Schools in rural Canadian areas had a growing trend of becoming consolidated in the early 1900s, with New Brunswick supporting the creation of them through 1903 legislation.

[3] Riverside Consolidated School was built in 1905, designed by architect Watson Elkinah Reid.

[3] Established as a consolidated school, it previously served high school-level students.

[5] In 2015, the Anglophone East School District held a council meeting addressing the potential closure for the school, which local residents campaigned against citing concerns such as the lengthy busing distance to the closest alternative in Hillsborough.

[8] Riverside Consolidated School still features a distinctive escape chute on the schoolbuilding.