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Riverside Middle

Q: Is Riverside Middle a good school?

Riverside Middle ranks 36 th of 335 South Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Q: How many students attend Riverside Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,086 students attended Riverside Middle.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Riverside Middle?

Students at Riverside Middle are 56% White, 15% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 10% African American, 4% Two or more races.

Q: What high school do graduates of Riverside Middle attend?

Students who attend Riverside Middle usually go on to attend Riverside High

Public Grades 6-8

36^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 335 South Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 89% of South Carolina middle schools

Summary

Riverside Middle in Greer, SC, is a large public school serving 1,086 students in grades 6 through 8 as part of the highly ranked Greenville 01 school district.

Riverside Middle is a clear academic leader in its area, consistently earning 4 or 5 stars from SchoolDigger over the past decade. In the most recent school year, it ranked 36th out of 335 middle schools in South Carolina, placing it in the top 11% statewide. This puts it well ahead of nearby traditional public schools like Northwood Middle (ranked 56th), Dr. Phinnize J. Fisher Middle (62nd), and Greer Middle (151st). Proficiency rates in English Language Arts range from 72% to 74.4% across grades, and math proficiency sits between 61.8% and 64.1%—both significantly above district and state averages. The school also posts a perfect 100% proficiency rate on the Algebra 1 End-of-Course exam, a remarkable achievement given its large student body. Additionally, Riverside has a notably lower chronic absenteeism rate (15.5%) compared to peers like Sevier Middle (25.4%) and Mauldin Middle (24.1%), suggesting strong student engagement.

Riverside achieves these results with efficient resource allocation, spending $11,761 per student—less than several high-performing neighbors including Beck International Academy ($12,773) and Northwood Middle ($12,380). While the nearby Langston Charter Middle outperforms Riverside on some metrics, Langston is a magnet school with a different admissions model and smaller, less diverse student population. For families seeking a comprehensive public middle school in the Greer area, Riverside stands out as the top traditional option, delivering exceptional academics, strong attendance, and a proven track record of success year after year.

1,086

Students ?

17.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,761

Per pupil spending ?

38%

Free/discounted lunch ?

615 Hammett Bridge Road
Greer, SC 29650

(864) 355-7900

District: Greenville 01

Students who attend Riverside Middle usually attend:

High:

Riverside High

Feeder schools for Riverside Middle:

Elementary:

Woodland Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

56.1%

Hispanic:

14.8%

Asian:

14.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 95th percentile in 2016 → 89th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the South Carolina average (68% vs 51% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 11% of South Carolina middle schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Greenville 01

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 6 percentile points since 2016

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school68%

District avg56%

South Carolina avg51%

36^th of 335

South Carolina public middle schools ?

Top 11%▼ down 6 pts since 2016

From top 5% (2016) to top 11% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 19Middle Schools in the Greenville 01

11^th of 75Greenville 01 among South Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	88.2	36 of 335	89.3%	★★★★☆
2025	91.1	24 of 320	92.5%	★★★★★
2024	90.4	26 of 325	92.0%	★★★★★
2023	91.1	23 of 325	92.9%	★★★★★
2022	94.0	17 of 310	94.5%	★★★★★
2021	92.4	21 of 311	93.2%	★★★★★
2019	91.2	27 of 315	91.4%	★★★★★
2018	90.6	24 of 303	92.1%	★★★★★
2017	92.2	22 of 317	93.1%	★★★★★
2016	93.3	15 of 303	95.0%	★★★★★
2015	95.1	13 of 301	95.7%	★★★★★
2014	91.1	16 of 291	94.5%	★★★★★
2013	88.7	17 of 276	93.8%	★★★★★
2012	87.4	18 of 271	93.4%	★★★★★
2011	86.0	21 of 269	92.2%	★★★★★
2010	82.9	26 of 261	90.0%	★★★★★
2009	84.3	22 of 249	91.2%	★★★★★
2008	80.8	33 of 244	86.5%	★★★★☆
2007	85.1	20 of 236	91.5%	★★★★★
2006	88.0	13 of 231	94.4%	★★★★★
2005	91.9	9 of 230	96.1%	★★★★★
2004	91.2	9 of 230	96.1%	★★★★★
2003	91.0	12 of 225	94.7%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	52.9	113 of 257	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	67.5	46 of 252	81.7%	★★★★☆
2024	72.6	35 of 248	85.9%	★★★★☆
2023	73.4	43 of 253	83.0%	★★★★☆
2022	93.6	9 of 249	96.4%	★★★★★
2021	81.2	23 of 235	90.2%	★★★★★
2019	82.1	24 of 252	90.5%	★★★★★
2018	82.8	22 of 237	90.7%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	34.2	10 of 10	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	42.8	6 of 8	25.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	57.2	4 of 7	42.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.7	4 of 6	33.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	21.7	5 of 5	0.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	61.3	3 of 7	57.1%	★★★★☆
2018	59.1	3 of 5	40.0%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	60.0	60 of 191	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2025	73.6	23 of 184	87.5%	★★★★☆
2024	43.9	82 of 177	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	68.4	36 of 187	80.7%	★★★★☆
2022	61.5	50 of 183	72.7%	★★★★☆
2021	76.5	19 of 164	88.4%	★★★★☆
2019	87.7	16 of 195	91.8%	★★★★★
2018	65.7	42 of 194	78.4%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	93.9	8 of 113	92.9%	★★★★★
2025	96.2	5 of 108	95.4%	★★★★★
2024	96.7	4 of 105	96.2%	★★★★★
2023	96.7	2 of 95	97.9%	★★★★★
2022	93.9	3 of 97	96.9%	★★★★★
2021	92.3	3 of 87	96.6%	★★★★★
2019	90.8	9 of 117	92.3%	★★★★★
2018	97.8	2 of 93	97.8%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	87.6	28 of 305	90.8%	★★★★★
2025	91.1	21 of 295	92.9%	★★★★★
2024	90.0	27 of 294	90.8%	★★★★★
2023	89.2	24 of 299	92.0%	★★★★★
2022	92.8	18 of 290	93.8%	★★★★★
2021	90.4	24 of 279	91.4%	★★★★★
2019	89.4	27 of 296	90.9%	★★★★★
2018	89.0	23 of 281	91.8%	★★★★★

