[4][5][6][7] Riverdale High School is among the best academically performing high schools in Oregon by various measures, including academic proficiency, graduation rate, college enrollment, and standardized test scores, which are frequently the best in the state.

During the fall term, students participate in Boys and Girls Soccer, Cross-Country and Girls Volleyball, And has a partnership with Gladstone High School (Oregon) for football where they compete in a 4A league.

Snowboard and Ski clubs also exist during winter term.

In spring term, students compete in Golf and Track & Field, as well as Boys and Girls Tennis and Lacrosse.

[14][15] Riverdale's varsity mock trial team in 2005 beat the private school Catlin Gabel for the state championship and went on to nationals in Charlotte, North Carolina where they placed in the top half of the country’s teams.