Riverton Middle School

Riverton Middle School is one of the modestly sized middle schools in Riverton, Illinois, one of the schools within Riverton CUSD 14, with 347 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 25% below the state mean of about 462.

Within Riverton CUSD 14, which oversees 3 schools and 1,219 students, Riverton Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Riverton Middle School shows that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 5% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Riverton Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Sangamon County shows median household income runs about $75,357, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Riverton Middle School is one of 77 public schools in Sangamon County (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students).

The closest other public school is Riverton Elem School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Riverton Middle School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 25.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 347 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 92% to 84%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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