Riverwood Elementary School

Riverwood Elementary School, a roomy K-5 school in McHenry, Illinois, run under McHenry CCSD 15, enrolls 619 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Riverwood Elementary School sits 62% bigger than that benchmark.

McHenry CCSD 15 runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,025 students. Riverwood Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Riverwood Elementary School reports that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 33% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Riverwood Elementary School logs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Riverwood Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.6%; this one delivers 44.2%.

In the area at large, McHenry County reports that the typical household earns roughly $104,802 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, McHenry County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,123 students), of which Riverwood Elementary School is one.

Chauncey H Duker School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Riverwood Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 45.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Riverwood Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 7% since 2018, when it stood at 665 (now 619). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.