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Enrollment
789
Elementary
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA COUNTY·NCES 130141003325
River Ridge Elementary
4109 Mullikin Rd, Evans, GA 30809 · (706) 447-1016 · Columbia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL789 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Georgia 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
169 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 74%
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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 141 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 146 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 149 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (149).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 71% · 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
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
74.7%
GA avg 40.1% . -9.0pp since 2021
Math
77.7%
GA avg 44.6% . -5.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.7% | 77.7% |
| 2023-24 | 79.8% | 80.6% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 81.7% |
| 2021-22 | 83.7% | 82.8% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 River Ridge Elementary
River Ridge Elementary's state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Ridge Elementary this school | 789 | 21.4% | 79.0% |
| Stevens Creek Elementary School Martinez | 759 | 22.9% | 75.9% |
| Hickory Flat Elementary School Canton | 890 | 16.5% | 66.3% |
| Simpson Elementary School Peachtree Corners | 881 | 17.6% | 81.9% |
| Montgomery Elementary School Brookhaven | 728 | 14.7% | 72.2% |
| Parkway Elementary School Evans | 795 | 19.6% | 75.3% |
Matched among Georgia 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 River Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #32 of 1,208 | #1 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #67 of 1,215 ▼ 29 | #4 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #41 of 1,215 ▼ 19 | #1 of 17 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.1pp | #69 of 1,183 | #1 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 789 | #246 of 1,324 | #6 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,235 of 1,301 | #19 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #545 of 1,301 | #14 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.4% | #1,220 of 1,312 | #16 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.1% | #211 of 386 | #7 of 11 |
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
789
+34 (+5%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 796
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 789 | 49 | 16.1:1 | 21% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 836 | 51.5 | 16.2:1 | 25% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 782 | 49.9 | 15.7:1 | 18% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 755 | 51 | 14.8:1 | 12% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 723 | 48.9 | 14.8:1 | 15% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 752 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 17% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 796 | 46 | 17.3:1 | 13% (105) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for River Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (723 to 789); teachers unchanged (48.9 to 49).
About River Ridge Elementary
The public elementary school River Ridge Elementary is located in Evans, Georgia. It has an enrollment of 789 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students, which makes this school 30% bigger than average.
River Ridge Elementary is one of 31 schools in Columbia County, which enrolls 28,964 students in total.
The share of White students at River Ridge Elementary is 61%, a majority. The remaining students are 13% Asian, 9% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
River Ridge Elementary has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1. At River Ridge Elementary, 21% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 39% average for public schools in Columbia County is 18 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, River Ridge Elementary lands at A, ahead of 89% of Georgia public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For River Ridge Elementary, the prediction is 66.3% and the result is 79.0%.
Looking at the county, Columbia County, the median household earns about $95,592 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting River Ridge Elementary, Columbia County has 32 public schools.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Riverside Middle School, is the closest to River Ridge Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 62.3%, lower than River Ridge Elementary's 79.0%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 755 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 789 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.8:1 to 16.1:1.
River Ridge Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,434
Census ACS
Median income
$95,592
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
29,518 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbia County
- Grovetown High SchoolHigh · 2,256 students
- Greenbrier High SchoolHigh · 1,935 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 1,861 students
- Evans High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- Harlem High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- Grovetown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
Other schools in Evans
- Greenbrier High SchoolHigh · 1,935 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 1,861 students
- Evans High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- Evans Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,030 students
- Greenbrier Middle SchoolMiddle · 853 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolElementary · 795 students
Other River Ridge Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named River Ridge Elementary. River Ridge Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- River Ridge Elementary SchoolVilla Hills, KY · 889 students
- River Ridge ElementaryMoore, SC · 770 students
- River Ridge ElementarySeaTac, WA · 697 students
- River Ridge Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 370 students
- River Ridge Elementary SchoolHanover, IL · 224 students
Nearby schools
- Riverside Middle School0.5 mi · 711
- Riverside Elementary School1.3 mi · 640
- Stallings Island Middle School1.8 mi · 729
- Stevens Creek Elementary School2.3 mi · 759
- Blue Ridge Elementary School2.5 mi · 612
- Lakeside High School2.5 mi · 1,861
Frequently asked questions
About River Ridge ElementaryHow many students attend River Ridge Elementary?
River Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 789 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does River Ridge Elementary serve?
River Ridge Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at River Ridge Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at River Ridge Elementary is approximately 16.1:1 (49 FTE teachers).
How diverse is River Ridge Elementary?
River Ridge Elementary reports a student body of 61% White, 8% Hispanic, 9% Black, 13% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees River Ridge Elementary?
River Ridge Elementary is overseen by Columbia County in Columbia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.