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Which teacher or staff member at Riverview Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
374
Elementary
DISTRICT 258 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURANGO SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 9-R·NCES 080348000455
Riverview Elementary School
2900 MESA AVENUE, DURANGO, CO 81301 · (970) 247-3862 · La Plata County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B+Test 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 Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
114 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 28 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 62% · 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
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
63.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
CO avg 36.1% . +13.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.5% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.3% | 41.5% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. 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
51.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Colorado 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 Colorado'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 Riverview Elementary School
Riverview Elementary School's state test result (51.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview Elementary School this school | 374 | 30.5% | 51.9% |
| Central Elementary School LONGMONT | 344 | 31.1% | 70.2% |
| Singing Hills Elementary School PARKER | 383 | 27.4% | 47.9% |
| Hygiene Elementary School LONGMONT | 313 | 30.4% | 71.8% |
| McGraw Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 349 | 34.4% | 68.6% |
| Rice Elementary School WELLINGTON | 401 | 31.7% | 44.5% |
Matched among Colorado 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 Riverview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In La Plata County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #265 of 931 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #202 of 940 ▲ 163 | #2 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #159 of 946 ▲ 135 | #1 of 10 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #492 of 1,056 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #61 of 896 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.0% | #637 of 896 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.5% | #702 of 983 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #232 of 664 | #3 of 7 |
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
374
-46 (-11%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 374 | 31 | 12.1:1 | 30% (114) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 32.5 | 12.7:1 | 25% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 30.2 | 14.5:1 | 18% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 30 | 14.0:1 | 15% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 31.2 | 15.4:1 | 21% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 21% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 24% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 24 | 21.7:1 | 17% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 22 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (481 to 374); teachers unchanged (31.2 to 31).
About Riverview Elementary School
Riverview Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in DURANGO, Colorado. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 374 students in 2024-25.
Riverview Elementary School is one school in a 13-school district, Durango School District No. 9-R, which enrolls 5,089 students.
The student body at Riverview Elementary School is 75% White. Other reported shares: 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Native American. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at Riverview Elementary School are from different groups.
Riverview Elementary School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.1:1. Elementary schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.6:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 30%. That rate is below the 39% average among public schools in La Plata County.
Riverview Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 68% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Riverview Elementary School's results are 3.7 points above predicted: 51.9% against 48.2%.
For La Plata County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $86,056 a year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Riverview Elementary School, La Plata County has 24 public schools.
Riverview Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Mountain Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Riverview Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Riverview Elementary School ranks 2nd of 6 nearby schools, at 51.9% versus a 44.0% average.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
The school shrank from 420 students in 2020-21 to 374 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.0:1 to 12.1:1.
Riverview Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
La Plata County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
56,331
Census ACS
Median income
$86,056
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
7,504 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Durango School District No. 9-R
- Durango High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Colorado Connections Academy @ DurangoCombined · 752 students
- Escalante Middle SchoolMiddle · 461 students
- Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Needham Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
- Miller Middle SchoolMiddle · 360 students
Other schools in DURANGO
- Durango High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Colorado Connections Academy @ DurangoCombined · 752 students
- Escalante Middle SchoolMiddle · 461 students
- Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Needham Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
- Miller Middle SchoolMiddle · 360 students
Other Riverview Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 19 states are named Riverview Elementary. Riverview Elementary School is the 20th largest of the 30.
- Riverview ElementaryFort Mill, SC · 711 students
- Riverview ElementaryFresno, CA · 700 students
- Riverview ElementarySpotsylvania, VA · 691 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolHamilton, OH · 640 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolPainesville, OH · 615 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain Middle School0.6 mi · 302
- Durango High School0.7 mi · 1,352
- Miller Middle School0.8 mi · 360
- Needham Elementary School0.9 mi · 367
- Animas High School1.6 mi · 249
- Southwest Colorado eSchool1.9 mi · 48
Frequently asked questions
About Riverview Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Riverview Elementary School?
Riverview Elementary School enrolls approximately 374 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Riverview Elementary School serve?
Riverview Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverview Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverview Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Riverview Elementary School?
Riverview Elementary School reports a student body of 75% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Riverview Elementary School?
Riverview Elementary School is overseen by Durango School District No. 9-R in La Plata County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.