Boyd School, named after James Edward Boyd, is located at 84th and Boyd Streets, sits high on a hill overlooking the surrounding suburban community of homes. James Boyd was a business executive, politician, and founder of Boyd's Packing House. He served as mayor of Omaha and the Governor of Nebraska.

Boyd Elementary opened in 1961, climaxing eighteen months of effort and the expenditure of nearly a million dollars by the Omaha Board of Education, to give a new school to a section of mushrooming Northwest Omaha. Its initial enrollment of 650 swelled to 900 in 1963, when three cottages were utilized in the area west of 90th Street to handle the overflow. The enrollment stabilized in 1964, with the opening of a new school to the west. .

Since its beginning in 1961, Boyd has established a tradition of parents and teachers working together for the children of the community. Involvement is the key which has brought the community and school together.

In the lobby, you will find a mural called Midsummer. The work was completed by Richard Harrison and Mike Giron. The mural honors the past, experiences the present, and imagines the furture.

Esther Pilster was Boyd's first principal, serving for twenty-one years. Pilster Park, down the street from Boyd Elementary, was named after her.

For decades, Boyd Elementary School has been an influential voice in education in this area. 

Boyd continues the tradition of parents and teachers working together for the children of the community.