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Enrollment
872
Middle
DISTRICT 877 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY·NCES 010222002178
Riverton Intermediate School
399 Homer Nance Road, Huntsville, AL 35811 · (256) 851-4640 · Madison County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL872 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Alabama public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
283 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 285 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 307 | 35% |
| Grade 6 | 280 | 32% |
Student demographics
59%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
Based on grade levels within Madison County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
60.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Intermediate School
Riverton Intermediate School's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverton Intermediate School this school | 872 | 32.5% | 67.0% |
| Daphne Middle School Daphne | 861 | 30.7% | 52.8% |
| Buckhorn Middle School New Market | 701 | 34.4% | 46.6% |
| Homewood Middle School Homewood | 1,000 | 28.3% | 72.8% |
| Monrovia Middle School Huntsville | 988 | 31.8% | 52.2% |
| Chelsea Middle School Chelsea | 831 | 29.0% | 62.3% |
Matched among Alabama middle 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 Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #27 of 260 | #2 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #13 of 260 | #2 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #26 of 260 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 872 | #24 of 265 | #6 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #226 of 244 | #15 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #67 of 246 | #13 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.5% | #236 of 264 | #14 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.5% | #25 of 79 | #5 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
872
+80 (+10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 872 | 41.2 | 21.2:1 | 32% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 822 | 38 | 21.6:1 | 37% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 813 | 38 | 21.4:1 | 36% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 792 | 34 | 23.3:1 | 26% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 736 | 36.1 | 20.4:1 | 32% (236) |
| 2015-16 | 759 | 37 | 20.5:1 | 36% (271) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverton Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (736 to 872); teachers up 14% (36.1 to 41.2).
About Riverton Intermediate School
Riverton Intermediate School is a middle school with a street address in Huntsville, Alabama. Students in grades 4 through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 872 students. The average among middle schools in Alabama is roughly 508 students; this school is 72% above that.
A total of 28 schools make up Madison County, with 20,691 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, Riverton Intermediate School is 60% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 5% Native American. The White share in Madison County as a whole is similar, at about 63%. The chance that two students picked at random at Riverton Intermediate School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Teachers at the school number 41.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.2:1. The 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Madison County, the average is 41%.
allk12 grades Riverton Intermediate School an A. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Riverton Intermediate School, the prediction is 60.4% and the result is 67.0%.
In the county around the school, Madison County, median household income is about $86,499, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Riverton Intermediate School is among the 89 public schools in Madison County.
The closest other public school is Mt Carmel Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. There are 7 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Riverton Intermediate School at 4th of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Riverton Intermediate School saw enrollment rise 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 23.3:1 to 21.2:1 over the same years.
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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
Nearby schools
- Mt Carmel Elementary School0.2 mi · 638
- Madison County Virtual Academy2.0 mi · 513
- Riverton Elementary School2.1 mi · 596
- Central School2.9 mi · 610
- Monte Sano Elementary School4.7 mi · 263
- Chapman Middle School5.0 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Riverton Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Riverton Intermediate School?
Riverton Intermediate School enrolls approximately 872 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does Riverton Intermediate School serve?
Riverton Intermediate School serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
How many teachers does Riverton Intermediate School have?
Riverton Intermediate School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Riverton Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Riverton Intermediate School are roughly 60% White, 6% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Riverton Intermediate School?
Riverton Intermediate School is overseen by Madison County in Madison County.
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