Riverview Elementary School

Set in DURANGO, Colorado, Riverview Elementary School is a medium-sized K-5 school, run under Durango School District No. 9-R. It hosts 374 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Riverview Elementary School is one of 13 schools operated by Durango School District No. 9-R, a district that enrolls 5,089 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Riverview Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder comes out to 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Native American.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of La Plata County's rate of about 39%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Riverview Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for La Plata County put the typical household earns roughly $86,056 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across La Plata County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,504 students), Riverview Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Mountain Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Riverview Elementary School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 44.0%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 22%: 481 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 80% to 75% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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