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	72.1	40 of 185	78.4%	★★★★☆
2025	77.8	13 of 173	92.5%	★★★★★
2024	73.7	37 of 183	79.8%	★★★★☆
2023	76.2	27 of 185	85.4%	★★★★☆
2022	73.9	37 of 182	79.7%	★★★★☆
2021	73.3	30 of 179	83.2%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	83.7	20 of 159	87.4%	★★★★☆
2025	89.4	10 of 156	93.6%	★★★★★
2024	92.6	7 of 144	95.1%	★★★★★
2023	78.9	24 of 141	83.0%	★★★★☆
2022	89.4	10 of 129	92.2%	★★★★★
2021	74.1	22 of 111	80.2%	★★★★☆
2019	83.4	17 of 139	87.8%	★★★★☆
2018	84.1	19 of 123	84.6%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	72.6	70 of 320	78.1%	★★★★☆
2025	85.1	29 of 307	90.6%	★★★★★
2024	82.5	33 of 307	89.3%	★★★★☆
2023	81.3	43 of 313	86.3%	★★★★☆
2022	92.1	14 of 300	95.3%	★★★★★
2021	88.3	24 of 288	91.7%	★★★★★
2019	81.9	34 of 289	88.2%	★★★★☆
2018	83.7	32 of 280	88.6%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	87.5	32 of 306	89.5%	★★★★☆
2025	90.5	23 of 296	92.2%	★★★★★
2024	89.7	24 of 294	91.8%	★★★★★
2023	91.9	19 of 303	93.7%	★★★★★
2022	94.5	14 of 292	95.2%	★★★★★
2021	93.3	17 of 279	93.9%	★★★★★
2019	92.4	24 of 296	91.9%	★★★★★
2018	91.5	21 of 284	92.6%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2021	86.7	5 of 25	80.0%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	79.4	52 of 268	80.6%	★★★★☆
2025	84.7	38 of 257	85.2%	★★★★☆
2024	81.6	41 of 255	83.9%	★★★★☆
2023	84.9	33 of 260	87.3%	★★★★☆
2022	88.7	26 of 249	89.6%	★★★★☆
2021	87.0	27 of 244	88.9%	★★★★☆
2019	84.7	35 of 258	86.4%	★★★★☆
2018	82.8	37 of 250	85.2%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2026)93rd percentile+4 vs school

Female (2026)91st percentile~ school

Male (2026)90th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)87th percentile~ school

White (2026)81st percentile-9 vs school

Multi-racial (2021)80th percentile-13 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)78th percentile-11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)78th percentile-11 vs school

Disabled (2026)69th percentile-21 vs school

African American (2026)56th percentile-33 vs school

Asian (2025)<1st percentile-92 vs school

By subject vs South Carolina (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts73%+15 vs state

Science70%+18 vs state

Mathematics63%+20 vs state

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by a citizen
Monday, December 9, 2019

