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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Riverside HS this year?
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Enrollment
461
High
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE BEAVER COUNTY SD·NCES 421743000700
Riverside High School
300 Country Club Dr, Ellwood City, PA 16117 · (724) 758-7512 · Beaver County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
204 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 117 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 113 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 106 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 125 | 27% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Riverside Beaver County SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.9pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.6% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.5% | 46.4% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Riverside High School
Riverside High School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside High School this school | 461 | 44.3% | 53.3% |
| Muncy JSHS Muncy | 472 | 42.8% | 59.9% |
| Wellsboro Area High School Wellsboro | 496 | 42.5% | 56.2% |
| Saegertown JSHS Saegertown | 411 | 45.0% | 52.3% |
| Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School Philipsburg | 525 | 44.8% | 48.9% |
| United JSHS Armagh | 401 | 45.1% | 57.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Riverside High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Beaver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #249 of 576 | #8 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #201 of 626 ▲ 15 | #6 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #310 of 626 ▼ 109 | #9 of 15 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #435 of 713 | #9 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #273 of 601 | #6 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.4% | #481 of 604 | #13 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.3% | #413 of 619 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #308 of 373 | #6 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
461
+34 (+8%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 461 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 44% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 32.5 | 13.9:1 | 45% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 41% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 38% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 32.1 | 14.9:1 | 38% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 30% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 42 | 13.7:1 | 32% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 648 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 15% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 603 | 38 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverside High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (478 to 461); teachers up 6% (32.1 to 34).
About Riverside High School
Riverside High School is a small high school with its address in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 461 students. High schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students, which makes this school 38% below average.
The district for Riverside High School is Riverside Beaver County SD, with 3 schools and 1,435 students.
The share of students at Riverside High School who are White is 93%. Enrollment also includes 4% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.
With 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.6:1. Statewide, high schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1. Roughly 44% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Beaver County average 55%.
On the allk12 Grade, Riverside High School lands at B-, ahead of 50% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Riverside High School is 5.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Looking at the county, Beaver County, median household income comes to about $71,089, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 52, with about 31,222 students.
Riverside Elementary School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Riverside High School. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Riverside High School is 5th among 8 schools close by.
Riverside High School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's enrollment rose 8% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Riverside High School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Beaver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,324
Census ACS
Median income
$71,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Riverside Beaver County SD
- Riverside Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Riverside Middle SchoolMiddle · 307 students
Other schools in Ellwood City
- Lincoln JSHSHigh · 682 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- North Side Primary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- Riverside Middle SchoolMiddle · 307 students
- Hartman Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 225 students
- Perry Lower Intrmd SchoolElementary · 225 students
Other Riverside High schools
19 other US public schools in 18 states are named Riverside High. Riverside High School is the 11th largest of the 20.
- Riverside HighDurham, NC · 1,900 students
- Riverside HighGreer, SC · 1,846 students
- Riverside HighLeesburg, VA · 1,710 students
- RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, FL · 1,638 students
- Riverside HighMilwaukee, WI · 1,240 students
Nearby schools
- Riverside Elementary School0.1 mi · 667
- Riverside Middle School0.1 mi · 307
- Perry Lower Intrmd School2.0 mi · 225
- Hartman Intrmd School2.2 mi · 225
- Lincoln JSHS2.2 mi · 682
- North Side Primary School3.0 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Riverside High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Riverside High School?
Riverside High School enrolls approximately 461 students in grades 09-12.
Is Riverside High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Riverside High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverside High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverside High School is approximately 13.6:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Riverside High School?
At Riverside High School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Riverside High School in?
Riverside High School is part of Riverside Beaver County SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.