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Schools in Blue Springs

Blue Springs’s public schools

Southern School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Blue Springs. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Nebraska’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Nebraska’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
27%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.0K
▲ 15% vs NE $15.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.0
NE 13.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
361 students on the public path
In brief

Blue Springs’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Blue Springs’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Nebraska’s 882 public schools. Southern Elementary School places highest (better than 15%); Southern Jr.-Sr. High School lowest (10%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Blue Springs, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Southern Elementary SchoolSouthern School District 1C−
7–12Southern Jr.-Sr. High Schoolin WymoreD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Southern School District 1.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Southern School District 1Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 361 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 10.0 per teacher (NE 13.8)
$17,968NE $15,602 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 47.1% · 192 students tested
Math27%
State average 46% · 192 students tested

Blue Springs vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Nebraska towns that share Blue Springs’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Blue Springs—Southern School District 1
WymoreDSouthern School District 1

Every school in Blue Springs

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Nebraska’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Blue Springsin other towns
Southern Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C−
198 students10:1Rate it →
Southern Jr.-Sr. High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Wymore
D
163 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Blue Springs’s schools

Are Blue Springs’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Blue Springs. Southern School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Blue Springs. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Nebraska’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Blue Springs in?

Southern School District 1.

Where do Blue Springs kids go to high school?

Southern Jr.-Sr. High School.

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What Blue Springs families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.