RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGH

As a well-populated 9-12 campus in ST LOUIS, Missouri, RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGH enrolls 1,246 students from grades 9 through 12, part of RIVERVIEW GARDENS. Enrollment runs roughly 149% larger than the state mean of about 501.

RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGH is one of 13 schools operated by RIVERVIEW GARDENS, a district that instructs 5,116 students overall.

In terms of who attends, RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGH shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (97%). Beyond that, the school logs 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Roughly 53% of students at RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 67.5%, a residual of +17.2 points.

Across the wider county, census data for St. Louis County shows median household income runs about $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGH is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

Nearest neighbor: GLASGOW ELEM., around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGH at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 52.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGH's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 1,216 (now 1,246).

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