History
HISTORIC SCHOOLS

KEARNEY'S FIRST SCHOOL
Avenue A & 24th Street
1872-1890's

WHITTIER SCHOOL
3rd Avenue & 22nd Street
1880-1920 K-12
1890-1920 Elementary Only
1929-1960 Manual Arts

BRYANT SCHOOL
1611 Avenue C
1885-1950
Identical to Emerson

EMERSON SCHOOL
2705 Avenue E
1885-1950
Identical to Bryant

KENWOOD ELEMENTARY
1524 4th Avenue
1888-1935

LONGFELLOW HIGH
303 West 22nd Street
1890-1960

ALCOTT ELEMENTARY
1112 East 16th Street
1892-1933
Identical to Hawthorne

HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY
3400 Avenue A
1892-1933
Identical to Alcott

KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL
3610 6th Avenue
1960 - 2016

GLENWOOD
8105 9th Avenue
1989- 2024

(Old) KENWOOD ELEMENTARY
1935 - 2010
BRIGHT FUTURES PRESCHOOL
2011-Present

WHITTIER ELEMENTARY
1920-1958
KPS ADMIN OFFICE
320 West 24th Street
Mixed Use 1958-Present
CURRENT SCHOOLS

BRYANT
1611 Avenue C
1950-Present

BUFFALO HILLS
6110 11th Avenue
2011-Present

CENTRAL
300 West 24th Street
1925-1968 Junior High
1968- Present Elementary

EMERSON
2705 Avenue E
1950 - Present

KENWOOD
915 16th Avenue
2010-Present

MEADOWLARK
1010 East 53rd Street
1995- Present

NORTHEAST
900 East 34th Street
1959- Present

PARK
3000 7th Avenue
1950- Present

WINDY HILLS
4211 20th Avenue
1981 - Present

HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL
915 West 35th Street
1990-Present
Horizon Junior High School
1968 - 1989

SUNRISE
MIDDLE SCHOOL
4611 Avenue N
1996-Present

HANNY ARRAM
CENTER FOR SUCCESS
3907 6th Avenue
2021-Present

KEARNEY
HIGH SCHOOL
2702 West 11th Street
2016-Present

BRIGHT FUTURES PRESCHOOL
2011-Present
(Old) KENWOOD ELEMENTARY
1935 - 2010

MERRYMAN
PERFORMING ARTS
225 West 22nd Street
2005 - Present

KPS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE
320 West 24th Street
Mixed Use 1958-Present
WHITTIER ELEMENTARY
1920-1958
KPS SUPERINTENDENTS
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| M. I. Stuart 1885-1888 |
J. T. Morey |
A.O. Thomas |
George Burgert |
Harry E. Bradford |
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Roy E. Cochran |
A.L. Cariness |
O. A. Wersig |
Harry A. Burke 1933-1942 |
John D. Rice |
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| E. Paul Morris 1947-1965 |
John R. Johnston |
Harold G. Rowe |
William F. Urbanek 1976-1980 |
James O. Howard |
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Jerry Barabas |
Gary N. Hammack |
Kenneth Anderson |
Brian L. Maher |
Virginia Moon |
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Kent B. Edwards |
Jason Mundorf 2022- |


















