Further renovations were completed in 2004, adding several classrooms and improving the choral and band facilities.

Special features within the building include an auditorium center, a 2,200 seat gymnasium with two balcony areas for physical education instruction and interscholastic athletics, and the latest equipment for students in specialized areas such as computer technology, art, business, mathematics, industrial technology and science.

The current principal of Omaha Northwest High Magnet is Dr. Kimberly Jackson.

[5] Jefferson was charged as an adult with first-degree assault, use of a weapon to commit a felony and possession of a gun on school grounds, and was set at a $275,000 bond.

Jefferson will be required to wear a GPS monitor if he makes bond.