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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001436
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY
3125 PEMBROOK DR, ORLANDO, FL 32810 · (407) 296-6520 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
364 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 | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
61%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
42.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
44.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.7% | 44.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% | 40.7% |
% 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY this school | 526 | 69.2% | 41.4% |
| DODGERTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 482 | 68.0% | 44.0% |
| SADIE T. TILLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 538 | 66.2% | 36.6% |
| GREGORY DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 521 | 67.4% | 40.2% |
| JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 481 | 65.7% | 31.8% |
| LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LANTANA | 517 | 72.1% | 43.9% |
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 RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #1,750 of 2,136 | #139 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #1,769 of 2,149 ▲ 29 | #131 of 159 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #1,662 of 2,149 ▲ 226 | #126 of 159 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #1,313 of 2,267 | #97 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #535 of 2,077 | #36 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #787 of 2,108 | #65 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.2% | #489 of 2,188 | #26 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #930 of 1,374 | #86 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
526
+38 (+8%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 526 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 69% (364) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 74% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 72% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 36 | 13.6:1 | 71% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 75% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 100% (650) |
| 2010-11 | 600 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 75% (447) |
| 2000-01 | 769 | 43 | 17.9:1 | 58% (444) |
| 1990-91 | 645 | 38 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY.
About RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school in ORLANDO, Florida, one of the schools in ORANGE. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 526 students.
ORANGE has 207,778 students in 272 schools, and RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is one of those schools.
The share of Black students at RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is 54%, a majority. It is also 28% Hispanic, 13% White, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Orange County is roughly 20% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
For every teacher at RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY, there are about 14.6 students; the school has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. There are 364 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 69% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Orange County is 39%.
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 18% of Florida public elementary schools.
A school with RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 46.5%. RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY scores 41.4%, 5.1 points below that line.
The school's county is Orange County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $79,719 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Orange County number 286, with about 216,813 students.
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY's closest public school neighbor is LOCKHART MIDDLE, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY ranks 6th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY had a net gain of 38 students, or 8%. The school's ratio increased from 13.6:1 to 14.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
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- 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 Riverside Elementary schools
43 other US public schools in 25 states are named Riverside Elementary. RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is the 14th largest of the 44.
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRESTVIEW, FL · 1,032 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 842 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCORAL SPRINGS, FL · 679 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolSuwanee, GA · 919 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolRIVERSIDE, NJ · 768 students
Nearby schools
- LOCKHART MIDDLE0.8 mi · 660
- LOCKHART ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 452
- POSITIVE PATHWAYS TRANSITION CENTER1.5 mi · 273
- LAKE WESTON ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 415
- TEAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,120
- SPRING LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 505
Frequently asked questions
About RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARYHow many students attend RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY?
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 526 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY serve?
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is approximately 14.6:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY?
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 13% White, 28% Hispanic, 54% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY in?
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is part of ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.