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Schools in Indianola · Southwest Public Schools

Indianola’s public schools score below 52% of Nebraska districts

The public schools Indianola’s kids attend trail 52% of Nebraska’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

52%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
52%
▲ 4 pts vs NE 48%
2020–21
Math proficiency
47%
▲ 1 pts vs NE 46%
2020–21
Graduate on time
75%
▼ 11 pts vs NE 86%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$20.9K
▲ 34% vs NE $15.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.4
NE 13.8 · smaller classes
Schools
1
172 students
The School Grade

How Indianola compares

B− Test scores
Nebraska school districts we grade (246)Better than 48%
Lower resultsHigher results
Nebraska towns with similar household incomes (331)Better than 52%
Lower confidence. Built on 118 tested students. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Nebraska’s state tests against the state average. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Nebraska only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Indianola.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Southwest Elementary-IndianolaSouthwest Public Schools
6–8Southwest Middle Schoolin Bartley
9–12Southwest Jr./Sr. High Schoolin Bartley

The district

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading52%
State average 48.2%
Math47%
State average 46.1%

Every school in Indianola

1 school. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

Elementary
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Colleges near Indianola

There’s no college in Indianola, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis, 28.1 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Indianola. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within Nebraska. Stars are from neighbors.

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