millard South, was suspended for trespassing on school grounds after an incident in which he drove his car onto the school's football field on New Year's Day. The suspension was carried out by Assistant Principal Dr. Vicki Kaspar and resulted in...	1960 (as Millard Sr/Jr High)	9 - 12	14915 Q Street	originally at Millard Central Middle School
Millard West High School Millard West High School Millard West High School is a public high school located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school first opened its doors on August 17, 1995. Currently, Millard West High School is the second largest school within the Millard Public Schools district. In 2002, the school was designated as a National Blue...	1995	9 - 12	5710 South 176th Street
Millard Horizon High School Millard Horizon High School Millard Horizon High School is a public high school located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school first opened its doors on January 11, 2010...	2010	9 - 12	5810 George B. Lake Parkway	Millard's Alternative School
Omaha Benson High School Magnet		9 - 12	5120 Maple Street
Omaha Bryan High School Omaha Bryan High School Omaha Bryan High School is a public high school located in Bellevue, Nebraska, United States. It is a part of Omaha Public Schools.-History:The building for William Jennings Bryan Senior High School was completed in 1971. It was named after the Nebraska politician...		9 - 12	4700 Giles Road
Omaha Burke High School Omaha Burke High School Harry A. Burke High School is a secondary school located in Omaha, Nebraska. The principal is Dr. Deborah Frison. The school's mascot is the Bulldogs.Each year in May, the Nebraska State Track Meet is held at the school...		9 - 12	12200 Burke Boulevard
OPS Career Center		10 - 12	3230 Burt Street	This is a School for students interested in careers
Omaha Central High School Omaha Central High School Omaha Central High School, originally known as Omaha High School, was founded in 1859.The current building, located in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, was designed by John Latenser, Sr. and built between 1900 and 1912...		9 - 12	124 North 20 Street	Listed on the NRHP National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
Omaha North High School Omaha North High School Omaha North High Magnet School is a public high school located at 4410 N 36th Street in Omaha, Nebraska. The school is a science, technology, engineering and mathematics magnet school in the Omaha Public Schools district. North has won several awards, including being named a 2007 Magnet Schools of...		9 - 12	4410 North 36 Street
Omaha Northwest High School Omaha Northwest High School Omaha Northwest High Magnet School at 8204 Crown Point Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska is located on a campus in northwest Omaha. Completed in 1971, it is the newest of the seven high schools in the OPS district. Further renovations were completed in 2004, adding several classrooms and improving the...		9 - 12	8204 Crown Point Avenue
Omaha South High School Omaha South High School Omaha South High School is an Information Technology and Visual/Performing Arts magnet school which educates students in grades 9–12. It is one of the largest high school buildings in Nebraska....		9 - 12	4519 South 24 Street
Westside High School Westside High School (Omaha) Westside High School is the high school of the Westside Community Schools district of Omaha, Nebraska. This school has provided education in the Westside Community for 50 years.-Modular schedule system:...		9 - 12

Alternative Schools

Omaha Public Schools alternative school Alternative school Alternative school is the name used in some parts of the world to describe an institution which provides part of alternative education. It is an educational establishment with a curriculum and methods that are nontraditional... s (Alphabetical order)
Name	Founded	Grades	Address	Enrollment
Blackburn High		9 - 12	2606 Hamilton	430
Blackburn B			4768 Q Street
Parrish			4469 Farnam Street	60
Wilson			5141 F Street
Yates			3260 Davenport Street 68131

Historical schools

The Board of Education

Board of education

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in Omaha has operated a variety of schools since the city's founding in 1854. The first school in Omaha, a one room schoolhouse, was opened on the southwest corner of Jefferson Square

Jefferson Square

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. After a brief closure in 1861, Omaha Public Schools

Omaha Public Schools

formed again in 1863 have operated continuously since. The following schools in Omaha were opened and closed since 1863.

