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Schools in Riverside Township

Riverside Township’s public schools

Beatrice Public Schools and Southern School District 1 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Riverside Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Nebraska’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% 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
45%
2021–22
Math proficiency
42%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.4K
▼ 14% vs NE $15.6K
FY2024 · Beatrice
Students per teacher
14.1
NE 13.8
Schools in town
0
1,625 students on the public path
In brief

Riverside Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Riverside Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Nebraska’s 882 public schools. Beatrice Middle School places highest (better than 37%); Southern Jr.-Sr. High School lowest (10%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Riverside Township, graded from C− to C−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Beatrice Middle School and Southern Jr.-Sr. High School. 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 Riverside Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressC−
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressD to C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Beatrice Public Schools.

Two districts serve Riverside Township

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

Beatrice Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 2,102 students · 15.1 per teacher (NE 13.8)
$13,380NE $15,602 · FY2024
C
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

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Beatrice Public Schools45%
State average 47.1% · 973 students tested
Math · PK–12, Beatrice Public Schools42%
State average 46% · 972 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Southern School District 132%
State average 47.1% · 192 students tested
Math · PK–12, Southern School District 127%
State average 46% · 192 students tested

Riverside Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Nebraska towns that share Riverside Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Riverside Township—Beatrice PK–12 · Southern School District 1 PK–12
BeatriceCBeatrice
Rockford—Southern School District 1
Midland—Beatrice PK–12 · Tri County PK–12
Sicily—Southern School District 1 PK–12 · Diller-Odell PK–12
Lincoln—Beatrice

3 of the 5 neighbors share Beatrice with Riverside Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Riverside Township

4 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 Riverside Townshipin other towns
Beatrice Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Beatrice
798 students14:1Rate it →
Southern Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Blue Springs
C−
198 students10:1Rate it →
Beatrice Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Beatrice
C+
466 students14:1Rate it →
Southern Jr.-Sr. High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Wymore
D
163 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Riverside Township’s schools

Are Riverside Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Riverside Township. Beatrice Public Schools and Southern School District 1 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Riverside Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Nebraska’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Riverside Township in?

Beatrice Public Schools and Southern School District 1.

Where do Riverside Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Beatrice Middle School and Southern Jr.-Sr. High School.

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What Riverside Township 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.