Riverside Local

Riverside Local is a six-school Ohio district serving PK–12 students through four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, with about 4,112 students and a district-wide ranking of 217 of 773 districts, placing it at the 72nd percentile with 4 stars. The largest school is Riverside Junior/Senior High School with 1,578 students, while the four elementaries together enroll 1,831 students and the middle school enrolls 703.

Among the standouts, Parkside Elementary School is the district’s top performer: 171 of 1,560, 89th percentile, 4 stars, and the lowest chronic absenteeism at 9.3%, with 5th-grade ELA at 92.8%. Henry F Lamuth Middle School is also 4 stars and 71st percentile, with an unusual 100% 8th-grade math result despite being listed as grades 5–7. Buckeye Elementary School and Melridge Elementary School both rank around 386–387 of 1,560, at the 75th percentile with 4 stars; the latter posts 86.4% math in grades 3 and 4 despite the highest reported free/reduced lunch rate at 40.8%. Riverview Elementary School improved to 66th percentile and 3 stars, with strong math but weaker ELA.

Riverside Junior/Senior High School is 3 stars and 64th percentile, with a 93.2% graduation rate and strong results in Biology, American Government, American History, English II, and Algebra I, but weaker Math 8 at 45.7% and Geometry at 44.7%. Its chronic absenteeism is 38.4%, well above the district’s 24.4%, while all four elementaries and the middle school are below the district rate. Free/reduced lunch is not reported for Parkside Elementary School and Riverview Elementary School, so those values are unknown. Student-teacher ratios are tightly grouped from 19.5 to 20.9, and spending data is from 2018-19. Overall, Riverside Local is a 4-star district with a strong elementary/middle profile, a flagship in Parkside Elementary School, and a high school that has science, social studies, and English strengths but needs attention in math and attendance.