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What's the most underrated thing about Riverview PK-8 that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
757
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R-2J·NCES 080540006819
Riverview PK-8
3550 BARKWOOD DRIVE, JOHNSTOWN, CO 80534 · (970) 613-7000 · Larimer County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL757 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% 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.
- FBeats 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
17.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
198 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
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 | 49 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 79 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 8% larger than its 8th grade class (72).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
43.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
26.2%
CO avg 36.1% . -5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.7% | 26.2% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 31.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 PK-8
Riverview PK-8's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview PK-8 this school | 757 | 26.2% | 36.1% |
| Mead Elementary School MEAD | 879 | 27.1% | 59.3% |
| Elwell Elementary School JOHNSTOWN | 618 | 28.5% | 40.0% |
| Clear Sky Elementary CASTLE ROCK | 627 | 24.1% | 52.7% |
| Lincoln Charter Academy ARVADA | 824 | 28.4% | 50.4% |
| Firestone Charter Academy FIRESTONE | 600 | 22.3% | 40.9% |
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 PK-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #489 of 931 | #42 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #599 of 940 ▼ 89 | #47 of 53 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #460 of 946 ▲ 21 | #39 of 53 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 757 | #50 of 1,056 | #2 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #662 of 896 | #42 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #445 of 896 | #18 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.2% | #752 of 983 | #41 of 52 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 757 | 44.5 | 17.0:1 | 26% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 696 | 40.4 | 17.2:1 | 31% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 32 | 20.2:1 | 26% (167) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverview PK-8.
About Riverview PK-8
Riverview PK-8 is a high-enrollment elementary school for students in JOHNSTOWN, Colorado. Students in pre-K through 8 attend, and enrollment is 757 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379 students.
Thompson School District R-2J, which runs Riverview PK-8, has 32 schools and 14,580 students.
Riverview PK-8's enrollment is 65% White. Enrollment also includes 27% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Larimer County, the White share is about 82%. Riverview PK-8 has a diversity index of 50%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Riverview PK-8's 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.0:1. Elementary schools in Colorado average about 16.6:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 26%. The 35% average for public schools in Larimer County is 9 points higher.
allk12 grades Riverview PK-8 a C. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Riverview PK-8 is 50.9%. It actually posts 36.1%, which is 14.8 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Colorado schools.
Riverview PK-8 is located in Larimer County, where median household income is about $93,765, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Riverview PK-8 is one of 94 public schools in Larimer County, which together enroll about 47,159 students.
The nearest public school is Mountain View High School, at about 3.2 miles. Riverview PK-8 has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 37.2% proficiency; Riverview PK-8 posts 36.1%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Larimer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
367,368
Census ACS
Median income
$93,765
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
94
47,159 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Thompson School District R-2J
- Loveland High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 1,074 students
- Loveland Classical SchoolCombined · 1,032 students
- New Vision Charter SchoolElementary · 1,005 students
- Thompson Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,005 students
- Berthoud High SchoolHigh · 722 students
Other schools in JOHNSTOWN
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,184 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Elwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 618 students
- Pioneer Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain View High School3.2 mi · 1,074
- High Plains School3.3 mi · 495
- Elwell Elementary School3.8 mi · 618
- New Vision Charter School4.1 mi · 1,005
- Roosevelt High School4.3 mi · 1,184
- Orchard Hill Elementary4.4 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About Riverview PK-8How many students attend Riverview PK-8?
Riverview PK-8 enrolls approximately 757 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Riverview PK-8 serve?
Riverview PK-8 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Riverview PK-8?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at Riverview PK-8.
How diverse is Riverview PK-8?
Riverview PK-8 reports a student body of 65% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Riverview PK-8 in?
Riverview PK-8 is part of Thompson School District R-2J.
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