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Enrollment
993
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018001355
RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7400 PARKSIDE DR, PARKLAND, FL 33067 · (754) 322-8200 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL993 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
132 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 136 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 141 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 163 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 174 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 168 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 191 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (136) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (191).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
80.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
86.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.5% | 86.8% |
| 2023-24 | 76.2% | 82.2% |
% 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
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (79.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 993 | 13.3% | 79.2% |
| KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY WINDERMERE | 954 | 14.2% | 81.4% |
| INDEPENDENCE ELEMENTARY WINTER GARDEN | 889 | 11.5% | 77.6% |
| EMBASSY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COOPER CITY | 1,156 | 13.3% | 80.2% |
| VALRICO LAKE ADVANTAGE ACADEMY RIVERVIEW | 916 | 10.8% | 76.3% |
| STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITHIA | 867 | 10.3% | 79.9% |
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 RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #185 of 2,136 | #21 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.8% | #102 of 2,149 ▲ 69 | #13 of 191 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #137 of 2,149 ▲ 71 | #18 of 191 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 993 | #201 of 2,267 | #18 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #1,860 of 2,077 | #135 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #409 of 2,108 | #24 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #2,087 of 2,188 | #166 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #1,357 of 1,374 | #154 of 157 |
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
993
-111 (-10%) vs 2020
-24% since 2000-01, when it was 1,302
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 993 | 51.8 | 19.2:1 | 13% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 1,065 | 58.8 | 18.1:1 | 20% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 1,154 | 65 | 17.8:1 | 20% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 1,104 | 56 | 19.7:1 | 16% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 997 | 60 | 16.6:1 | 17% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 666 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 17% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 14% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 1,302 | 56 | 23.3:1 | 1% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Federal records list RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as an elementary school in PARKLAND, Florida. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 993 students in 2024-25. The school is 64% above the average for elementary schools in Florida.
BROWARD is made up of 325 schools with 243,591 students in all.
The student body at RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group. White students lead at 45%. Next come 34% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
Teacher count: 51.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 19.2:1. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 1.7 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 13%. Among public schools in Broward County, the average eligibility rate is 38%.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 74.5%. RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 79.2%.
In Broward County, home to about 1,977,129 people, the median household earns about $77,633 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Broward County with 337 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, SLAM BOCA, is about 1.5 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 10% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The discussion board for RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Broward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,977,129
Census ACS
Median income
$77,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
244,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWARD
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,089 students
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
Other schools in PARKLAND
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,089 students
- HERON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,040 students
- PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 981 students
Nearby schools
- SLAM BOCA1.5 mi · 979
- CORAL SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 744
- TRADEWINDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 919
- LOGGERS' RUN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,114
- CORAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 463
- SOMERSET PARKLAND ACADEMY2.1 mi · 992
Frequently asked questions
About RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 993 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.2:1 students per teacher at RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 45% White, 34% Hispanic, 6% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.