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Riverside School

Needham · MA · Private independent

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Programs & features
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Academic signals
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Riverside School compares for families

What families should know about Riverside School.

  • LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Fusion Academy Newton, Needham High, Newton South High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Enrollment trend & projection

Why only 3 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -22.3%/year, projecting from 2022's 4 students:

2023
3
2025
2
2027
1

A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Fusion Academy Newton
Newton
Private 0.4 61
Needham High
Needham
Public 1.3 1,633 -2.2%
Newton South High
Newton Centre
Public 1.9 1,893 +3.1%
Wellesley Sr High
Wellesley
Public 2.9 1,256 -10.0%
Newton North High
Newtonville
Public 3.0 2,065 -0.2%
Learning Prep School
West Newton
Private 3.0 146 -9.3%
Beaver Country Day School
Chestnut Hill
Private 3.1 504 +10.3%
Newton Country Day School
Newton
Private 3.2 391

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