Riverside School

Riverside School is one of the mid-sized primary schools in Riverside, Connecticut, run under Greenwich School District, with 440 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Greenwich School District comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 8,377 students; Riverside School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Riverside School reports that White students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder is composed of 18% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Riverside School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 2% of students at Riverside School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Western Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 33%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Western Connecticut Planning Region indicate median household income runs about $128,188, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Western Connecticut Planning Region runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), of which Riverside School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Eastern Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Riverside School's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 471 (now 440).

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