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Westside Community Schools

Omaha, Nebraska · Public school district · #9 of 45 Nebraska districts by enrollment

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6,330

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,112

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 15% above the Nebraska median

14.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Nebraska median 14.5

Westside Community Schools is a public school district based in Omaha, Nebraska, serving 6,330 students in 14 schools. By enrollment it ranks #9 of the 45 Nebraska districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 82% of them. Its schools average 452 students each, more than the Nebraska median of 400. It spends about $14,112 per student on day-to-day operations, 15% more than the Nebraska median. It has roughly 14.2 students per teacher.

How Westside Community compares

Westside CommunityNebraska median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,112

Nebraska median $12,277 · 15% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,545

Nebraska median $7,814 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school452

Nebraska median 400 · 13% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.2

Nebraska median 14.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor372

Nebraska median 402 · 7% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$96.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 6%State 31%Local 63%

Measure	Westside Community	Nebraska median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,112	$12,277	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,545	$7,814	FY2020-21
Total spending	$98.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$96.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	446	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	582	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.2	14.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	372	402	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Nebraska median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Nebraska

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Gretna Public SchoolsGretna	7,013	12	$10,505	15.2	#8
Westside Community SchoolsOmaha · this district	6,330	14	$14,112	14.2	#9
Kearney Public SchoolsKearney	6,066	15	$10,252	15.6	#10
Fremont Public SchoolsFremont	5,283	14	$12,475	15.9	#11
Norfolk Public SchoolsNorfolk	4,543	12	$12,016	14.7	#12

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Escondido Union HighEscondido, CA	6,334	$15,874	19.7
Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the coMonument, CO	6,332	$10,059	17.2
Raymore-Peculiar R-IIPeculiar, MO	6,332	$10,626	14.2
Mount Vernon School DistrictMount Vernon, WA	6,326	$16,916	16.9

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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