The new renovations included updated classrooms and improvements to the auditorium, as well as a new weight room, sports vailiion and football field.

If successful, they graduated with both a Regents Diploma and a CTE endorsement in their academy from Buffalo Public Schools.

Riverside also had multiple community partners, including Medaille College, HSBC, Kaleida Health, and the National Academy Foundation.

[6] In 1990, Riverside was named a School of Excellence by New York State for its high test scores and attendance.

[7] It held this distinction for a number of years, but was placed on New York State's list of Persistently Lowest Achieving schools in 2010 due to poor test results and graduation rates.