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1715 Vine Avenue
P.O. Box B
Riverside, IA 52327-0481
Phone: (319) 657-4180
Fax: (319) 648-4055

District schools: Riverside Attendance Center (grades K-6), Ainsworth Attendance Center (grades K-6), Highland Junior/Senior High (grades 7-12)

District officials: Ira Cunningham, superintendent

Edward Pundt, high school principal

Beverly Bailey, elementary principal

General operating budget: $4,500,000

Staff: 75

Graduation rate: 99 percent
The average elementary student is present in 98 percent of class days.
The average junior/senior high student is present in 91 percent of class days.

School board members: Denny Klein, president; Craig Sley, vice president; Mike Roberts, Rodney Cole, Vaughn Davisson, Sandra Duwa, Teresa Greiner, Bev Colbert, secretary

Students must be 5 years of age by Sept. 1 before starting kindergarten

District enrollment: 673
Elementary schools: 350
Junior/senior high: 323

The average class in the district has 13 students
There are 12.7 students for every staff member in the district

To register for classes: Call the school your child will be attending.

Iowa Tests of Basic Skills scores
Seventh grade: reading, 70; math, 57; language, 45; spelling, 44
Eighth grade: reading, 47; math, 58; language, 48; spelling, 37

Iowa Tests of Educational Development scores
Ninth grade: reading, 69; expression, 79; quantitative thinking, 75
Tenth grade: reading, 53; expression, 63; quantitative thinking, 68
Eleventh grade: reading, 45; expression, 74; quantitative thinking, 66

Average ACT score: composite, 21.3; verbal, 21; math, 20; science reasoning, 22
Average SAT score: not taken

Busing/transportation availability and requirements: Most students are eligible for busing

Type of grading scale in use:
Elementary Grades K-1: Plus, check, minus
Elementary Grades 2-6: A, B, C, D, Unsatisfactory
Jr./Sr. High: A-F

Student enrollment distribution by ethnicity in the following categories: African American, 0.3 percent; Asian, 0 percent; Caucasian, 95.67 percent; Hispanic/Latino, 3.98 percent; Native American, 0 percent
Minority teachers: 0 percent