Riverside Alternative High School

As a rural-scale multi-level school in Bridge City, Louisiana, Riverside Alternative High School teaches 27 students from grades 1 through 12, one of the schools within Office of Juvenile Justice. That puts it 95% leaner than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 527 students.

Office of Juvenile Justice runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 264 students. Riverside Alternative High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Riverside Alternative High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 33% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson Parish as a whole is about 50% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 3.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 52.1:1, putting Riverside Alternative High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 89% of students at Riverside Alternative High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Jefferson Parish's rate of about 68%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Jefferson Parish put median household earnings sit near $65,252, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Jefferson Parish's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), Riverside Alternative High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jefferson Virtual High School, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Riverside Alternative High School.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Riverside Alternative High School's enrollment has declined 67% since 2018, when it stood at 82 (now 27). Black enrollment moved from 79% to 33% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 6.3:1 in 2018 to 3.0:1 today.

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