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, Learning Prep School, Beaver Country Day School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🏛️ Your state's public flagship

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

58%
admit rate
$17,772
in-state tuition/yr · $40,449 out-of-state
1300–1480
SAT 25–75 · ACT 29–33

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $22,383/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

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.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Fusion Academy Newton
Newton
Private 0.4 61
Learning Prep School
West Newton
Private 3.0 146 -9.3%
Beaver Country Day School
Chestnut Hill
Private 3.1 504 +10.3%
Brimmer & May School
Chestnut Hill
Private 3.4 399 +6.7%
Noble And Greenough School
Dedham
Private 3.5 621 +1.5%
Dana Hall School
Wellesley
Private 3.5 483
Dearborn Academy
Newton
Private 3.7 44
Clearway School
Newton
Private 3.8 39

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