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Bluestem Middle School, Omaha, NE

Bluestem Middle School is a public middle school in Omaha, part of Omaha Public Schools. It enrolled 894 students in 2024-25, with 17.5 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "BLUESTEM MIDDLE SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
894
Teachers (FTE)
51.0
Students per teacher
17.5
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 16.7. The Nebraska average across schools is 14.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.5
District16.7
Nebraska14.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
5910 South 42 Street, Omaha, NE 68107
Phone
(531)299-3080
District
Omaha Public Schools
County
Douglas County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
317482002454
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Direct certification
822Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Omaha Public Schools

Middle schools elsewhere in Omaha

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.