Riverbend Elementary School

As a cozy elementary-level community in Gainesville, Georgia, Riverbend Elementary School teaches 330 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Hall County. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 45% smaller than typical.

Within Hall County, which oversees 38 schools and 28,028 students, Riverbend Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Riverbend Elementary School lists that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 45% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Riverbend Elementary School reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 70% of students at Riverbend Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Riverbend Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.2%, the actual is 31.7%, a residual of -9.5 points.

Across the wider county, Hall County reports that median household income runs about $80,901, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Hall County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,525 students), of which Riverbend Elementary School is one.

Enota Multiple Intelligences Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Riverbend Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 26.1%.

Riverbend Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Riverbend Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 416 (now 330). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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