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Enrollment
566
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144003453
RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY
11301 LOKANOTOSA TRL, ORLANDO, FL 32817 · (407) 737-1400 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Florida 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.
- B+Beats 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 Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
349 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from ORANGE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
54.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
59.6%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.4% | 59.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.5% | 61.7% |
% 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
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY
RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY this school | 566 | 61.7% | 57.4% |
| GREENFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 570 | 52.3% | 47.2% |
| CASTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 555 | 55.5% | 56.5% |
| ENGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 418 | 53.1% | 36.0% |
| SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 489 | 60.9% | 37.6% |
| GREYNOLDS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI BEACH | 532 | 52.3% | 45.0% |
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 RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #977 of 2,136 | #76 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #1,111 of 2,149 ▼ 231 | #81 of 159 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #1,085 of 2,149 ▼ 42 | #82 of 159 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #1,160 of 2,267 | #82 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #501 of 2,077 | #33 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #929 of 2,108 | #80 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.7% | #842 of 2,188 | #53 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #991 of 1,374 | #92 of 112 |
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
566
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 870
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 566 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 62% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 577 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 67% (384) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 38 | 15.7:1 | 71% (421) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 40 | 14.1:1 | 68% (382) |
| 2017-18 | 623 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 66% (413) |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 44 | 14.5:1 | 100% (636) |
| 2010-11 | 622 | 43 | 14.5:1 | 72% (448) |
| 2000-01 | 870 | 52 | 16.7:1 | 49% (426) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY.
About RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY
Families in ORLANDO, Florida, are served by RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY, a medium-sized elementary school. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 566 students.
ORANGE has a total of 272 schools and 207,778 students, RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY among them.
Roughly 60% of students at RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 15% White, 13% Black, 9% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Orange County's residents are about 34% Hispanic, 26 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 39 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.5:1. That is 3.0 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY reports 62% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 39% average for public schools in Orange County.
The allk12 Grade for RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY is B. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 61% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.4%; the prediction is 50.3%.
Across Orange County, the median household income is $79,719, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Orange County is home to 286 public schools and about 216,813 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, UNIVERSITY HIGH is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 564 to 566, a small change.
Discussions about RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,471,937
Census ACS
Median income
$79,719
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
286
216,813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Other Riverdale Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named Riverdale Elementary. RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY is the 3rd largest of the 13.
- Riverdale Elementary SchoolGermantown, TN · 1,184 students
- Riverdale ElementaryRiverdale, MD · 586 students
- Riverdale Elementary SchoolRiverdale, GA · 559 students
- Riverdale ElementaryCourtland, VA · 533 students
- Riverdale Elementary SchoolPort Byron, IL · 517 students
Nearby schools
- UNIVERSITY HIGH0.6 mi · 2,514
- UCP EAST CHARTER1.2 mi · 120
- ORANGE COUNTY PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER1.4 mi · 305
- UCP BAILES COMMUNITY ACADEMY1.6 mi · 469
- UNION PARK MIDDLE2.1 mi · 660
- ARBOR RIDGE K-82.1 mi · 756
Frequently asked questions
About RIVERDALE ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY?
RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 566 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY serve?
RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY?
RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 15% White, 60% Hispanic, 13% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY public or private?
RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.