Elkhorn North High School

OMAHA · NE · ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS · Public


📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 6 AP courses offered — Strong
  • ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
  • ✅ Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: 61st percentile nationally
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 68th percentile by test-taker volume

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Elkhorn North High School compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

  • StatewideAP rigor at the 61st percentile nationally with 6 AP courses.
  • LocallyNE students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: BENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, ELKHORN HIGH SCHOOL, RALSTON HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🎓 Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses

61st percentile nationally

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AP courses offered
6
Science ✓
Students taking AP courses
419
≈40 per 100 students · uptake, not just offerings
Advanced math classes
6
0 calculus · 6 advanced
Lab science classes
14
0 physics · 14 chemistry
Other rigor signals
✅ Dual-enrollment program
✅ Gifted/talented program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

68th percentile by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
138
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
13.1
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

Lower-need school

Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)

11.5%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

🏛️ Your state's public flagship

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

77%
admit rate
$10,434
in-state tuition/yr · $28,584 out-of-state
1090–1330
SAT 25–75 · ACT 22–28

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,747/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
5.6%
Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.
Students absent 15+ days
59
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
525:1
Well above the US median — a real constraint on individualized college and course planning.
Counselor FTE
2.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
42
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 196 in 2021 to 220 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+12.2%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +6.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,050 students:

2025
1,114
2027
1,254
2029
1,412

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $14,062 per student in district revenue, the 362 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $5,090,444/year in additional funding.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
BENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
BENNINGTON
Public 4.7 1,068 +11.6%
ELKHORN HIGH SCHOOL
ELKHORN
Public 2.6 769 +3.9%
RALSTON HIGH SCHOOL
RALSTON
Public 10.0 1,024 +0.8%
GRETNA EAST HIGH SCHOOL
OMAHA
Public 9.8 1,009 +35.1%
ELKHORN SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
OMAHA
Public 4.3 1,434 -0.2%
WESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL
BENNINGTON
Public 2.5 1,573 +111.7%
GRETNA HIGH SCHOOL
GRETNA
Public 10.9 955 -40.9%
BURKE HIGH SCHOOL
OMAHA
Public 5.3 1,693 -22.3%

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