📍 3225 River Road, Bridge City, Jefferson Parish, 70094
Riverside Alternative High School is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Bridge City, Jefferson Parish. The school has 53 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Office of Juvenile Justice school district. It serves grades 1–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 7.6:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 15%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Riverside Alternative High School enrolls 53 students across grades 1–12. The student body is 100% male and 0% female. A teaching staff of 7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 7.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% Black or African American, 34% White and 3.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 31 | 58% |
| White | 18 | 34% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
32 of the school's 53 students (60%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 31 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Riverside Alternative High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-20, state senate district 8, state house district 83.
Riverside Alternative High School is one of 4 schools in Office of Juvenile Justice, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The district serves 264 students district-wide and employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 53 students, Riverside Alternative High School is smaller than the district average of about 66 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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