Riverside High School | |
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Location | |
112 East Washington Street Riverside, NJ 08075 |
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Information | |
Type | Public high school |
School district | Riverside School District |
Principal | Todd Pae |
Asst. principals | Buddy Micucci (Athletic Director) Ryan Varga (Activities) |
Faculty | 37.8 FTEs |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 436 (as of 2014-15) |
Student to teacher ratio | 11.5:1 |
Color(s) |
Maroon and white |
Athletics conference | Burlington County Scholastic League |
Mascot | Rocky the Ram |
Team name | Rams |
Website | School website |
Riverside High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Riverside Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Riverside School District.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 436 students and 37.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1. There were 161 students (36.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 44 (10.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Students from Delanco Township attend Riverside High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Delanco Township School District.
The school was the 295th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 301st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 281st in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 298th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was the 266th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.
The Riverside High School Rams compete in the Burlington County Scholastic League (BCSL), which consists of nineteen public and non-public high schools covering Burlington County, Mercer County and Ocean County in Central Jersey, operating under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 329 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 78 to 478 students in that grade range. The school mascot is Rocky the Ram and the colors are maroon and white.