School district · Nebraska

Riverside Public Schools

Riverside Public Schools in Nebraska: 4 public schools with 253 students and 8.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $23,060 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 4
Students: 253
Students per teacher: 8.5; NE 13.7 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $23,060; NE $15.6K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 29.9
Counselors (FTE): 1.0
Students per counselor: 253; NE 331 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 0.0; Librarians (FTE): 1.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Nebraska's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Nebraska: 59%

67%proficient

A higher share proficient than 50% of school districts in Nebraska

Median 66% · 167 school districts compared

15 students tested, grades 4 · Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS); proficient means Levels 2-3 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Nebraska: 58%

70%proficient

A lower share proficient than 56% of school districts in Nebraska

Median 71% · 142 school districts compared

23 students tested, grades 5 · Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS); proficient means Levels 2-3 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$17.8K15

$19.5K16

$19.4K17

$19.5K18

$20.1K19

$19.8K20

$19.6K21

$20.8K22

$22.8K23

$23.1K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 7.3% · $459K
State: 24% · $1.5M
Local: 69% · $4.4M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $13,713
Support services: $8,279
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $461K
Long-term debt: $0

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 2Middle schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Riverside Elementary - Cedar Rapids	Pre-K–5	82	8.4	Cedar Rapids
Riverside Elementary - Spalding	Pre-K–5	48	7.3	Spalding
Riverside Middle School	6–8	46	9.3	Spalding
Riverside High School	9–12	77	9.0	Cedar Rapids

Sources

Address: 124 South Ash Street, Spalding, NE 68665
Phone: (308)497-2431

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.