Opened in 2004, Riverbend is Spotsylvania County's newest high school.

The high school has an enrollment of around 2,000 students in grades 9–12.

Riverbend High School is part of the AAA Commonwealth District and offers volleyball, boys' and girls' tennis, lacrosse, cross country, boys' and girls' soccer, field hockey, cheerleading, football, golf, boys' and girls' basketball, wrestling, swimming, baseball, softball, and spring track and field.

Under the current direction of Zachary Wadsworth, the Riverbend Bands have been performing since the school's opening in 2004.

An advanced honors band for those interested in other music is the Left Bank Jazz Ensemble, which performs at concerts and go on a field trip in December to Wilderness ES and Brock Road ES for a Christmas Tour.