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Riverside High School

3218 Rose Of Sharon Road, Durham, NC, 27712-3130 -

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Definition of Terms

Riverside High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Durham County, NC

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1935 students

% Male / % Female

54% / 46%

Total Classroom Teachers

113 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 660 students

Grade 10 - 494 students

Grade 11 - 419 students

Grade 12 - 362 students

This School

(NC) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:17

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NC) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	2%	2%
% Hispanic	11%	5%
% Black	43%	31%
% White	44%	59%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NC) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

22%

27%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NC) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Durham Public s School District

This School's Agency

(NC) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	46	12
Number of Students Managed	31,893 students	6,210 students
District Total Revenue	$287,793,000	$47,973,000
District Expenditure	$292,801,000	$45,994,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,024	$7,725
District Expenditure / Student	$9,181	$7,406
District Graduation Rates	73%	74%

Salisbury native in World Series pregame ceremony (The Salisbury Post)
posted on October 31, 2009 at 08:25:05 am
A Salisbury native was a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Color Guard that presented the national flag before Thursday's World Series game between the ...
Megan Hodge (GoPSUsports.com)
posted on September 25, 2009 at 03:18:05 pm
Lion Career 2008 (Junior): AVCA First Team All-America ... NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player ... NCAA Regional Chapionship Most Outstanding Player ... First Team AVCA All-Mideast Region ...
Wrestling 49: North Carolina (InterMat)
posted on September 18, 2009 at 06:22:51 am
As the wrestling season's start is fast approaching, InterMat will be taking fans across the United States of America on a tour of scholastic wrestling. Between now until the middle of November, InterMat will introduce you to the top senior wrestlers in the 49 states with scholastic wrestling.
Learning with less in schools (The News & Observer)
posted on August 24, 2009 at 07:36:48 am
Triangle students will walk into schools this week that, like their parents, are tightening their belts as they hope for better days in the future.
Sports Digest: Former Riverside standout to play college baseball (El Paso Times)
posted on August 15, 2009 at 06:20:00 am
EL PASO -- Recent Riverside High School graduate Justin Lopez has signed with Texas A&M International in Laredo.

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Riverside High School is a four-year public high school located in Durham, North Carolina. The current principal is James F. Key III. Opened in 1991 (the first class graduated in 1993), the school currently enrolls approximately 2100 students and is one of seven high schools in the Durham Public School System. The school offers classes on a block schedule on a semester basis, with students taking 4 classes—generally 2 core and 2 elective—each semester. Riverside is an accredited school and is also home to the Durham Public Schools' pre-engineering curriculum which is part of the Project Lead the Way Program.
Riverside's sixteen sports teams are part of the PAC-6 Conference, which includes schools in Durham County and the neighboring counties of Orange and Person. The school has fielded several state champions in wrestling, men's lacrosse, and volleyball.
Recent Events
On October 5, 2006, a fourteen-year-old student was robbed behind the school around 3 p.m. The robbers stole $15 and an iPod, but no weapon was used. When the student told his mother, she took a rifle and searched for the thieves. Although the woman was only seen in the woods near the school, reports came in that someone was in the school with a weapon. This forced the four hundred students still in the school at 3 o'clock to go in a short lockdown. A Durham police officer's daughter sent a text message to him informing her about the lockdown. Soon police officers and sheriff's deputies entered the school. Only later did the students and teachers learn that in fact there were no weapons on campus at any time.
In 2007, Riverside was ranked as the 834th best high school in America by Newsweek.
Notable alumni
Megan Hodge, Gatorade National Player of the Year for volleyball as a high school senior in 2006, Penn State Volleyball Player, 2007 NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player, Two-time AVCA First Team All-American.
Weslye Saunders, University of South Carolina Defensive End
Curtis Byrd, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill H-back/Fullback
Colton Palmer, national record for most career wrestling wins (284 with 6 losses) in 4 years, and 2-time NC state wrestling champion
Rami Ghanayem, Four-Year Starter, North Carolina State Men's Soccer Team, Midfielder, Four-Year Academic-All ACC
Bob Kercher, Two Time High School All American Lacrosse Player, Midfielder for University of Maryland.
Chris Feifs, Major League Lacrosse Player for the Boston Cannons
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