Riverdale Middle School

Riverdale Middle School operates as an intimate intermediate school in Riverdale, Georgia, part of Clayton County. Current enrollment sits at 560 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 763 students per school, that is 27% leaner than typical.

Clayton County runs 68 schools in total, collectively educating 51,326 students. Riverdale Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Riverdale Middle School records that Black students make up the majority at 73%. Beyond that, the school records 21% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Riverdale Middle School lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Riverdale Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Riverdale Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 13.2%.

In the broader community, Clayton County reports that median household income runs about $59,806, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clayton County's 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,156 students), Riverdale Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Riverdale High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Riverdale Middle School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 20.2%.

Riverdale Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Riverdale Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 747 (now 560). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 13% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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