📍 458 Riverside Street, Pendleton, Anderson County, 29670
Riverside Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Pendleton, Anderson County. The school has 426 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Anderson 04 school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 48% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Riverside Middle enrolls 426 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% White, 15% Black or African American and 7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 303 | 71% |
| Black or African American | 62 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 6.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
267 of the school's 426 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 244 qualify for free lunch and 23 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 Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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 SC-30, state senate district 3, state house district 6.
Riverside Middle is one of 6 schools in Anderson 04, based in Pendleton, South Carolina. The district serves 3,076 students district-wide and employs 206 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 426 students, Riverside Middle is smaller than the district average of about 513 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize