Riverside High School

Located at 1 Warrior Way, in Belle, West Virginia, Riverside High School is a substantial high school that serves 1,057 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Kanawha County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 65% bigger than the state mean of about 640.

Within Kanawha County Schools, which oversees 61 schools and 23,085 students, Riverside High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Riverside High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%); the rest breaks down as 6% Black, 4% multiracial. Compared to Kanawha County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Riverside High School has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Kanawha County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,943, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kanawha County's 70 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,173 students), Riverside High School is one campus in the mix.

Midland Trail Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Riverside High School.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Riverside High School's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,094 (now 1,057). White enrollment moved from 94% to 89% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.