Riverside Middle School

Riverside Middle School is a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in Riverside, Rhode Island, overseen by East Providence. The school instructs 549 students in grades 6 through 8.

Riverside Middle School is one of 11 schools operated by East Providence, a district that works with 5,136 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Riverside Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Providence County indicate median household income runs about $78,787, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Providence County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students), Riverside Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is James R. D. Oldham School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Riverside Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 10%: 499 students in 2018 compared to 549 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 76% to 61% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.