📍 302 Country Club Dr, Ellwood City, Beaver County, 16117
Riverside MS is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Ellwood City, Beaver County. The school has 324 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Riverside Beaver County SD school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Riverside MS enrolls 324 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% White, 1.5% Two or more races and 1.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 313 | 97% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 1.2% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
143 of the school's 324 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 130 qualify for free lunch and 13 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 MS is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 PA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 47, state house district 10.
Riverside MS is one of 3 schools in Riverside Beaver County SD, based in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. The district serves 1,442 students district-wide and employs 94 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 324 students, Riverside MS is smaller than the district average of about 481 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe