Riverview Elementary School

As a compact elementary campus in South Beloit, Illinois, Riverview Elementary School teaches 199 students from grades 2 through 4, run under County of Winnebago SD 320. Enrollment runs roughly 48% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

Across the 5 schools in County of Winnebago SD 320 (895 students total), Riverview Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Riverview Elementary School records that 58% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 29% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Winnebago County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Riverview Elementary School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Riverview Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at Riverview Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Riverview Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.1%, the actual is 29.7%, a residual of -4.4 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Winnebago County) records that median household earnings sit near $65,837, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Winnebago County's 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,103 students), Riverview Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Blackhawk Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Riverview Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Riverview Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 24.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Riverview Elementary School has edged down 16%, going from 236 students in 2018 to 199 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 64% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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