Enrollment
181
High
DISTRICT 93 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE·NCES 200035102032
Riverside High School
705 Jessie, Wathena, KS 66090 · (785) 989-4426 · Doniphan County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Kansas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
86 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 57 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 46 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 49 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 29 | 16% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 58% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Riverside. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
55.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
31.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.8% | 31.7% |
| 2023-24 | 43.5% | 13.0% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 (24.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside High School this school | 181 | 47.5% | 24.6% |
| Humboldt High School Humboldt | 176 | 49.4% | 23.7% |
| Ell-Saline Middle/High School Brookville | 204 | 46.6% | 31.3% |
| Hoisington High Hoisington | 225 | 47.1% | 17.6% |
| Larned Sr High Larned | 234 | 45.3% | 27.0% |
| St. Marys Junior Senior High St Marys | 246 | 43.1% | 28.6% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #181 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #156 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #21 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #183 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.5% | #109 of 263 |
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
181
+15 (+9%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 202
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 181 | 17.5 | 10.3:1 | 48% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 168 | 13.3 | 12.6:1 | 54% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 156 | 14.4 | 10.9:1 | 57% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 166 | 11 | 15.1:1 | 58% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 185 | 17.9 | 10.4:1 | 47% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 205 | 19 | 10.8:1 | 50% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 202 | 2 | 101.0:1 | 38% (77) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverside High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (185 to 181); teachers down 2% (17.9 to 17.5).
About Riverside High School
At 705 Jessie in Wathena, Kansas, Riverside High School operates as a low-enrollment high school. The school serves 181 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in Kansas average about 410 students.
Riverside enrolls 638 students in 5 schools, including Riverside High School.
Riverside High School's enrollment is 76% White. The remaining shares are 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Doniphan County's population at about 90%. Riverside High School has a diversity index of 40%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 10.3 students per teacher and 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 48%. That is close to the 45% average for public schools in Doniphan County.
allk12 grades Riverside High School a C. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Riverside High School is 14.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (24.6% versus 39.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.
Among Doniphan County residents, median household income is about $74,028, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 9 public schools in Doniphan County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,340.
The closest public school, Riverside Virtual High School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Riverside High School. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Riverside High School ranks 6th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Federal data place Riverside High School in the Suburb: Small locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Riverside High School went from 166 students to 181. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.1:1 to 10.3:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Riverside High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Doniphan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,503
Census ACS
Median income
$74,028
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,340 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Riverside
- Riverside Primary SchoolElementary · 168 students
- Riverside Middle SchoolMiddle · 143 students
- Riverside IntermediateElementary · 142 students
- Riverside Virtual High SchoolHigh · 4 students
Other schools in Wathena
- Riverside Middle SchoolMiddle · 143 students
- Riverside Virtual High SchoolHigh · 4 students
Other Riverside High schools
19 other US public schools in 18 states are named Riverside High. Riverside High School is the 17th largest of the 20.
- Riverside HighDurham, NC · 1,900 students
- Riverside HighGreer, SC · 1,846 students
- Riverside HighLeesburg, VA · 1,710 students
- RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, FL · 1,638 students
- Riverside HighMilwaukee, WI · 1,240 students
Nearby schools
- Riverside Virtual High School0.0 mi · 4
- Riverside Middle School0.0 mi · 143
- Riverside Intermediate3.6 mi · 142
- Riverside Primary School3.7 mi · 168
- Lake Early Learning Center5.1 mi · 211
- LAFAYETTE HIGH5.4 mi · 644
Frequently asked questions
About Riverside High SchoolHow many students attend Riverside High School?
Riverside High School enrolls approximately 181 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Riverside High School serve?
Riverside High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverside High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverside High School is approximately 10.3:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Riverside High School?
Student demographics at Riverside High School are roughly 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Two or more.
What district is Riverside High School in?
Riverside High School is part of Riverside.
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