Riverside School

Riverside School is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in Cleveland, Ohio, overseen by Cleveland Municipal, enrolling 493 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 22% larger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Riverside School is one of 93 schools operated by Cleveland Municipal, a district that instructs 33,065 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Riverside School records that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 23% Black, 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cuyahoga County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,468 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Cuyahoga County runs 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), of which Riverside School is one.

Orchard Park Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Riverside School.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Riverside School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 496 (now 493). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 55% to 50%. Class-load math has widened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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