RIVERSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL

RIVERSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school of tiny scale in SPALDING, Nebraska, one of the schools within RIVERSIDE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, caters to 46 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 89% below the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 411 students.

RIVERSIDE PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 253 students; RIVERSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, RIVERSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Greeley County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, RIVERSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.5:1 average. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Greeley County's rate of about 42%.

Zooming out to the county, Greeley County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,929, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Greeley County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 422 students), RIVERSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY - SPALDING, roughly 0.0 miles away.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 48 students in 2018 compared to 46 in 2025.

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