Rivers Facts

Rivers Facts 2012-2013
  • 480 students from 70 Massachusetts towns
  • 6:1 student/teacher ratio
  • Average class size: 12 students
  • 38 honors and Advanced Placement courses
  • Median SAT Reading: 660; Median SAT Math: 665; Median SAT Writing: 670; Median ACT: 28
  • 26% of student body receives financial assistance
  • Since 2003, Rivers has offered a unique Conservatory Program to talented Upper School student musicians.
  • Rivers graduates are currently attending Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Princeton, Duke, Georgetown, Cornell,  Davidson, Northwestern, Washington University, Wesleyan, Hamilton, Colby, Bates, Tufts, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Boston College, Johns Hopkins, Emory, Wellesley, Carnegie-Mellon, New England Conservatory of Music, and other outstanding four-year colleges and universities.
  • In 2012, juniors and seniors took 179 Advanced Placement exams in 17 different subjects. Seventy-two percent of the scores were 4s and 5s, with 44 percent being 5s. Ninety-one percent were 3 and above.
  • In fall 2012, eight students received National Merit honors.
  • Thirty-seven students received honors in the 2013 Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards competition, including seven Gold Keys, ten Silver Keys and 20 Honorable Mentions. At the 2012 SISAL art competition Rivers students received 24 awards, including eight first-place prizes, seven second-place prizes, three third-place prizes, and six honorable mentions.
  • The Rivers Big Band was awarded a gold medal at the 2013 MAJE Northeast District Big Band Competition. Jamie Juviler ’14, Richard Oates ’14, and John Nydam ’15 received MVP awards. The band placed second at the 2013 Berklee College of Music's National High School Jazz Festival. The Big Band also won the prestigious Spirit Award at the 2012 Charles Mingus Competition at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, and Jeremiah Campanelli ’12 and James Hotchkiss ’14 were recognized with outstanding soloist awards on drums and bass, respectively.
  • Eight Upper School students performed in the 2013 Eastern District Festival in January and six of those students were invited to perform in March 2013 at the All-State Honors Chorus and Orchestra Festival.
  • The Rivers boys' varsity soccer team won the 2012 Class B NEPSAC New England Championship. The boys' varsity ski team took First Place in the 2012 Class C and the 2013 Class B NEPSAC New England Championships. Both the boys' and girls' varsity basketball teams won the 2012 Rivers Holiday Tournament. In 2011-12, the varsity field hockey and girls' varsity basketball teams won NEPSAC New England Championships, and the boys' varsity ice hockey team won the 2012 ISL Eberhart Championship. Maclaine Lehan '14 was named a 2012 Boston Globe All-Scholastic in soccer.
  • During 2011-2012, Rivers had 29 All-Independent School League (ISL) athletes, 27 athletes received All-League honorable mentions, and three received All-League or New England MVP awards. Eleven athletes were selected for the All-New England distinction, two were named All-State, and six were named New England All-Star selections. One Rivers athlete was named Boston Globe All-Scholastic.  
  • The Rivers football team was named 2010 ISL co-champions, finishing with an undefeated regular season (8-0) and an invitation to the NEPSAC New England Norm Walker Bowl at Gillette Stadium. 
  • Each year the student-run philanthropic organization, “Rivers Givers,” raises money and distributes grants to local non-profit foundations. The group has raised and awarded $80,000 in grants in the last eight years.
  • In November 2012, seven Rivers students won Best Speaker honors at the regional debate sponsored by the New England Region of Junior Statesman of America.
  • Three Rivers students won honors at the 2012 Columbia Model UN Conference for their performances. Sam Berger ’13 won as Outstanding Delegate and Marissa Birne '15 and Sam Stulin '14 won Commendations.
  • The literary magazine The Current was awarded “First Place” in the 2011 American Scholastic Press Association's national competition and the "Superior" designation from the National Council of Teachers of English.
  • In the summer of 2012, six Rivers students completed science internships at prominent research centers such as Children’s Hospital Boston and Boston University Medical Center, while four students did business internships at Boston-area investment banking and private equity start-up firms.
  • During winter break, students spent a week in New Orleans helping the community rebuild from the lingering effects of Hurricane Katrina. During spring break, a group of students studying Chinese traveled throughout China visiting historic and cultural sites.