Elkhorn South High School
Omaha, NE · High School · Grades 9-12
Elkhorn South High School is a high school in Omaha, NE with 1,428 students enrolled and a 73% proficiency rate. Part of Elkhorn Public Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Elkhorn South High School is a high school located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school serves 1,428 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 73% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 82% graduation rate.
5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Elkhorn South High School is part of the Elkhorn Public Schools in Nebraska.
How This School Compares
Elkhorn South High School has 1,428 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Elkhorn Public Schools (566 students). Its 73% proficiency rate is 9 percentage points above the district average of 64%. Compared to the Nebraska state average of 53%, the school performs 20 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Elkhorn South High School has 1,428 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1.
According to EDFacts data, 73% of students at Elkhorn South High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Elkhorn South High School has a 82% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Elkhorn South High School is part of the Elkhorn Public Schools in Omaha, Nebraska. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.