RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL

RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is one of the micro-enrollment four-year high schools in CEDAR RAPIDS, Nebraska, overseen by RIVERSIDE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 77 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 80% leaner than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 391 students.

RIVERSIDE PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 253 students. RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.0:1. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Boone County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Boone County shows median household income runs about $74,947, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 918 students).

The closest other public school is RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY - CEDAR RAPIDS, roughly 0.0 miles away.

RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 60%: 48 students in 2018 compared to 77 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 90% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 5.6:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

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