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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
913
Elementary
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108004918
RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2800 RIVER HALL PKWY, ALVA, FL 33920 · (239) 693-0349 · Lee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL913 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
458 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 17 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 146 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 150 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 149 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 175 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 138 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (146) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (138).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70% · 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
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
37.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -5.6pp since 2023
Math
57.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.2% | 57.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.8% | 56.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 913 | 50.2% | 46.6% |
| MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT CLOUD | 921 | 49.8% | 53.6% |
| AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD HOLLYWOOD | 959 | 48.9% | 50.8% |
| PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 963 | 49.7% | 55.6% |
| PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 954 | 52.1% | 52.8% |
| CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 968 | 52.7% | 58.0% |
Matched among Florida 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 RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #1,502 of 2,136 | #34 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #1,238 of 2,149 ▼ 122 | #24 of 58 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #1,879 of 2,149 ▼ 375 | #44 of 58 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 913 | #285 of 2,267 | #24 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #1,944 of 2,077 | #49 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #624 of 2,108 | #9 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.2% | #1,295 of 2,188 | #39 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #1,001 of 1,374 | #14 of 24 |
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
913
-31 (-3%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 915
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 913 | 45.4 | 20.1:1 | 50% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 890 | 33 | 27.0:1 | 55% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 1,005 | 55.6 | 18.1:1 | 54% (538) |
| 2020-21 | 944 | 50 | 18.9:1 | 57% (534) |
| 2017-18 | 1,002 | 68 | 14.7:1 | 57% (571) |
| 2015-16 | 970 | 69 | 14.1:1 | 60% (586) |
| 2010-11 | 915 | 60 | 15.3:1 | 69% (628) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Among the schools in ALVA, Florida, is RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a high-enrollment elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 913 students. Elementary schools in Florida have about 604 students on average; enrollment here is 51% higher.
RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to LEE, which has 116 schools and 102,524 students.
Of every 100 students at RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 46 are Hispanic, the largest group. It is also 37% White, 12% Black, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Lee County is roughly 25% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
For every teacher at RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are about 20.1 students; the school has 45.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 50%. The average for public schools in Lee County is similar, at 48%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 56.0% for RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 46.6%, 9.4 points below the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lee County show that median household income comes to about $76,107, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 123, with about 102,524 students.
RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL sits about 1.1 miles from RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 44.0% proficiency; RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 46.6%.
RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
In 2020-21, RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 944 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 913. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 18.9:1 to 20.1:1.
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Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
817,666
Census ACS
Median income
$76,107
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
102,524 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEE
- GATEWAY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 3,192 students
- LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,550 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- IDA S. BAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,191 students
- EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,129 students
- CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
Nearby schools
- RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,916
- BUCKINGHAM EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT CENTER1.5 mi · 60
- HARNS MARSH MIDDLE SCHOOL4.6 mi · 905
- HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.8 mi · 1,103
- TORTUGA PRESERVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.3 mi · 1,172
- OAK HAMMOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL5.6 mi · 1,242
Frequently asked questions
About RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 913 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
What is the student diversity at RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 37% White, 46% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.