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
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Mississippi public high schools
- C-Test 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 Mississippi public high schools
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 52 | 16% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 62% · 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
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
30.3%
MS avg 45.9% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
35.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.9pp since 2023
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 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.3% | 35.5% |
| 2023-24 | 25.1% | 34.6% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
Schools most like Riverside High School
Riverside High School's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside High School this school | 320 | 99.1% | 41.1% |
| Potts Camp High School Potts Camp | 356 | 99.2% | 47.8% |
| Lake High School Lake | 231 | 98.7% | 64.3% |
| Seminary High SEMINARY | 382 | 99.2% | 60.3% |
| WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL Foxworth | 347 | 99.1% | 61.0% |
| Greene County High School Leakesville | 446 | 99.3% | 76.7% |
Matched among Mississippi 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 Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #156 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #172 of 199 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #155 of 199 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #163 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #144 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #5 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #71 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #20 of 121 |
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
320
-66 (-17%) vs 2020
-40% since 2000-01, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 320 | 22.5 | 14.0:1 | 99% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 25.2 | 14.4:1 | 100% (363) |
| 2022-23 | 372 | 23.9 | 15.6:1 | 100% (372) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 29 | 13.3:1 | 100% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 27.2 | 14.9:1 | 100% (405) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 99% (381) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 29 | 15.1:1 | 72% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 80% (428) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverside High School.
About Riverside High School
Riverside High School is a low-enrollment high school in Avon, Mississippi, (ZIP code 38723). It serves 320 students in grades 7 through 12. The average among high schools in Mississippi is roughly 651 students; this school is 51% smaller than that.
Western Line Schools has a total of 4 schools and 1,739 students, Riverside High School among them.
Enrollment at Riverside High School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 44%. The rest of enrollment is 28% Black, 19% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Washington County's population at about 24%. The chance that two students picked at random at Riverside High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.0:1, with 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among high schools in Mississippi is 12.6:1, lower than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 99% of enrollment. Across public schools in Washington County, the average is about the same, 100%.
Riverside High School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 19% of Mississippi public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Riverside High School falls in the middle 80% of Mississippi schools: 41.1% actual against 44.6% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Washington County show that median household income is about $42,165, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 22% of residents are in poverty. Riverside High School is one of 25 public schools in Washington County, which together enroll about 6,329 students.
The shortest distance from Riverside High School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Riverside Elementary School. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Riverside High School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Riverside High School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 386 to 320.
The Riverside High School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Other Riverside High schools
19 other US public schools in 18 states are named Riverside High. Riverside High School is the 15th 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 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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.