Riverside Intermediate

Riverside Intermediate operates as a compact junior high in Plymouth, Indiana, operated by Plymouth Community School Corp. Current enrollment sits at 450 students spanning grades 5 through 6. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 594 students each, so Riverside Intermediate sits 24% smaller than that benchmark.

Plymouth Community School Corp comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,168 students; Riverside Intermediate is among them.

Demographically, Riverside Intermediate reports that White students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school lists 34% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Marshall County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Riverside Intermediate shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Marshall County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Riverside Intermediate sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.7%; this one delivers 37.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Marshall County put the typical household earns roughly $71,808 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Riverside Intermediate is one of 16 public schools in Marshall County (combined enrollment of about 7,661 students).

Nearest neighbor: Plymouth High School, around 0.4 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Riverside Intermediate comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 40.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Riverside Intermediate's enrollment has ticked down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 565 (now 450). Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 34% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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