Enrollment
307
Middle
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE BEAVER COUNTY SD·NCES 421743007419
Riverside Middle School
302 Country Club Dr, Ellwood City, PA 16117 · (724) 758-7512 · Beaver County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
170 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 104 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 96 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 107 | 35% |
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
Students here typically continue to
Riverside Middle School→Riverside High School
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
59.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.8pp since 2023
Math
42.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.4% | 42.8% |
| 2023-24 | 66.2% | 47.8% |
% 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
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Middle School
Riverside Middle School's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Middle School this school | 307 | 55.4% | 55.0% |
| Cambria Heights Middle School Patton | 271 | 56.1% | 53.8% |
| Spring Cove Middle School Roaring Spring | 363 | 55.1% | 35.8% |
| Freedom Area Middle School Freedom | 356 | 55.3% | 37.0% |
| McGuffey Middle School Claysville | 342 | 51.8% | 45.5% |
| Mohawk Junior High School New Castle | 329 | 50.5% | 51.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Beaver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #155 of 479 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #182 of 513 ▼ 50 | #3 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #154 of 513 ▼ 23 | #2 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #427 of 522 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #456 of 486 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.8% | #454 of 486 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #217 of 510 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #203 of 332 | #5 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
307
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 307 | 18.6 | 16.5:1 | 55% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 20.5 | 15.7:1 | 53% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 23.4 | 13.8:1 | 44% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 19 | 16.5:1 | 41% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 21.4 | 15.7:1 | 37% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 20 | 17.3:1 | 37% (128) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverside Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (336 to 307); teachers down 13% (21.4 to 18.6).
About Riverside Middle School
Riverside Middle School is one of the public schools in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. It is a small middle-grades school. The student body numbers 307 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594, so this school runs 48% smaller than that.
Riverside Middle School is one of 3 schools in Riverside Beaver County SD, which enrolls 1,435 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Riverside Middle School is 94% White. It is also 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 12% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Riverside Middle School was 16.5:1. On average, middle schools in Pennsylvania have 13.2:1, compared with 16.5:1 here. Riverside Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 55%. That tracks the 55% average for public schools in Beaver County.
The allk12 Grade for Riverside Middle School is A-. Compared with Pennsylvania public middle schools, the school scored higher than 76% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Riverside Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 55.0%; the prediction is 53.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Beaver County, the median household income is $71,089, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. In all, Beaver County has 52 public schools and roughly 31,222 students.
The closest public school to Riverside Middle School is Riverside High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Riverside Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. Riverside Middle School comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment at Riverside Middle School was 313 in 2020-21 and 307 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Community posts for Riverside Middle School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 High SchoolHigh · 461 students
Other schools in Ellwood City
- Lincoln JSHSHigh · 682 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Riverside High SchoolHigh · 461 students
- North Side Primary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- Hartman Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 225 students
- Perry Lower Intrmd SchoolElementary · 225 students
Other Riverside Middle schools
16 other US public schools in 14 states are named Riverside Middle. Riverside Middle School is the 13th largest of the 17.
- Riverside Middle SchoolDEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI · 1,139 students
- Riverside MiddleGreer, SC · 1,086 students
- Riverside Middle SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 739 students
- Riverside Middle SchoolEvans, GA · 711 students
- Riverside Middle SchoolEL PASO, TX · 705 students
Nearby schools
- Riverside High School0.1 mi · 461
- Riverside Elementary School0.1 mi · 667
- Perry Lower Intrmd School1.9 mi · 225
- Hartman Intrmd School2.2 mi · 225
- Lincoln JSHS2.2 mi · 682
- North Side Primary School2.9 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Riverside Middle SchoolHow large is Riverside Middle School?
Riverside Middle School enrolls approximately 307 students in grades 06-08.
Is Riverside Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Riverside Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverside Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverside Middle School is approximately 16.5:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Riverside Middle School?
At Riverside Middle School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Riverside Middle School public or private?
Riverside Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Riverside Beaver County SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.