Welcome to Westside Community Schools located in the heart of Omaha, Nebraska. Westside is a nationally acclaimed public school district -- one of the very best in the United States. Our superior staff, administration and Board of Education are committed to excellence in education for all students. Westside Community Schools provides high academic and behavioral expectations in a caring, friendly environment. We pride ourselves on our strong record of success.

The mission of Westside Community Schools, as an innovative educational system, is to ensure academic excellence and to serve the unique needs of all learners. That mission is at the heart of everything that we do. Westside Community Schools offers excellence in education at all levels. Every day, some of Nebraska's most highly educated and award-winning teachers bring the joy and wonder of learning into our classrooms. More than 60 percent of Westside teachers and administrators have masters, specialists or doctoral degrees. Several of them are even nationally certified. It's no wonder that our teachers are frequently honored with local, state and national awards.

Westside Community Schools prides itself on personalized attention. Our class sizes are small to provide students with the support they need to succeed. The overall elementary student/teacher ratio is 20 to 1 and the middle school ratio is 25 to 1. Our high school small group classes average between 12 and 20 students.

What else do we offer? State-of-the-art technology, full-day kindergarten and elementary foreign language instruction in Spanish, plus a full range of opportunities and services for gifted and special needs students -- add them all up and it's obvious why Westside Community Schools is the district of choice for families throughout the metropolitan Omaha area.