Summary:
Riverside High School is the sole high school in the Riverside School District, serving 342 students in grades 7 through 12 in Lake City, Arkansas. This school has experienced a dramatic turnaround, jumping from a 2-star rating (ranked 180th out of 291 schools) in the 2024-2025 school year to a 4-star rating (ranked 74th out of 293 schools) in the 2025-2026 school year, placing it in the 75th percentile statewide.
Riverside High School shows a highly uneven performance profile across subjects. The school excels in Biology, with 62.9% of students proficient compared to the state average of 42.7%, a 20.2 percentage point advantage. However, Mathematics remains a significant challenge, with only 27.5% of students proficient versus the state average of 44.1%, a 16.6 percentage point deficit. The school also boasts a very low student-teacher ratio of 8.6:1, a high graduation rate of 92.8% (exceeding the state average of 90.1%), and an exceptionally low dropout rate of 0.2%. Spending per student is $11,349, and 49.42% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Several key findings stand out. The school saw massive year-over-year improvements across all core subjects from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, with Reading proficiency jumping 18.1 points and Mathematics jumping 18.0 points. Despite this progress, Mathematics proficiency still lags far behind the state average, particularly in Algebra where only 14.3% of students are proficient. Additionally, 8th grade appears to be a critical transition point where performance drops significantly across multiple subjects, suggesting a need for targeted support at that grade level. The school's low student-teacher ratio is a major asset that could be leveraged to close remaining achievement gaps.
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