Riverside Public Schools
Serves Spalding, Cedar Rapids, Timber Creek Township, Belgrade, Primrose and South Branch Township, and parts of Cedar Township.
What stands out about Riverside Public Schools
- Its letter, A−: results better than 83% of Nebraska districts
- Math proficiency 16 pts above the state
- Reading proficiency 10 pts above the state
- Graduation rate 12 pts below the state
- Spends 48% more per student than the NE average
- 8 students per teacher
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
A−: better than 83% 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 Spalding. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. NE
2021–22 · class of 202398% 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
4 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Nebraska’s other public schools.
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
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.