Riverside Academy

Set in CAMBRIDGE, Minnesota, Riverside Academy is a rural-scale senior high, run under Cambridge-Isanti Public School Dist. It educates 40 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 89% leaner than typical.

Cambridge-Isanti Public School Dist runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 5,007 students. Riverside Academy is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Riverside Academy reports that nearly all students (80%) are White. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black. By comparison, Isanti County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting Riverside Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 60% of students at Riverside Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Isanti County's rate of about 35%.

In the area at large, Isanti County reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,440 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Isanti County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,086 students), Riverside Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Brookside Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Riverside Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Riverside Academy has edged down 11%, going from 45 students in 2018 to 40 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 96% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 8.6:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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