Riverside Academy West Campus

As a medium-sized secondary school in DEARBORN, Michigan, Riverside Academy West Campus caters to 470 students from grades 6 through 12, operated by Riverside Academy.

Across the 2 schools in Riverside Academy (867 students total), Riverside Academy West Campus accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Riverside Academy West Campus reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Riverside Academy West Campus has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.8:1. The state averages about 21.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

Zooming out to the county, Wayne County reports that median household income runs about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Riverside Academy West Campus is one campus in the mix.

Lowrey Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Riverside Academy West Campus.

The school occupies a city-core site. Riverside Academy West Campus is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 19%: 581 students in 2018 compared to 470 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 9% to 4% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.