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South High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
4519 S 24 Th St
Omaha, NE 68107
Phone
(531) 299-2780
District
OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2686
Classroom Teachers
144

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Nebraska

2

(10 is best)

Better than 17.1% of all NE schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

South High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

50 40 30 20 10 0
29%
44%
29%
45%
28%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
16
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 556 20.7%
Grade 10 585 21.8%
Grade 11 718 26.7%
Grade 12 827 30.8%
Total 2686 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 8.2% 24.3% 66.1%
Black 3.8% 25.7% 7.0%
Hispanic 86.8% 41.6% 22.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 7.5% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.8% 0.9% 1.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported 29.9%
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 23.5%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 6.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 373,514 1,967,923
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,873.9 26
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.1% 6.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.3% 20.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 37.5% 32.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.2% 23.6%
65 OR OLDER 13.0% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 150,072 776,379
Single Parent Households With Children 10.0% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.9% 91.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 34.2% 33.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.8% 15.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.6% 18.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.2% 13.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.5% 17.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.7% 15.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.7% 10.9%
$15,000 or less 10.5% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,175 $474,820,000 47.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $501 $25,929,000 2.6%
Staff $268 $13,846,000 1.4%
General Administration $127 $6,549,000 0.7%
School Administration $627 $32,442,000 3.3%
Operation $1,388 $71,857,000 7.3%
Transportation $603 $31,212,000 3.2%
Other $1,582 $81,872,000 8.3%
Total Support $5,095 $263,707,000 26.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,872 $252,147,000 25.5%
Total Expenditures $19,142 $990,674,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,459 $2,785,059,000 50.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $721 $237,273,000 4.3%
Staff $424 $139,692,000 2.5%
General Administration $332 $109,312,000 2.0%
School Administration $676 $222,462,000 4.0%
Operation $1,243 $409,321,000 7.4%
Transportation $361 $118,861,000 2.2%
Other $861 $283,579,000 5.1%
Total Support $4,618 $1,520,500,000 27.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,661 $1,205,227,000 21.9%
Total Expenditures $16,738 $5,510,786,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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