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Enrollment
1,059
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087008715
RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE
9906 SYMMES RD, RIVERVIEW, FL 33578 · (813) 412-6111 · Hillsborough County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL1,059 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
23.5:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
292 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 170 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 124 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 29% smaller than its 8th grade class (124).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
72.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
75.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.7% | 75.5% |
| 2023-24 | 67.9% | 73.1% |
% 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
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE
RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE this school | 1,059 | 27.6% | 71.8% |
| WINSTON PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCONUT CREEK | 945 | 32.0% | 62.0% |
| SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUNRISE | 858 | 30.1% | 71.4% |
| WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 979 | 35.2% | 68.9% |
| TRADEWINDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCONUT CREEK | 919 | 33.9% | 61.1% |
| TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANTATION | 791 | 31.9% | 61.8% |
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 RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #389 of 2,136 | #30 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #437 of 2,149 ▼ 1 | #31 of 176 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #350 of 2,149 ▲ 75 | #25 of 176 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,059 | #162 of 2,267 | #8 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #2,048 of 2,077 | #156 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #89 of 2,108 | #22 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.6% | #1,874 of 2,188 | #134 of 174 |
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
1,059
+290 (+38%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 1,059 | 45 | 23.5:1 | 28% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 1,121 | 74 | 15.2:1 | 44% (489) |
| 2022-23 | 946 | 63 | 15.0:1 | 45% (429) |
| 2020-21 | 769 | 47 | 16.4:1 | 40% (307) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE.
About RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE
Students in RIVERVIEW, Florida, attend RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE, a large elementary school. It enrolls 1,059 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 8. It has 75% more students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE sits within HILLSBOROUGH, which has 300 schools and 221,318 students.
Hispanic students account for 40% of enrollment at RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 26% Black, 22% White, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 30% of Hillsborough County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 45 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.5:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 28%. Public schools in Hillsborough County average 43%.
On the allk12 Grade, RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE lands at B+, ahead of 74% of Florida public elementary schools.
RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE scores 71.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 67.4%.
The county, Hillsborough County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $79,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 320, with about 223,193 students.
Among nearby public schools, BIG BEND ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is 1st among 8 schools close by.
Federal data place RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE as a charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE had a net gain of 290 students, or 38%. The number of students per teacher increased from 16.4 to 23.5 over 4 years.
The discussion board for RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,522,748
Census ACS
Median income
$79,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
320
223,193 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in RIVERVIEW
- JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,602 students
- RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,387 students
- SPOTO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,933 students
- WINTHROP CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,827 students
- COLLINS PK-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,644 students
- SOUTHSHORE CHARTER ACADEMYElementary · 1,230 students
Nearby schools
- BIG BEND ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE0.0 mi · 18
- KIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE RIVERVIEW SOUTH (K-12)1.4 mi · 558
- SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 904
- GIBSONTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 499
- WINTHROP COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY2.2 mi · 1,055
- RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 2,387
Frequently asked questions
About RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCEWhat is the total enrollment at RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE?
RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE enrolls approximately 1,059 students in grades KG-08.
Is RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE an elementary, middle, or high school?
RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is approximately 23.5:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE?
RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE reports a student body of 22% White, 40% Hispanic, 26% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE public or private?
RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.