Photo: Nmaviano · CC BY-SA 3.0Riverside’s public schools outscore 93% of Illinois districts
53% of students in Riverside’s public schools are proficient in reading, above the Illinois average (30%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Riverside, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.
From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Riverside’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 269 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Riverside’s, its schools beat 88%, lower than their 93% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Riverside runs its own schools through grade 8, then shares
L J Hauser Jr High School (6–8) is Riverside’s own. From grade 9, students attend the Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 with Brookfield, North Riverside and Riverside: Riverside Brookfield Twp HS in Riverside. The high school’s own results earn an A, the highest on the path. See the path ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 53% and math 46% across both districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 94% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Riverside School District 96 spends $20,984 per student and Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 $20,777, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Riverside’s grade
A: better than 93% of Illinois school districts, #39 of 768 Illinois towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Illinois average; test scores are the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Riverside, with each school’s own grade.
6th grade in Riverside
L J Hauser Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 597 students · 13:1 students per teacher
7th grade in Riverside
L J Hauser Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 597 students · 13:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Riverside
L J Hauser Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 597 students · 13:1 students per teacher
9th grade in Riverside
Riverside Brookfield Twp HS
Grades 9–12 · 1,663 students · 16:1 students per teacher
10th grade in Riverside
Riverside Brookfield Twp HS
Grades 9–12 · 1,663 students · 16:1 students per teacher
11th grade in Riverside
Riverside Brookfield Twp HS
Grades 9–12 · 1,663 students · 16:1 students per teacher
12th grade in Riverside
Riverside Brookfield Twp HS
Grades 9–12 · 1,663 students · 16:1 students per teacher
Riverside runs its own schools through grade 8 (Riverside School District 96). From grade 9, students attend the Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208, shared with Brookfield, North Riverside and Riverside. Its elementary school is in Riverside. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Two districts serve Riverside
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Riverside vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Riverside’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Riverside | A | Riverside School District 96 PK–8 · Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 9–12 |
| Lyons | D | Lyons School District 103 PK–8 · J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 9–12 |
| Lyons Township | A− | Lyons Township High School District 204 9–12 · Argo Community High School District 217 9–12 |
| North Riverside | A | Riverside School District 96 PK–8 · Komarek School District 94 PK–8 · Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 9–12 |
| Brookfield | A | Riverside School District 96 PK–8 · Brookfield Lagrange Park SD 95 K–8 · Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 9–12 |
2 of the 4 neighbors share Riverside School District 96 with Riverside for grades PK–8, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Riverside
6 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Riverside’s schools
Are Riverside’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Riverside children attend outscore 93% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A Schools grade, #39 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 88%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Riverside in?
Two districts: Riverside School District 96 runs grades PK–8, and Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 runs grades 9–12, shared with Brookfield, North Riverside and Riverside.
Where do Riverside kids go to high school?
Riverside Brookfield Twp HS, with 1,663 students; its own test results earn an A.
What is Riverside’s graduation rate?
94% of the class of 2023 in Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Riverside spend per student?
$20,984 in Riverside School District 96 and $20,777 in Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Riverside families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.