Riverdale PreSchool Center

Riverdale PreSchool Center, a micro-enrollment K-5 school in Rock Falls, Illinois, overseen by Rock Falls ESD 13, enrolls 145 students, covering grade pre-K. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Riverdale PreSchool Center sits 62% smaller than that benchmark.

Rock Falls ESD 13 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 927 students. Riverdale PreSchool Center is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Riverdale PreSchool Center reports that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Whiteside County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Riverdale PreSchool Center logs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Whiteside County indicate median household income runs about $67,500, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Riverdale PreSchool Center is one of 50 public schools in Whiteside County (combined enrollment of about 8,445 students).

Rock Falls Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Riverdale PreSchool Center.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 138 students in 2018 compared to 145 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 29% to 23%. Class-load math has loosened: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 26.9:1 in 2025.

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