RIVERBEND ACADEMY

RIVERBEND ACADEMY is a K-12 campus of one-room-style scale in TEQUESTA, Florida, one of the schools within MARTIN, caters to 49 students in grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 353 students each, so RIVERBEND ACADEMY sits 86% smaller than that benchmark.

MARTIN comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 18,316 students; RIVERBEND ACADEMY is among them.

In terms of who attends, RIVERBEND ACADEMY shows that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Black, 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Martin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $82,943 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Martin County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,316 students), of which RIVERBEND ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: THE LEARNING ACADEMY AT THE ELS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, around 3.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around RIVERBEND ACADEMY.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RIVERBEND ACADEMY has shrank 65%, going from 141 students in 2018 to 49 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 53% to 41%. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 4.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.