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Enrollment
560
Middle
DISTRICT 723 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123000491
Riverdale Middle School
400 Roberts Dr, Riverdale, GA 30274 · (770) 994-4045 · Clayton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Georgia public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
560 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 177 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 179 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 204 | 36% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
19.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.9pp since 2021
Math
9.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.9% | 9.5% |
| 2023-24 | 20.2% | 7.3% |
| 2022-23 | 19.3% | 9.5% |
| 2021-22 | 17.9% | 8.3% |
% 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
13.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Riverdale Middle School
Riverdale Middle School's state test result (13.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverdale Middle School this school | 560 | 100.0% | 13.2% |
| Adamson Middle School Rex | 509 | 100.0% | 31.0% |
| Sumter County Middle School Americus | 549 | 100.0% | 14.2% |
| Pointe South Middle School Jonesboro | 693 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
| Baker Middle School Columbus | 631 | 100.0% | 4.7% |
| Eddy Middle School Columbus | 448 | 100.0% | 6.9% |
Matched among Georgia middle 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 Riverdale Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #440 of 470 | #14 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #454 of 474 ▲ 2 | #13 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #408 of 474 ▲ 8 | #10 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #341 of 465 | #12 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #343 of 487 | #13 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #159 of 471 | #5 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #342 of 471 | #9 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #29 of 479 | #6 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #27 of 305 | #1 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
560
-174 (-24%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,035
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 560 | 42 | 13.3:1 | 100% (560) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 100% (593) |
| 2022-23 | 660 | 45 | 14.7:1 | 90% (597) |
| 2020-21 | 734 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 93% (683) |
| 2017-18 | 747 | 47 | 15.9:1 | 99% (743) |
| 2015-16 | 690 | 40 | 17.3:1 | 100% (687) |
| 2010-11 | 752 | 46 | 16.4:1 | 87% (654) |
| 2000-01 | 1,055 | 51 | 20.7:1 | 65% (687) |
| 1990-91 | 1,035 | 57 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverdale Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (747 to 560); teachers down 11% (47 to 42).
About Riverdale Middle School
Riverdale Middle School is a middle-grades school in Riverdale, Georgia, reachable at (770) 994-4045. Total enrollment is 560 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. It has 27% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Georgia (about 763).
Riverdale Middle School falls under Clayton County, which has 68 schools enrolling 51,326 students.
Federal enrollment data show Riverdale Middle School is 73% Black. The remaining shares are 21% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Clayton County overall, the Black share is about 69%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 42 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. Middle schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 14.1:1. At Riverdale Middle School, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Riverdale Middle School lands at D, ahead of 5% of Georgia public middle schools.
A school with Riverdale Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 25.7%. Riverdale Middle School scores 13.2%, 12.5 points below that line.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Clayton County show that the median household earns about $59,806 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Clayton County has 73 public schools with about 63,156 students, including Riverdale Middle School.
Measured in a straight line, Riverdale High School is about 0.5 miles from Riverdale Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 20.2% proficiency; Riverdale Middle School posts 13.2%.
Under the NCES locale system, Riverdale Middle School is Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Riverdale Middle School enrolled 734 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 560. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.0:1 to 13.3:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Riverdale Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in Riverdale
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Riverdale High SchoolHigh · 1,359 students
- Dubois Integrity AcademyElementary · 1,341 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 765 students
- Church Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Harper Elementary SchoolElementary · 690 students
Other Riverdale Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Riverdale Middle. Riverdale Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Riverdale Middle SchoolPort Byron, IL · 254 students
- Riverdale Middle SchoolMt Blanchard, OH · 208 students
Nearby schools
- Riverdale High School0.5 mi · 1,359
- Church Street Elementary School0.6 mi · 706
- Harper Elementary School1.0 mi · 690
- Sequoyah Middle School1.2 mi · 765
- Dubois Integrity Academy1.2 mi · 1,341
- Riverdale Elementary School1.7 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About Riverdale Middle SchoolHow large is Riverdale Middle School?
Riverdale Middle School enrolls approximately 560 students in grades 06-08.
Is Riverdale Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Riverdale Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Riverdale Middle School have?
Riverdale Middle School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Riverdale Middle School?
Student demographics at Riverdale Middle School are roughly 1% White, 21% Hispanic, 73% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Riverdale Middle School in?
Riverdale Middle School is part of Clayton County.
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