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Enrollment
596
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY·NCES 010222002082
Riverton Elementary School
2615 Winchester Road, Huntsville, AL 35811 · (256) 851-4650 · Madison County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Alabama public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
173 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 9 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 155 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 160 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 138 | 23% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Riverton Elementary School→Riverton Intermediate School
Based on grade levels within Madison County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
81.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
62.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Riverton Elementary School
Riverton Elementary School's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverton Elementary School this school | 596 | 29.0% | 71.8% |
| Ivy Classical Academy Prattville | 619 | 28.3% | N/A |
| Northport Elementary School Northport | 558 | 31.2% | N/A |
| Redland Elementary School Wetumpka | 730 | 25.9% | 69.0% |
| Forest Oaks Elementary School Chelsea | 606 | 29.2% | 58.8% |
| Spanish Fort Elementary School Spanish Fort | 726 | 26.2% | 73.9% |
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 Riverton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #75 of 626 | #10 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #94 of 626 | #12 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #84 of 626 | #12 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #184 of 709 | #20 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #485 of 655 | #40 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #284 of 658 | #36 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.0% | #642 of 696 | #37 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.1% | #62 of 262 | #6 of 17 |
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
596
+124 (+26%) vs 2020
+15% since 2010-11, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 596 | 32.6 | 18.3:1 | 29% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 564 | 33 | 17.1:1 | 31% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 31.8 | 18.3:1 | 29% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 18% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 29.8 | 16.4:1 | 27% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 27 | 15.6:1 | 27% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 519 | 39 | 13.3:1 | 26% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (488 to 596); teachers up 10% (29.8 to 32.6).
About Riverton Elementary School
Riverton Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Huntsville, Alabama. It educates 596 students in pre-K through 3. The typical figure for elementary schools in Alabama is about 480 students.
Madison County is made up of 28 schools with 20,691 students in all.
Riverton Elementary School is 67% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 14% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 5% Native American. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 32.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 18.3:1. That is higher than the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 29%. For comparison, public schools in Madison County average 41%.
Measured against Alabama public elementary schools, Riverton Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Riverton Elementary School is 9.0 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Alabama schools.
Madison County has these Census figures: the median household income is $86,499, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Madison County is home to 89 public schools and about 55,800 public school students.
The closest other public school is Riverton Intermediate School, about 2.1 miles away. Riverton Elementary School has 6 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 57.8% on proficiency, and Riverton Elementary School is above that at 71.8%.
Riverton Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 124 students since 2020-21, to 596. The school's ratio rose from 16.9:1 to 18.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Riverton Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
405,718
Census ACS
Median income
$86,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
55,800 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison County
- Sparkman High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Hazel Green High SchoolHigh · 1,454 students
- Buckhorn High SchoolHigh · 1,320 students
- Meridianville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,100 students
- Monrovia Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Hazel Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 963 students
Other schools in Huntsville
- Virgil Grissom High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Huntsville High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Providence ElementaryElementary · 1,152 students
- Monrovia Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 916 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 877 students
Other Riverton Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Riverton Elementary. Riverton Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Riverton Elementary SchoolRiverton, IL · 515 students
- Riverton ElemRiverton, KS · 313 students
Nearby schools
- Riverton Intermediate School2.1 mi · 872
- Mt Carmel Elementary School2.3 mi · 638
- Buckhorn High School3.3 mi · 1,320
- Buckhorn Middle School3.5 mi · 701
- Madison County Virtual Academy3.8 mi · 513
- Central School4.3 mi · 610
Frequently asked questions
About Riverton Elementary SchoolHow large is Riverton Elementary School?
Riverton Elementary School enrolls approximately 596 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Riverton Elementary School serve?
Riverton Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Riverton Elementary School?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Riverton Elementary School.
How diverse is Riverton Elementary School?
Riverton Elementary School reports a student body of 67% White, 5% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Riverton Elementary School?
Riverton Elementary School is overseen by Madison County in Madison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.