About Omaha Nebraska School Districts
Searching for Omaha real estate can be difficult if you are not familiar with how Omaha neighborhoods are organized in the local MLS. If you are considering moving your family to Omaha, you should spend some time learning how locals refer to the neighborhoods and how agents generally use that information to find local properties.
Unlike some other areas in the U.S., home buyers and Realtors in the Omaha, Nebraska area typically search for properties by school district instead of city name. This is because there have been many cities in the suburbs of Omaha that have been annexed and are now within city limits. Since they still retain a lot of historical and geographical character, they are still often referred to by their original city names, but are now more accurately school districts and neighborhoods within the Omaha area rather than cities.
Here is a list of Omaha school districts:
- Bellevue School District
- Bennington Schools
- Blair School District
- Elkhorn School District
- Fremont Schools
- Gretna School District
- Millard School District
- Omaha Schools
- Papillion/La Vista Schools
- Ralston Schools
- Waterloo School District
- District 66 School District
Within each of the above school districts, there are, of course, various smaller areas listed in the Omaha MLS. To get a complete list of Omaha MLS areas, you can use an advanced Omaha MLS search form. To see Omaha neighborhoods visually, you can use an Omaha map search to find properties.
It’s worth noting that while Papillion and La Vista are seperate neighborhoods on the south side of Omaha, they do share the same school district, called Papillion-La Vista. Another piece of information that will help you when searching for Omaha real estate is that Westside is often referred to as District 66 or Westside District 66. In addition, Waterloo school district is also referred to as Douglas County West Community Schools, but is still listed in the Omaha MLS as “Waterloo.”
