SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY

Set in LIVE OAK, Florida, SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized primary school, operated by SUWANNEE. It caters to 901 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 49% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

SUWANNEE comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 6,004 students; SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is among them.

On the student-mix side, SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY lists that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 14% Black, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 52.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Suwannee County shows median household earnings sit near $56,658, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Suwannee County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,004 students), of which SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: SUWANNEE OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY has expanded 5%, going from 858 students in 2018 to 901 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 today.

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