As the community north of Dodge Street to the Washington County line and from North 72nd Street east to the Missouri River, North Omaha has had a lot of schools. This is a list of them including links to the ones I’ve written articles about.
Directory of Historic Schools in North Omaha
- Beechwood School, North 4th Avenue East and Fort Street, then moved to Read Street near J.J. Pershing Drive.
- Benson High School, 5120 Maple Street
- Birchwood School (c. 1869) 8th Avenue and East Fort Street in District 49
- Belvedere School (1924) 3775 Curtis Ave
- Cass School, (1872-1936) 1418 Cass Street
- Central Park School (c. 1872) North 42nd and Grand Avenue in District 38
- Central School
- Clifton Hill School (1892 and 1917) 2811 North 45th Street
- Druid Hill School (1917) 4020 North 30th Street
- Fairfax School (1911) North 40th and Pratt Streets
- Florence School (c. 1862) 7902 North 36th Street in District 5
- Florence High School (1880s-1924), 7902 N. 36th St.
- Fontenelle School North 53rd and Spaulding Street
- Fort Omaha School
- Fort Street Special School for Incorrigible Boys (1914) North 30th and Browne Streets
- Franklin School (1885) North 35th and Franklin Street
- Harrison School North 45th and Charles Street
- Hartman Elementary School
- Horace Mann Junior High aka King Science Center (1959) 3720 Florence Boulevard
- Howard Kennedy School
- Jefferson Square School (c. 1863) North 16th and Cass Streets
- Kellom School (1952) 1311 North 24th Street
- Lake School (c. 1871) 2410 North 19th Street
- Long School, 2610 Hamilton Street
- Lothrop School (1885) 1518 North 26th Street
- McMillan Magnet School (1958)
- Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School aka Martin Luther King Jr. Primary Center (1975) 3706 Maple Street
- Miller Park School (1910) 5625 North 28th Ave
- Minne Lusa School (1924) 2630 Ida Street
- Monmouth Park School (c. 1884) 4508 North 33rd Street
- Monroe School (1926) 5106 Bedford Avenue
- Mount View Elementary School
- Nathan Hale Junior High School (1965) 6143 Whitmore Street
- Nebraska School for the Deaf and Dumb (1870) North 42nd and Bedford Street
- North High School (1925) 36th Street and Ames
- North Omaha School aka Izard School (1871) North 19th and Izard Street
- Omaha Heights School (c.1891) North 36th and Kansas
- Omaha View School (1885) North 32nd and Maple Streets
- Paul Street School (1892) 1311 North 24th Street
- Pershing School (1926) North 28th Avenue East and Perkins Street in District 61
- Pinewood Elementary School
- Ponca School North 47th and Ponca Road
- Saratoga School (1857) North 24th and Ames Avenue in District 2
- Saunders School (1899) 415 North 41st Avenue
- Sherman School (1888) 5618 North 14th Avenue
- Skinner Magnet Center (1996) 3219 Cuming Street
- Springville School (c. 1865) North 60th and Girard Streets in District 29
- Technical Junior High School (1953) 3219 Cuming Street
- Technical High School (1923) 3219 Cuming Street
- Wakonda Elementary School
- Walnut Hill School (1888), Hamilton Street
- Webster School (1888-1969) 618 North 28th Avenue
- West Omaha School ( ) in District 9
- Yates School, North 32nd Street and Davenport Street
Parochial Schools in North Omaha
- Blessed Sacrament School 6316 N 30th Street
- Blessed Sacrament High School
- Charles Washington Branch Omaha Public Library
- Creighton High School (1878) 2510 California Street
- Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart (1881) 3601 Burt Street
- Father Flanagan High School
- Hope Lutheran School,(1950) 2720 Wirt Street
- Holy Angels School 4721 North 28th Street
- Holy Family School 1715 Izard Street
- Notre Dame High School, (1926) 3501 State Street
- Dominican High School
- Roncalli High School, 6401 Sorensen Parkway
- Rummel High School, (1974) 6401 Sorensen Parkway
- Sacred Heart School 2205 Binney Street
- Saint Bernard’s School 3607 North 65th Street
- Saint Benedict’s School (1928) 2423 Grant Street
- Saint Catherine’s Academy North 18th and Cass Streets
- Saint Cecilia’s School 3869 Webster Street
- Saint Cecilia Cathedral High
- Saint John’s School 2507 California Street
- Saint John’s High School
- Saint Paul Lutheran School North 26th and Pinkney Street
- Saint Philip Neri School (1904) 8208 North 31st Street
- Saint Richard’s School 4318 Fort Street
- Saint Therese School 5316 North 14th Avenue
Historic Higher Education History in North Omaha
- Creighton University (1878)
- University of Omaha (1908)
- Omaha Presbyterian Theological Seminary (1904-1949)
- Duchesne College (1906-1961)
- Grace University (1949)
- Immanuel School of Nursing (1891-1976)
- Methodist School of Nursing
- Metro Community College Fort Omaha (1976)
Historic Educators in North Omaha
- Lucy Gamble Williams (1875-1958)
- Eugene Skinner (1914-1993)
- Katherine Fletcher (1918-2014)
- Florentine “Flora” Frances Pinkston Mitchell (1887-1966)
- Bertha Calloway (1925-2017)
- Anna Ford (18??-1906)
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