Kearney Public Schools
Serves Kearney and Riverdale.
Kearney’s School Grade B+ better than 70% of Nebraska school districts
What stands out about Kearney Public Schools
- Its letter, B+: results better than 70% of Nebraska districts
- Math proficiency 12 pts above the state
- Reading proficiency 9 pts above the state
- Graduation rate 7 pts above the state
- Spends 16% less per student than the NE average
- 16 students per teacher
- Debt of $144.8M, about $23,876 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
B+: better than 70% of the 244 Nebraska school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Kearney. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. NE
2021–22 · class of 2023100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
About steady since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
15 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Nebraska’s other public schools.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Nebraska.