Riverside Elementary School

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in Evans, Georgia, Riverside Elementary School hosts 640 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Columbia County.

Across the 31 schools in Columbia County (28,964 students total), Riverside Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Riverside Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest comes out to 13% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. Compared to Columbia County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Riverside Elementary School lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Riverside Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Columbia County's rate of about 39%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Riverside Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Columbia County) records that the typical household earns roughly $95,592 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Columbia County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,518 students), Riverside Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Riverside Middle School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Riverside Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Riverside Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 66.3%.

Riverside Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Riverside Elementary School has declined 8%, going from 692 students in 2018 to 640 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 69% to 63%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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