Historic public schcools (Alphabetical order)
Name	Years	Grades	Address	Other information
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	?-1984		11th and Center Streets	The original home of a statue now located at Bancroft E.S.
Cass School			Cass Street
Central
Clifton Hill			2811 North 45th Streets
Comenius			Pine & South 16th Streets
Dodge School				11th and Dodge Streets
Dupont School
Farnam School
Forest School
Gibson School
Izard School			North 19th and Izard Streets	The second school opened in Omaha in 1872. When it was built, newspapers harangued the school board for building "so far out in the country."
Lake School Lake School Lake School was located at 2410 North 19th Street in the Near North Side neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska. The school was one of Omaha's "black schools", and grade one through grade eight. The school closed in the 1970s.-History:...	1888-?	1-8	2410 North 19th Street
Leavenworth School				Nellie Tayloe Ross Nellie Tayloe Ross Nellie Tayloe Ross was an American politician, the 14th Governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and director of the United States Mint from 1933-1953. She was the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state. To date, she remains the only woman to have served as governor of Wyoming... , the first woman to serve as governor of an American State, taught at Leavenworth School in the late 1890s.
Lincoln School			1730 South 11th Street	aka Center School, now Lincoln School Apartments
Long School Long School Long School was once located at 2520 Franklin Street in the Near North Side area of North Omaha, Nebraska. Long the focal point of the surrounding neighborhood, Long School was one of Omaha's "black schools". In 1952 it was identified as being the only school in Omaha with a 100% African-American...			Franklin & North 26th Streets
Mason School Mason School Mason School is located at 1012 South 24 Street in south Omaha, Nebraska. Designed in the Richardson Romanesque style and built in 1888, the school was closed in the late 1970s and converted into apartments...	1889-1970s?		1012 South 24th Street	Designed by Mendelssohn, Fisher and Lawrie Mendelssohn, Fisher and Lawrie Mendelssohn, Fisher and Lawrie was a significant architecture firm in early Omaha, Nebraska.- History :Louis Mendelssohn was born in Berlin, Germany in 1842, and studied in New York City, New York before forming the partnership of Dufrene and Mendelssohn in Omaha in 1881. The pair were responsible...
Monmouth Park School
Omaha High School Omaha Central High School Omaha Central High School, originally known as Omaha High School, was founded in 1859.The current building, located in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, was designed by John Latenser, Sr. and built between 1900 and 1912...	1867			The third school in Omaha opened in 1872.
Omaha View School
Pacific School			706 Park Avenue
Park School Park School (Omaha) Park School is located at 1320 South 29th Street in south Omaha, Nebraska. The school was designed by Thomas R. Kimball and built in 1918. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 and designated an Omaha Landmark in 1990.-About:...	1918-?		1320 South 29th Street	Designed by Thomas Rogers Kimball Thomas Rogers Kimball Thomas Rogers Kimball was an American architect in Omaha, Nebraska. An architect-in-chief of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha in 1898, he served as national President of the American Institute of Architects from 1918–1920 and from 1919-1932 served on the Nebraska State Capitol... , listed on the NRHP National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
Pershing School
Pleasant School				South 25th and St. Mary's Avenue
Robbins School Robbins School The Robbins School, originally called Franklin School, is located at 4302 South 39th Avenue in South Omaha, Nebraska, USA. It was built in 1910 to serve a newly established and growing Polish community in South Omaha. A 2000 rehabilitation converted the former school to rental residential use...	1910–1994		4302 South 39th Avenue	Listed on the NRHP National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
Rosewater School Rosewater School The Rosewater School, now known as the Rosewater Apartments, is located at 3764 South 13th Street in South Omaha, Nebraska. Built in 1910, the building was named an Omaha Landmark on September 18, 1984, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.-About:Named for Edward Rosewater,...	1910-?		3764 South 13th Street	Named for Edward Rosewater Edward Rosewater Edward Rosewater, born Edward Rosenwasser, was a Republican Party politician and newspaper editor in Omaha, Nebraska... , listed on the NRHP National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
Saunders School Saunders School Saunders School, located at 415 North 41st Avenue in the Midtown area of Omaha, Nebraska, USA, was declared a landmark by the City of Omaha in 1985, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.-About:...	1899-1979 (est)		415 North 41st Avenue	Listed on the NRHP National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
Technical High School Technical High School (Omaha, Nebraska) Technical High School was a public high school that was located at 3215 Cuming Street in Omaha, Nebraska. Opened in 1923, the school was said to be the largest high school west of Chicago. It was the largest in the Omaha area before it was closed in 1984...	1925–1984	10 - 12	3215 Cuming Street	Listed on the NRHP National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
Train School			1600 South 6th Street
Vinton School Vinton School Vinton School was built as a fourteen-room elementary school in 1908 at 2120 Deer Park Boulevard in the Deer Park neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska. Designed by Omaha architect Frederick W. Clarke, Vinton School is the earliest and most elaborate example of a Tudor Revival-style school in Omaha...	1908-?		2120 Deer Park Boulevard	Listed on the NRHP National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
Webster School
Windsor School	1892		3401 Martha Street	Marlon Brando attended grade school for a few years here

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