Enrollment
320
High
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERN LINE SCHOOLS·NCES 280468000976
Riverside High School
939 Riverside Road, Avon, MS 38723 · (662) 334-1797 · Washington County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
317 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 80%
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAAP 2023-24 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
30.3%
MS avg 45.9% . +5.2pp since 2022
Math
35.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.9pp since 2022
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
Source: MAAP. 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
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Mississippi 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 Mississippi'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
320
-85 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.9:1
% White
44%
was 71%
% Hispanic
7%
was 3%
% Black
28%
was 26%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Riverside High School
Riverside High School operates as a compact high school in Avon, Mississippi, operated by Western Line Schools. Current enrollment sits at 320 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 651 students per school, that is 51% below typical.
Within Western Line Schools, which oversees 4 schools and 1,739 students, Riverside High School is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Riverside High School lists that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% Black, 19% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Riverside High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Riverside High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.6%; this one delivers 40.2%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Washington County) records that the typical household earns roughly $42,165 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. Across Washington County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,329 students), Riverside High School is one campus in the mix.
Riverside Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 405 students in 2018 compared to 320 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 71% to 44% over that span.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,765
Census ACS
Median income
$42,165
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
6,329 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Western Line Schools
- O'Bannon Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- O'Bannon High SchoolHigh · 474 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
Nearby schools
- Riverside Elementary School0.0 mi · 402
- Akin Elementary School10.1 mi · 255
- O'Bannon Elementary School11.1 mi · 543
- O'Bannon High School11.1 mi · 474
- T.L. Weston Middle School11.3 mi · 412
- Boyd Elementary School11.5 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About Riverside High SchoolHow large is Riverside High School?
Riverside High School enrolls approximately 320 students in grades 07-12.
Is Riverside High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Riverside High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverside High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverside High School is approximately 14.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Riverside High School?
Riverside High School reports a student body of 44% White, 7% Hispanic, 28% Black, 19% Two or more.
Who oversees Riverside High School?
Riverside High School is overseen by Western Line Schools in Washington County.
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