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How has RIVERSIDE H S changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
952
High
DISTRICT 983 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YSLETA ISD·NCES 484668005337
Riverside High School
301 MIDWAY DR, EL PASO, TX 79915 · (915) 434-7000 · El Paso County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL952 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Texas public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
822 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
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 | 285 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 230 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 213 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 224 | 24% |
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 63% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 6.0% | 40.0% | 20.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 32.0% | 32.0% | 16.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 46.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 25.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 (51.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside High School this school | 952 | 86.3% | 51.3% |
| Hidalgo Early College High School HIDALGO | 1,029 | 85.8% | 37.5% |
| YES Prep - East End HOUSTON | 1,014 | 88.5% | 43.9% |
| Zapata High School ZAPATA | 1,065 | 88.5% | 48.4% |
| IDEA Weslaco Pike College Preparatory WESLACO | 758 | 87.1% | 57.5% |
| Mountain View High School EL PASO | 775 | 87.0% | 50.7% |
Matched among Texas 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 Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #774 of 1,385 | #26 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #496 of 1,425 ▼ 22 | #11 of 45 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,096 of 1,425 ▼ 12 | #34 of 45 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.5pp | #362 of 1,184 | #5 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 952 | #603 of 2,107 | #26 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #739 of 1,344 | #16 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.1% | #1,307 of 1,346 | #42 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.3% | #273 of 1,522 | #14 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #165 of 557 | #12 of 28 |
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
952
-117 (-11%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 1,789
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 952 | 63.4 | 15.0:1 | 86% (822) |
| 2023-24 | 992 | 66.7 | 14.9:1 | 87% (866) |
| 2022-23 | 1,001 | 70.4 | 14.2:1 | 87% (875) |
| 2020-21 | 1,069 | 73 | 14.6:1 | 89% (950) |
| 2017-18 | 1,120 | 74.4 | 15.1:1 | 83% (932) |
| 2015-16 | 1,167 | 78 | 15.0:1 | 71% (833) |
| 2010-11 | 1,389 | 108 | 12.9:1 | 78% (1,081) |
| 2000-01 | 1,407 | 104 | 13.5:1 | 58% (823) |
| 1990-91 | 1,789 | 128 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverside High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,120 to 952); teachers down 15% (74.4 to 63.4).
About Riverside High School
Located in EL PASO, Texas, Riverside High School is a medium-sized high school. A total of 952 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12.
Riverside High School is one school in a 49-school district, YSLETA ISD, which enrolls 34,062 students.
At Riverside High School, Hispanic students make up 99% of the student body. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 83%. The chance that two students picked at random at Riverside High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 2%.
Federal data list 63.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Riverside High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.0:1. High schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 86%. For comparison, public schools in El Paso County average 74%.
The allk12 Grade for Riverside High School is B. Compared with Texas public high schools, the school scored higher than 61% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school in Texas with Riverside High School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 36.8%. Riverside High School scores 51.3%.
Census estimates describe El Paso County this way: median household income is about $59,806, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of El Paso County number 273 and enroll about 165,404.
The shortest distance from Riverside High School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Riverside Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Riverside High School ranks 1st in a group of 5 nearby schools.
Federal data place Riverside High School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 11%, from 1,069 to 952.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in YSLETA ISD
- Eastwood High SchoolHigh · 2,295 students
- Bel Air High SchoolHigh · 1,866 students
- Del Valle High SchoolHigh · 1,798 students
- Parkland High SchoolHigh · 1,565 students
- J M Hanks High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
- Eastwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,280 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Other Riverside High schools
19 other US public schools in 18 states are named Riverside High. Riverside High School is the 7th 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 Middle School0.3 mi · 705
- Thomas Manor0.6 mi · 462
- Cesar Chavez Academy JJAEP0.6 mi · 2
- JJAEP0.6 mi · 2
- Cesar Chavez Academy0.6 mi · 82
- North Loop Elementary School1.0 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Riverside High SchoolHow large is Riverside High School?
Riverside High School enrolls approximately 952 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.
How many students per teacher at Riverside High School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Riverside High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Riverside High School?
At Riverside High School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Who oversees Riverside High School?
Riverside High School is overseen by YSLETA ISD in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.