RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL

RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL operates as a small secondary school in LAKE CITY, Arkansas, overseen by RIVERSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 342 students spanning grades 7 through 12. That puts it 33% smaller than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.

RIVERSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 789 students; RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 8.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Craighead County's rate of about 67%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Craighead County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,548, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Craighead County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,332 students), of which RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is RIVERSIDE WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 369 (now 342). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 today.

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