Riverside Middle School

Riverside Middle School is a middle-grades school in Riverside, Rhode Island, reachable at (401) 433-6230. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 549 students.

Besides Riverside Middle School, East Providence runs 10 other schools. The district enrolls 5,136 students.

White students are 61% of those enrolled at Riverside Middle School. The next largest groups are 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 9% Black. That is in line with Providence County, where about 60% of residents are White. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Riverside Middle School are from different groups.

Riverside Middle School reports a ratio of 11.0 students per teacher, from 50 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 11.0:1 compares with an average of 12.7:1 for middle schools in Rhode Island. Lunch program data show 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

The county, Providence County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $78,787 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Providence County has 206 public schools with about 88,799 students, including Riverside Middle School.

Measured in a straight line, James R. D. Oldham School is about 0.4 miles from Riverside Middle School. The five-mile area around Riverside Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools.

Riverside Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.

Over 7 years, enrollment increased by 50 students, from 499 to 549. The White share of enrollment dropped from 76% to 61% over the same period.

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