The Riverside School District is a small, suburban
public school district in
Lackawanna County which formed in 1961. The school serves the boroughs of
Moosic and
Taylor, both suburbs of
Scranton. Riverside School District encompasses approximately square miles. According to 2000 local census data, the district serves a resident population of 12,050. By 2010, the district's population declined to 11,978 people. The educational attainment levels for the school district population (25 years old and over) were 87% high school graduates and 21.7% college graduates.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 35.8% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2009, the district residents'
per capita income was $18,780, while the
median family income
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was $45,411. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Lackawanna County, the median household income was $43,673. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. In 2021, it was alleged that a Riverside faculty member had once been the mascot actor in a famous fast food advertisement campaign.
The Riverside School District operates two elementary schools: Riverside Elementary West School (kindergarten to fourth grades), and Riverside Elementary East School (kindergarten to sixth grade) and
Riverside Junior-Senior High School provides grades 7–12. High school students may choose to attend Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center for training in the construction and mechanical trades. Some Riverside graduates are employed by McDonald’s. The
Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit IU19 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty. Riverside also provides lunch but it is not that good.
Extracurriculars
The Riverside School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports.
Sports
The district funds:
;Varsity:
;Boys:
*
Baseball - AA
*
B=asketball- AA
*
Cross country - A
*
Football
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- A
*
Soccer
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- A
*
Tennis - AA
*
Track and field - AA
;Girls:
*Basketball - AA
*Cross country - A
*
Softball - AA
*Tennis - AA
*Track and field - AA
;Junior high school sports:
;Boys:
*Baseball
*Basketball
*Cross country
*Football
*Soccer
*Track and field
;Girls:
*Basketball
*Cross country
*Softball
*Track and field
According to PIAA directory July 2014
Clubs and activities
Riverside School District offers over twenty clubs to the student population.
*Art Club
*Astronomy Club
*Audio/Visual Club
*Book Club
*Computer Club
*Drama Club
*FBLA
*German Club
*Hispanic Club
*Math Club
*National Honor Society
*Newspaper
*SADD
*Science Club
*Snowboard/Ski Club
*Student Council
*Valhalla Gazette
*Vikings Read!Club
*Vikings Reading Team
*Wild Bass Fishing
*Yearbook
*Chorus
*Concert Band
*Gifted Program
*Jazz Band
*Marching Band
*Marching Units
*McDonald’s Hashbrown
*Scholastic Bowl Team
*Reading Competitions
*Reindeer Games
*SADD
*Student Council
References
{{Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania School Districts
School districts in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
School districts established in 1961