Riverside High

As a compact high school in Williamston, North Carolina, Riverside High enrolls 470 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Martin County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 761 students per school, that is 38% below typical.

Within Martin County Schools, which oversees 10 schools and 3,382 students, Riverside High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Riverside High reports that 60% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder comes out to 25% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Martin County as a whole is about 40% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Martin County indicate median household earnings sit near $48,578, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Martin County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,967 students), Riverside High is one campus in the mix.

Martin County High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Riverside High.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at Riverside High has contracted 15%, going from 553 students in 2018 to 470 in 2024. The White share of enrollment edged down from 40% to 25% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

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