Riverview School

As an average-sized elementary school in GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado, Riverview School instructs 383 students from grades pre-K through 8, one of the schools within Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1.

Within Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1, which oversees 14 schools and 5,839 students, Riverview School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Riverview School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%). The remainder reads as 11% White. By comparison, Garfield County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Riverview School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Garfield County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Riverview School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Garfield County) records that median household income runs about $91,131, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Garfield County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,790 students), Riverview School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sopris Elementary School, roughly 2.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Riverview School. On composite proficiency, Riverview School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 34.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Riverview School's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 420 (now 383). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 54% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.