Omaha Public Schools
The 38-Point Divide: Bennington at 7%, Omaha at 45% -- Separated by 15 Miles
Correction (May 29, 2026): An earlier version of this article stated that Omaha Public Schools and Bennington Public Schools did not respond to requests for comment. No outreach was sent to either dis...
Lexington and Schuyler Graduate Nearly 9 in 10 Hispanic Students. Nebraska's Statewide Gap Has Still Grown.
In 2012, when Nebraska first published four-year graduation rates by race, white students finished at 91% and Hispanic students at 78%. The 13-point gap was large but conceivably closeable.
Three in Five Nebraska Districts Have Fewer Than 500 Students
> Correction (2026-05-29): An earlier version of this article ran under the headline "Three-Quarters of Nebraska's Districts Have Fewer Than 500 Students" and reported 310 of 422 districts under 500 s...
Nearly Half of Omaha Public Schools Students Are Chronically Absent
The numbers land with a thud that ought to rattle windows in downtown Omaha: 22,485 students in Omaha Public Schools were chronically absent in 2024-25. That is 44.7 percent of the district -- nearly ...
Three Omaha Suburbs Have Grown Every Year for 21 Years
> Correction (2026-05-29): An earlier version of this article said three suburbs accounted for 43.9% of statewide enrollment growth (now 39.6%), that they enrolled 1.9% of the state's students in 2005...
Three Counties Now Enroll 55% of Nebraska's Students
> Correction (2026-05-29): An earlier version of this article said three counties enroll 56.0% of Nebraska's students (up from 50.5% in 2005), that metro districts gained 40,015 students while the res...
Nebraska Survived COVID. Then the Real Decline Started.
> Correction (2026-05-29): An earlier version of this article cited a 2025 all-time high of 367,549 students, a 2026 enrollment of 365,323, and a 2026 decline of 2,226 students. The Nebraska Departmen...
Nearly One in Four Nebraska Students Is Now Hispanic
> Correction (2026-05-29): An earlier version of this article cited Hispanic enrollment of 32,373 in 2005, 80,409 in 2025, a 46,586-student total growth, and a 1,450-student 2026 decline. The Nebraska...
Bennington: From 598 Students to Nebraska's 12th-Largest District
> Correction (2026-05-29): An earlier version of this article cited a statewide denominator of 422 districts and reported that 227 districts had lost enrollment in the most recent year. The Nebraska D...
Nebraska's Kindergarten Class Is Back to Its 2005 Trough
> Correction (2026-05-29): An earlier version of this article ran under the headline "Nebraska's Smallest K Class in 22 Years" and reported a kindergarten enrollment of 24,170 in 2025-26 and a 2005 ba...
Omaha Public Schools: From Half White to One in Five
> Correction (2026-05-29): An earlier version of this article cited a statewide white share of 62.4% and a 42-point district-vs-state gap. Those figures came from a data file that pooled public, non-p...