by a citizen
Saturday, May 5, 2012

A poor little 13 year old attending Riverside Middle School was recently suspended (and her school record permanently blemished) because she decided to color her hair red with the full permission of her parents. The school abruptly suspended her, stating that red was a "non-human" hair color and therefore in violation of the dress code. Well, not only are there plenty of redheaded HUMAN students at Riverside to refute that, but several other students with multicolored hairdos have never been suspended! To quote the district's response, "rules are rules" however I haven't the foggiest idea which rule book they're reading from. I'm very disappointed with the leadership of this school. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SC READY English Language Arts (2026)			SC READY Mathematics (2026)			SC READY Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SC READY English Language Arts 6th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 7th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 8th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 6th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 7th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 8th Grade	SC READY Science 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Riverside Middle	Public	6-8	615 Hammett Bridge Road	Greer	29650	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-7900	1,086	62	17.5		609 (56.1%)	114 (10.5%)	161 (14.8%)	152 (14.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (4.3%)	88.2	36^th of 335 public middle schools	89.3%		91.1	24^th of 320 public middle schools	92.5%	12	74.4	73.5	72.0	64.1	62.7	61.8	70.3	$11,761	$939	$591	$1,530	$9,482	$749	$10,231
Northwood Middle	Public	6-8	710 Ike's Road	Taylors	29687	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-7000	823	51	16.2		428 (52.0%)	154 (18.7%)	139 (16.9%)	58 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (5.2%)	80	56^th of 335 public middle schools	83.3%		84.8	43^rd of 320 public middle schools	86.6%	13	69.1	66.1	76.4	51.9	47.6	68.2	60.7	$12,380	$1,016	$618	$1,634	$9,938	$808	$10,746
Abner Creek Middle	Public	6-8	221 Gin House Road	Greer	29651	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 05	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(864) 949-2392	644	49	13.1		373 (57.9%)	130 (20.2%)	88 (13.7%)	10 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (6.5%)	76.9	68^th of 335 public middle schools	79.7%					(n/a)	61.6	74.2	70.4	45.9	54.4	59.7	58.3
Greer Middle	Public	6-8	3032 East Gap Creek Road	Greer	29651	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-5800	1,038	63	16.5		446 (43.0%)	188 (18.1%)	343 (33.0%)	8 (0.8%)	5 (0.5%)	3 (0.3%)	45 (4.3%)	51.4	151^st of 335 public middle schools	54.9%		50	142^nd of 320 public middle schools	55.6%	9	54.3	57.7	53.6	40.2	41.0	39.7	53.7	$11,598	$897	$631	$1,527	$9,348	$723	$10,071
Langston Charter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	1950 Woodruff Road	Greenville	29607	Greenville County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(864) 286-9700	457	29	15.7		359 (78.6%)	21 (4.6%)	28 (6.1%)	33 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.5%)	99	5^th of 335 public middle schools	98.5%					(n/a)	93.2	91.3	88.7	88.1	81.1	83.4	89.8
Beck International Academy	Public, Magnet	6-8	901 Woodruff Road	Greenville	29607	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	Yes	No	No	(864) 355-1400	848	53	15.8		370 (43.6%)	299 (35.3%)	102 (12.0%)	24 (2.8%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	47 (5.5%)	78.2	63^rd of 335 public middle schools	81.2%		76.5	65^th of 320 public middle schools	79.7%	2	67.6	68.2	64.4	51.4	56.7	53.8	67.6	$12,773	$995	$660	$1,655	$10,304	$814	$11,118
Sevier Middle	Public	6-8	1000 Piedmont Park Road	Greenville	29609	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-8200	644	41	15.7		352 (54.7%)	86 (13.4%)	142 (22.0%)	17 (2.6%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.8%)	39 (6.1%)	74.4	74^th of 335 public middle schools	77.9%		78.3	62^nd of 320 public middle schools	80.6%	12	55.3	64.7	68.7	51.9	59.0	61.7	57.3	$12,567	$904	$699	$1,603	$10,081	$883	$10,965
Beech Springs Middle	Public	6-8	200 South Danler Road	Duncan	29334	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 05	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 949-7600	584	51	11.4		269 (46.1%)	140 (24.0%)	132 (22.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (6.7%)	58.4	122^nd of 335 public middle schools	63.6%					(n/a)	54.8	58.7	64.2	45.5	42.8	45.6	48.4
D. R. Hill Middle	Public	6-8	1303 Holly Springs Road	Lyman	29365	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 05	No	No	No	No	(864) 949-2370	562	50	11.1		319 (56.8%)	99 (17.6%)	103 (18.3%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.9%)	61.2	112^th of 335 public middle schools	66.6%		51	140^th of 320 public middle schools	56.3%	28	59.0	67.4	58.0	38.5	49.4	46.5	49.4	$14,394	$399	$664	$1,062	$11,785	$1,546	$13,331
Mauldin Middle	Public	6-8	1190 Holland Road	Simpsonville	29681	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-6770	922	54	17.0		437 (47.4%)	278 (30.2%)	129 (14.0%)	19 (2.1%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	55 (6.0%)	71.5	82^nd of 335 public middle schools	75.5%		70.3	82^nd of 320 public middle schools	74.4%		62.9	63.8	74.5	42.2	49.9	51.7	57.1	$11,655	$942	$600	$1,542	$9,342	$771	$10,113

Frequently Asked Questions about Riverside Middle

What is the racial makeup of Riverside Middle?

Students at Riverside Middle are 56% White, 15% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 10% African American, 4% Two or more races.

What district is Riverside Middle in?

Greenville 01

How many students attend Riverside Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,086 students attended Riverside Middle.

What high school do graduates of Riverside Middle attend?

Students who attend Riverside Middle usually go on to attend Riverside High

Is Riverside Middle a good school?

Riverside Middle ranks 36^th of 335 South Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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