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What's one thing SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
901
Elementary
DISTRICT 722 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUWANNEE·NCES 120183001943
SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY
1625 WALKER AVE SW, LIVE OAK, FL 32064 · (386) 647-4300 · Suwannee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL901 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- B-Beats 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
20.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
572 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 87 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 138 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 136 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 145 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (138) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
53.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
52.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 52.9% |
| 2023-24 | 51.4% | 53.9% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY
SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY this school | 901 | 63.5% | 52.6% |
| WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ZEPHYRHILLS | 792 | 66.7% | 33.2% |
| ATWATER ELEMENTARY NORTH PORT | 892 | 61.8% | 64.3% |
| NEIL ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 763 | 60.3% | 52.2% |
| CRANBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH PORT | 813 | 66.2% | 66.0% |
| HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUMMERFIELD | 833 | 65.5% | 36.5% |
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 SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #1,206 of 2,136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #1,426 of 2,149 ▼ 226 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,145 of 2,149 ▼ 43 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 901 | #309 of 2,267 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #1,959 of 2,077 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #756 of 2,108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #761 of 2,188 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #447 of 621 |
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
901
+32 (+4%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,213
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 901 | 44.4 | 20.3:1 | 63% (572) |
| 2023-24 | 867 | 47.9 | 18.1:1 | 75% (650) |
| 2022-23 | 887 | 45.4 | 19.5:1 | 70% (625) |
| 2020-21 | 869 | 48 | 18.1:1 | 69% (601) |
| 2017-18 | 858 | 47 | 18.3:1 | 86% (742) |
| 2015-16 | 885 | 52 | 17.0:1 | 61% (537) |
| 2010-11 | 878 | 52 | 16.9:1 | 79% (693) |
| 2000-01 | 1,109 | 61 | 18.2:1 | 68% (757) |
| 1990-91 | 1,213 | 67 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY.
About SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY
Students in LIVE OAK, Florida, attend SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY, a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 901 students. On average, elementary schools in Florida enroll around 604, and this school is 49% bigger than that mark.
SUWANNEE is responsible for 10 schools, SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY included, with 6,004 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is 54% White. The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 6% multiracial. Suwannee County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 44.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY has a ratio of 20.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 63% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY lands at B-, ahead of 46% of Florida public elementary schools.
A school with SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 49.4%. SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY scores 52.6%, 3.2 points above that line.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Suwannee County show that the median household earns about $56,658 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Suwannee County has 13 public schools with about 6,004 students, including SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY.
SUWANNEE OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL sits about 0.2 miles from SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY. There are 7 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is 2nd among 5 schools close by.
SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY falls in the Town: Remote locale category, used for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 901, compared with 869 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 18.1:1 to 20.3:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Suwannee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,342
Census ACS
Median income
$56,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
6,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SUWANNEE
- SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,167 students
- SUWANNEE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 971 students
- BRANFORD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 799 students
- BRANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 712 students
- SUWANNEE PINEVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 658 students
- SUWANNEE SPRINGCREST ELEMENTARYElementary · 615 students
Other schools in LIVE OAK
- SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,167 students
- SUWANNEE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 971 students
- SUWANNEE PINEVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 658 students
- SUWANNEE SPRINGCREST ELEMENTARYElementary · 615 students
- SUWANNEE VIRTUAL SCHOOLCombined · 98 students
- SUWANNEE OPPORTUNITY SCHOOLCombined · 66 students
Nearby schools
- SUWANNEE OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 66
- SUWANNEE PINEVIEW ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 658
- SUWANNEE VIRTUAL SCHOOL0.2 mi · 98
- SUWANNEE SPRINGCREST ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 615
- COMMUNITY BASE SERVICE STUDENTS0.3 mi · 17
- SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,167
Frequently asked questions
About SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY?
SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 901 students in grades PK-05.
Is SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 20.3:1 students per teacher at SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY?
SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 54% White, 25% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY?
SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is overseen by SUWANNEE in Suwannee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.