Riverbend Treatment Center
Public high school in St Joseph, Missouri · Division of Youth Service · Grades 6–12
Riverbend Treatment Center serves 17 students in grades 6–12 in St Joseph (Buchanan County). It is one of 24 schools in Division of Youth Service. By enrollment it is the 547th largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 3.4 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Missouri high school (12.2).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 558 Missouri high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 5 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | Division of Youth Service |
| County | Buchanan County |
| Area type | City, small |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 290000902712 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Division of Youth Service | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 17 | 496 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 3.4 | 6.7 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 82.4% | 84.8% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 1% of Missouri high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Riverbend Treatment Center in context
Size
Of the 24 high schools in Division of Youth Service, Riverbend Treatment Center is the 14th largest, with 3.4% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 11.1 miles away and have a median of 530 students, so Riverbend Treatment Center is smaller than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 10 with 6 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 1, against an average of 3 per grade. This year grade 12 has 300% more students than grade 7 (4 against 1). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
White students are the largest group, at 52.9% of enrollment, a lower share than across Division of Youth Service (60.5%). Black students are next, at 41.2%.
82.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 84.8% across Division of Youth Service and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 41.2% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Riverbend Treatment Center has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 3.4 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 17 students would have about 1.4 teachers, so Riverbend Treatment Center has 3.6 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other high school is Central High School, 4.1 miles away in St. Joseph School District. There is 1 high school within 5 miles and 4 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 52.9% |
| Black | 41.2% |
| Two or more races | 5.9% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 7 | 1 |
| Grade 8 | 1 |
| Grade 9 | 4 |
| Grade 10 | 6 |
| Grade 11 | 1 |
| Grade 12 | 4 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
5910 Mitchell Ave, St Joseph, MO 64507
Phone: (816)390-9801
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Riverbend Treatment Center. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central High School | St. Joseph | 4.1 mi | 1,733 | 16.4 | 37.6% |
| Lafayette High School | St. Joseph | 5.8 mi | 644 | 12.2 | 100% |
| Benton High School | St. Joseph | 6.1 mi | 682 | 13.4 | 46.9% |
| Mid-Buchanan Senior High School | Mid-Buchanan County R-V | 9.0 mi | 415 | 13.9 | 17.8% |
| East Buchanan High School | East Buchanan County C-1 (025076) | 13.1 mi | 255 | 13.5 | 22.4% |
| Stewartsville High School | Stewartsville C-2 | 13.2 mi | 94 | 8.3 | 28.7% |
| Savannah High School | Savannah R-III | 13.7 mi | 752 | 16.2 | 30.7% |
| Dekalb Junior-Senior High School | Buchanan County R-IV | 15.0 mi | 120 | 7.5 | 26.7% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Division of Youth Service
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bissell Hall | High | 6–12 | 22 |
| Camp Avery Park Camp | High | 6–12 | 18 |
| Datema House | High | 5–12 | 10 |
| Excel School | High | 6–12 | 23 |
| Fort Bellefontaine Campus | High | 6–12 | 12 |
| Fulton Treatment Center | High | 6–12 | 30 |
| Gateway School | High | 5–12 | 11 |
| Gentry Residential Treat. Fac. | High | 6–12 | 22 |
| Girardot Center for Youth | High | 5–12 | 24 |
| Hogan St Regional Youth Center | High | 6–12 | 17 |
| Langsford House | High | 5–12 | 11 |
| Lewis and Clark Hall | High | 6–12 | 14 |
| Met Day Treatment Center | High | 6–12 | 11 |
| Mt. Vernon Treatment Center | High | 6–12 | 26 |
| New Day - Day Treatment | High | 6–12 | 22 |
| Northwest Reg. Youth Center | High | 6–12 | 20 |
| Sierra-Osage Treatment Center | High | 5–12 | 14 |
| Sikeston Hope Center | High | 6–12 | 11 |
| Twin Rivers | High | 6–12 | 10 |
| W. E. Sears Youth Center | High | 5–12 | 54 |
| Watkins Mill Park Camp | High | 6–12 | 46 |
| Waverly Regional Youth Center | High | 6–12 | 28 |
| Wilson Creek Group Home | High | 6–12 | 12 |