RIVERSIDE MIDDLE

RIVERSIDE MIDDLE is one of the reasonably sized intermediate schools in FORT WORTH, Texas, part of FORT WORTH ISD, with 739 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

RIVERSIDE MIDDLE is one of 136 schools operated by FORT WORTH ISD, a district that educates 70,612 students overall.

On demographics, RIVERSIDE MIDDLE shows that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 4% Black, 4% White. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, RIVERSIDE MIDDLE shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.0:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RIVERSIDE MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.1%, the actual is 26.7%, a residual of -6.4 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), RIVERSIDE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CARTER-RIVERSIDE H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RIVERSIDE MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 30.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RIVERSIDE MIDDLE has contracted 22%, going from 943 students in 2018 to 739 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

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