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Enrollment
562
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOOVER CITY·NCES 010000702091
Riverchase Elementary School
1950 Old Montgomery Highway, Hoover, AL 35244 · (205) 439-3400 · Shelby County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
221 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
59.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Riverchase Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverchase Elementary School this school | 562 | 39.3% | 66.3% |
| Ogletree Elementary School Auburn | 523 | 35.8% | 72.4% |
| Trace Crossings Elementary School Hoover | 769 | 37.5% | 70.2% |
| Auburn Early Education Center Auburn | 492 | 44.7% | N/A |
| Richland Elementary School Auburn | 426 | 37.6% | N/A |
| Cary Woods Elementary School Auburn | 439 | 44.4% | N/A |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Riverchase Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #116 of 626 | #10 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #113 of 626 | #9 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #166 of 626 | #13 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #218 of 709 | #16 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #30 of 655 | #3 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #20 of 658 | #2 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.3% | #580 of 696 | #13 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #100 of 364 | #2 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
562
-105 (-16%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 636
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 562 | 41.5 | 13.5:1 | 39% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 43 | 14.3:1 | 38% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 44 | 13.7:1 | 34% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 667 | 50 | 13.3:1 | 28% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 13% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 678 | 43 | 15.8:1 | 19% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | 45 | 14.1:1 | 20% (127) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverchase Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (697 to 562); teachers down 12% (47 to 41.5).
About Riverchase Elementary School
Riverchase Elementary School is an elementary school in Hoover, Alabama, according to federal school records. It enrolled 562 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Hoover City serves 13,632 students across 16 schools.
At Riverchase Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 46%. The remaining shares are 25% Black, 12% Asian, 10% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Shelby County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school's share is lower. Riverchase Elementary School's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.5:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. The school's lunch program data list 39% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Compared with Alabama schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Riverchase Elementary School's results are 11.0 points above predicted: 66.3% against 55.4%.
Among Shelby County residents, the median household income is $97,961, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Riverchase Elementary School, Shelby County has 47 other public schools.
Hoover High School is the closest public school, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 66.3% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Riverchase Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment has fallen by 105 students since 2020-21, to 562.
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Shelby County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,211
Census ACS
Median income
$97,961
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
35,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hoover City
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 2,919 students
- Spain Park High SchoolHigh · 1,472 students
- Robert F Bumpus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,192 students
- Berry Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,058 students
- Ira F Simmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 860 students
- Trace Crossings Elementary SchoolElementary · 769 students
Other schools in Hoover
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 2,919 students
- Spain Park High SchoolHigh · 1,472 students
- Robert F Bumpus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,192 students
- Berry Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,058 students
- Ira F Simmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 860 students
- Trace Crossings Elementary SchoolElementary · 769 students
Nearby schools
- Hoover High School1.8 mi · 2,919
- Gwin Elementary School2.2 mi · 508
- Trace Crossings Elementary School2.2 mi · 769
- Ira F Simmons Middle School2.3 mi · 860
- Green Valley Elementary School2.5 mi · 501
- Robert F Bumpus Middle School3.1 mi · 1,192
Frequently asked questions
About Riverchase Elementary SchoolHow large is Riverchase Elementary School?
Riverchase Elementary School enrolls approximately 562 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Riverchase Elementary School serve?
Riverchase Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Riverchase Elementary School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Riverchase Elementary School.
How diverse is Riverchase Elementary School?
Riverchase Elementary School reports a student body of 46% White, 10% Hispanic, 25% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Riverchase Elementary School public or private?
Riverchase Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hoover City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.