Riverside Academy

Cambridge · MN · Cambridge-Isanti Public School Dist · Public

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Riverside Academy IS → Moving Forward → Norse Area Learning Center → Chisago County Schools' Life Work C → Rum River East Education Program → RUM RIVER SOUTH → Step → Community School Credit Recovery →

At a glance

Academic signals

AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
4-yr grad rate: 24% in 2019 (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Riverside Academy compares for families

What families should know about Riverside Academy.

▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Riverside Academy IS, Moving Forward, Norse Area Learning Center and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

0.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

4-year graduation rate

24%

Range: 20–29%

4-year cohort size

Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years

Compared against

17,988

US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.

‍ Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

50.0%

Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

16.7%

Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

60.0%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Your state's public flagship

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

77%

admit rate

$17,214

in-state tuition/yr · $38,362 out-of-state

1310–1480

SAT 25–75 · ACT 27–31

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $16,778/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

See the full University of Minnesota-Twin Cities profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor

40:1

Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.

Counselor FTE

1.0

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +1.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 40 students:

2025

2027

2029

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Riverside Academy IS CAMBRIDGE	Public	0.0	34	—
Moving Forward CAMBRIDGE	Public	0.0	23	—
Norse Area Learning Center NORTH BRANCH	Public	12.6	41	—
Chisago County Schools' Life Work C NORTH BRANCH	Public	12.8	29	—
Rum River East Education Program CAMBRIDGE	Public	4.0	—	—
RUM RIVER SOUTH CAMBRIDGE	Public	4.9	—	—
Step FOREST LAKE	Public	20.5	47	—
Community School Credit Recovery FOREST LAKE	Public	20.6	34	—

At a glance

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Riverside Academy is a public high school in Cambridge, MN, enrolling 40 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 24% in the latest EDFacts release.

It has about 40 students per school counselor.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

What is Riverside Academy's graduation rate? Riverside Academy's federal four-year graduation rate was about 24% in the latest EDFacts release.

How many students attend Riverside Academy? Riverside Academy is a public high school in Cambridge, MN, enrolling 40 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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