Riverside High School
Public high school in El Paso, Texas · Ysleta ISD · Grades 9–12
Riverside High School serves 952 students in grades 9–12 in El Paso (El Paso County). It is one of 48 schools in Ysleta ISD. By enrollment it is the 607th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 15 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 63.38 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Ysleta ISD |
| County | El Paso County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484668005337 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Ysleta ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 952 | 34,062 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 15 | 14.6 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 86.3% | 79% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 59% of Texas 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.
Riverside High School in context
Size
Riverside High School is the 7th largest of Ysleta ISD's 11 high schools; its 952 students are 2.8% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 1.9 miles away with a median enrollment of 166; Riverside High School is larger 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 9 with 285 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 213, against an average of 238 per grade. This year grade 12 has 21% fewer students than grade 9 (224 against 285). 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
The largest group is Hispanic students: 98.9% here and 96.1% across Ysleta ISD.
86.3% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 79% across Ysleta ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 63.38 full-time-equivalent teachers for 952 students, Riverside High School has 15 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 952 students would have about 68 teachers, so Riverside High School has 4.6 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Riverside High School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Cesar Chavez Academy, 0.6 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 36 other high schools, 16 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 98.9% |
| Black | 0.5% |
| White | 0.5% |
46.7% of students are girls and 53.3% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 285 |
| Grade 10 | 230 |
| Grade 11 | 213 |
| Grade 12 | 224 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
301 Midway Dr., El Paso, TX 79915
Phone: (915)434-7000
Website: riverside.yisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Riverside High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar Chavez Academy | Ysleta ISD | 0.6 mi | 82 | 3.2 | 97.6% |
| Valle Verde Early College High School | Ysleta ISD | 1.4 mi | 273 | 14 | 65.9% |
| Thrive Academy | Ysleta ISD | 1.6 mi | 113 | 5.5 | 92% |
| Bel Air High School | Ysleta ISD | 1.8 mi | 1,866 | 16.1 | 83.3% |
| Young Women's Leadership Academy | Ysleta ISD | 2.0 mi | 320 | 15 | 59.7% |
| Premier High School-El Paso Eastpointe | Premier High Schools | 2.7 mi | 125 | 17.9 | 82.4% |
| Delta Academy | El Paso ISD | 2.8 mi | 53 | 3.8 | 84.9% |
| El Paso Academy | El Paso Academy | 2.8 mi | 206 | 34.3 | 79.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.