RIVERBEND TREATMENT CTR.

Set in ST JOSEPH, Missouri, RIVERBEND TREATMENT CTR. is a micro-enrollment secondary school, part of DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE. It educates 17 students across grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 97% leaner than the state mean of about 501.

Across the 26 schools in DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE (496 students total), RIVERBEND TREATMENT CTR. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, RIVERBEND TREATMENT CTR. lists that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 41% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 3.4:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 82% of students at RIVERBEND TREATMENT CTR. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Buchanan County's rate of about 69%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Buchanan County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,158 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Buchanan County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,825 students), RIVERBEND TREATMENT CTR. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SKAITH ELEM., around 2.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RIVERBEND TREATMENT CTR..

RIVERBEND TREATMENT CTR. operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. RIVERBEND TREATMENT CTR.'s enrollment has declined 26% since 2018, when it stood at 23 (now 17). Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 30% to 53%. Class-load math has tightened: from 4.6:1 in 2018 to 3.4:1 in 2025.

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