Riverview Gardens Senior High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · St Louis, Missouri
Riverview Gardens Senior High in St Louis, Missouri enrolled 1,246 students in 2024-25 with 78.1 full-time teachers, 16.0 students per teacher against the Missouri high-school median of 12.2. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 33% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 2% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Missouri: 43.2% and 40.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 67% (Missouri: 89.3%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 6% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 19%
1,331 students in 2022-23, 1,262 students in 2023-24, 1,246 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 65.8 to 78.1.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,331 | 65.8 | 20.2 |
| 2023-24 | 1,262 | 72.1 | 17.5 |
| 2024-25 | 1,246 | 78.1 | 16.0 |
16.0 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 85 of every 100 Missouri high schools
Among the 556 Missouri high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 12.2; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
7 AP courses and one counselor per 392 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Riverview Gardens Senior High enrolled 1,568 students and had 4.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 322 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses7
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)4.0, one per 392 of the 1,568 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions322
- Chronically absent62.4% (2022-23)
Who attends
96.7% of students were Black, 2.1% Hispanic, 0.7% White in 2024-25.
- Black96.7%
- Hispanic2.1%
- White0.7%
- American Indian0.4%
- Asian0.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Riverview Gardens Senior High scored proficient or above: 33% in reading in 2021-22 and 2% in math in 2022-23, against 43.2% in reading in 2021-22 and 40.3% in math in 2022-23 across Missouri. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Missouri, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | Missouri |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 33% | 11% | 43.2% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 2% | 2% (2021-22) | 40.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
67% of the 290 students in Riverview Gardens Senior High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 89.3% across Missouri. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | Missouri | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 67% | 67% | 89.3% |
| Students in the class | 290 | 290 | 67,017 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in St Louis
32 public high schools in St Louis report 2024-25 enrollment; Riverview Gardens Senior High is number 7 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ritenour Senior High | 2,041 | 19.9 | 100.0% |
| Oakville Senior High | 1,847 | 16.2 | 14.1% |
| Ladue Horton Watkins High | 1,395 | 14.7 | 9.8% |
| Mehlville High School | 1,388 | 13.6 | 31.2% |
| Hazelwood East High | 1,310 | 25.5 | 61.9% |
| Webster Groves High | 1,253 | 14.1 | 12.3% |
| Riverview Gardens Senior High | 1,246 | 16.0 | 53.3% |
| North High | 990 | 13.9 | 25.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Riverview Gardens Senior High
- Hazelwood East HighThe nearest public high school, 1.9 miles away: 1,310 students, 25.5 per teacher (2024-25).1.9 mi
- Jennings HighThe next nearest public high school, 3.0 miles away: 666 students, 14.4 per teacher (2024-25).3.0 mi
- Compare Riverview Gardens Senior High with Hazelwood East HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Riverview Gardens spends per student$12,486 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,486
- The largest public schools in MissouriRiverview Gardens Senior High is the number 79 by size of 560 Missouri high schools open in 2024-25.#79 of 560
- Missouri schools by students per teacher16.0 students per teacher here against the Missouri median of 12.2 for high schools.16.0:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Riverview Gardens Senior High
How many students attend Riverview Gardens Senior High?
1,246 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,331 in 2022-23. It is a high school in St Louis, MO.What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverview Gardens Senior High?
16.0 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Missouri median for high schools is 12.2. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Riverview Gardens Senior High a Title I school?
Riverview Gardens Senior High ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Riverview Gardens Senior High do on state tests?
The students tested at Riverview Gardens Senior High scored proficient or above: 33% in reading in 2021-22 and 2% in math in 2022-23, against 43.2% in reading in 2021-22 and 40.3% in math in 2022-23 across Missouri. Missouri's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at Riverview Gardens Senior High?
67% of the 290 students in Riverview Gardens Senior High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 89.3% across Missouri. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Riverview Gardens Senior High in?
Riverview Gardens, NCES district ID 2926670. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 292667001586 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.