Riverbend High

Riverbend High, a sizable four-year high school in Fredericksburg, Virginia, run under Spotsylvania County Public Schools, educates 1,913 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 58% above the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 1,213 students.

Riverbend High is one of 29 schools operated by Spotsylvania County Public Schools, a district that educates 24,036 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Riverbend High shows that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 22% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Riverbend High lists 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Spotsylvania County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Riverbend High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 80.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.6%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Spotsylvania County put median household earnings sit near $112,738, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Riverbend High is one of 34 public schools in Spotsylvania County (combined enrollment of about 24,036 students).

Chancellor Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Riverbend High. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Riverbend High ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 63.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 1,980 students in 2018 compared to 1,913 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 66% to 54% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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