RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE

RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE operates as a roomy K-5 school in RIVERVIEW, Florida, run under HILLSBOROUGH. Current enrollment sits at 1,059 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 75% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is one of 300 schools operated by HILLSBOROUGH, a district that teaches 221,318 students overall.

On demographics, RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE reports that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 26% Black, 22% White, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hillsborough County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Hillsborough County shows median household earnings sit near $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BIG BEND ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 48.6%.

The campus sits in a residential setting. RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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