At A Glance

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We invite you to navigate our website and learn why past and present students and their families so cherish their involvement with Riverview School.

• Co-educational, boarding school services 180 students ages 12–20 in the middle and secondary program, and ages 19–22 in the post-secondary program (GROW) with a 5-week summer option.
• IQ within 70 – 100 range.
• No significant behavioral or emotional problems.
• Gentle, friendly, naïve.
• Accepts adolescents and young adults with complex language, learning and cognitive disabilities.
• Current enrollment includes students from 29 states and 4 international countries.
• Thematic, integrated, language-based curriculum, taught by licensed falculty.
• Located on Route 6A on scenic Cape Cod on a rural, 16-acre seaside setting, 75 miles from Boston, MA and Providence, RI.
• Extensive direct instruction in English Language Arts and Math.
• Support provided by speech/language pathologists and reading specialists.
• Typical teenage activities and “no-cut” athletic program.
• Boarding school which fosters independence and self-determination through the development of student competence in social and independent living skills.
• Real-life opportunities in the community to generalize skills.
• Health care services provided by full-time registered nurses.
• Safe, supportive, structured "family school."

Read the Parents Guide to Special Education, which can be downloaded at www.guidetoprivatespecileducation.org
Riverview is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), licensed by the Department of Early Education and Care (DEEC) and approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).


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