Riverside High School is a four-year comprehensive

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that serves students in

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through

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s from Riverside Township in Burlington County,

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, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Riverside School District. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 428 students and 36.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 11.6:1. There were 134 students (31.3% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 37 (8.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Riverside High School

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. Accessed December 1, 2022. Students from Delanco Township attend Riverside High School as part of a

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with the

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Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 295th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''

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'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 301st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 281st in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 298th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was the 266th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in ''

'' magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's ''Top Public High Schools''.

Athletics

The Riverside High School RamsRiverside High School

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the

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(BCSL), which consists of nineteen public and non-public high schools covering Burlington County, Mercer County and

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(NJSIAA). With 349 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group I South for most athletic competition purposes. The football team competes in the Horizon Division of the 94-team

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superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I South for football for 2022–2024. The school mascot is Rocky the Ram and the colors are maroon and white. Students from Delran Township, which partly encircles Riverside, had attended the school until 1976. Because of its large high school student population at that time, the school competed in Group III sports programs and was competitive with other large schools. Outside of its annual Thanksgiving Day game against

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, the Rams also had ongoing rivalries with nearby Holy Cross High School,

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and

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in Mount Holly. Since Delran Township established its own high school and the high school grade population dropped at Riverside, the school mostly competes in Group I and some of those rivalries have ended. The Palmyra High School / Riverside football rivalry for the Fred Wilbert Memorial Trophy dates from 1928, and Palmyra leads that series 62-23-3, after a 39-22 victory in 2019; Palmyra has won 19 consecutive games in the series. The boys' basketball team won the Group I title in 1954 (against runner-up

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in the finals of the tournament) and won the Group II state championship in 1959 (vs.

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). The 1954 team won the Group I title with a 57-54 win against Park Ridge in the championship game played at the Elizabeth Armory, finishing the season at 25-0 and becoming the first team in seven years to win a playoff title and complete the season undefeated. The team won the 1959 Group title with a 65-48 victory in the playoff finals against a North Arlington team that had come into the game undefeated. The boys' soccer team won the Group I state championship in 1961 (vs. Blairstown High School), 1976 (as co-champions with

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), 1979 (as co-champion with Chatham Borough High School), 1980 (defeating

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in the final game of the tournament), 1982 (vs.

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) and 1985 (vs. Chatham Borough). The boys' baseball team won the Group I state championships in 1996 (defeating

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in the playoff finals) and 1997 (vs.

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). The 1996 team ended the season with an 18-5 record after defeating Whippany Park by a score of 4-2 in the finals to win the Group I state title. The girls' soccer team defeated Butler High School in the championship game to win the 2005 Group I state title.

The Marching Rams

The Marching Rams compete within USBands,

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, and

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Past shows

Administration

The school's principal is Todd Pae. His core administration team includes two assistant principals.

Notable alumni

* Jim Bailey (1938-2015), singer, film, television / stage actor and female impersonator. *

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(born 1947, class of 1966), former teacher, school administrator and basketball coach at

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. *

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(1915-1979), MLB catcher from 1937-1949.Nowlin, Bill
Hal Wagner

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. Accessed September 19, 2018. "Hal Wagner seems to have attended both Riverton High School and Palmyra High, graduating from Palmyra High in 1934, with letters in baseball and basketball."

References

External links

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