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What advice would you give to incoming students at RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
1,638
High
DISTRICT 901 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000648
RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
1200 S MCDUFF AVE, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32205 · (904) 381-3930 · Duval County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,638 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
848 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 445 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 505 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 376 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 312 | 19% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
46.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.5% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 26.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,638 | 51.8% | 44.1% |
| EDWARD H. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 1,663 | 53.6% | 42.0% |
| WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 1,533 | 52.6% | 32.4% |
| BOYNTON BEACH COMMUNITY HIGH BOYNTON BEACH | 1,559 | 55.6% | 38.6% |
| AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 1,388 | 57.4% | 33.0% |
| BLANCHE ELY HIGH SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 1,877 | 50.4% | 48.2% |
Matched among Florida high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #418 of 555 | #16 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #279 of 549 ▲ 103 | #12 of 23 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #417 of 559 ▲ 9 | #13 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,638 | #258 of 830 | #8 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #403 of 575 | #24 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #400 of 594 | #24 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #204 of 630 | #12 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #98 of 289 | #6 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,638
-26 (-2%) vs 2020
+111% since 1990-91, when it was 777
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 21.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,638 | 68 | 24.1:1 | 52% (848) |
| 2023-24 | 1,593 | 73 | 21.8:1 | 56% (891) |
| 2022-23 | 1,567 | 70 | 22.4:1 | 60% (935) |
| 2020-21 | 1,664 | 76 | 21.9:1 | 59% (986) |
| 2017-18 | 1,912 | 84 | 22.8:1 | 62% (1,193) |
| 2015-16 | 2,011 | 93 | 21.6:1 | 51% (1,031) |
| 2010-11 | 1,760 | 88 | 20.0:1 | 55% (972) |
| 2000-01 | 1,227 | 54 | 22.7:1 | 45% (556) |
| 1990-91 | 777 | 45 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL.
About RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school in Florida, with an address in JACKSONVILLE. Enrollment stands at 1,638 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That is 58% bigger than the average of about 1,035 students for high schools in Florida.
RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is among 206 schools run by DUVAL, which serves 131,562 students.
The share of Black students at RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is 68%, a majority. After that, the student body is 14% White, 12% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Duval County is about 29% Black. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL lists 68 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 24.1 students per teacher. The 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida is close to this figure. About 52% of students at RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Test results at RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL are 11.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (44.1% actual, 55.2% predicted).
In Duval County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $71,277, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 220 public schools in the county, enrolling about 141,209, RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL among them.
Of the public schools around it, RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is closest to WEST RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 8.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
In 2020-21, RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 1,664; in 2024-25, 1,638. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 24.1:1, from 21.9:1.
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Duval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,023,153
Census ACS
Median income
$71,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
220
141,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DUVAL
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,184 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other schools in JACKSONVILLE
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other Riverside High schools
19 other US public schools in 18 states are named Riverside High. RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 20.
- Riverside HighDurham, NC · 1,900 students
- Riverside HighGreer, SC · 1,846 students
- Riverside HighLeesburg, VA · 1,710 students
- Riverside HighMilwaukee, WI · 1,240 students
- Riverside High SchoolBelle, WV · 1,057 students
Nearby schools
- WEST RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 369
- RUTH N. UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 317
- CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 347
- FISHWEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 442
- PINEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 482
- WAYMAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS1.7 mi · 153
Frequently asked questions
About RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL?
RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,638 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL have?
RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL employs 68 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.1:1.
How diverse is RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL?
RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 14% White, 12% Hispanic, 68% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL in?
RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is part of DUVAL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.