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What's the most underrated thing about Riverwood Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
619
Elementary
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCHENRY CCSD 15·NCES 172529005434
Riverwood Elementary School
300 S Driftwood Trl, McHenry, IL 60050 · (779) 244-1400 · McHenry County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
256 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
52.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.9pp since 2023
Math
44.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +23.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 24 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.5% | 44.7% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 21.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Riverwood Elementary School
Riverwood Elementary School's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverwood Elementary School this school | 619 | 41.4% | 44.2% |
| Seth Whitman Elementary School Belvidere | 622 | 41.5% | 42.6% |
| B J Hooper Elementary School Lindenhurst | 545 | 43.1% | 47.3% |
| Cotton Creek School Island Lake | 580 | 36.4% | 51.3% |
| Valley View Elementary School Mchenry | 526 | 38.6% | 47.4% |
| River View Elementary School Plainfield | 584 | 37.7% | 50.0% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Riverwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #771 of 1,925 | #33 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #825 of 2,077 ▲ 316 | #28 of 44 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #921 of 2,077 ▲ 71 | #32 of 44 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #238 of 2,419 | #8 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #951 of 2,035 | #26 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #778 of 2,042 | #14 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.4% | #1,523 of 2,132 | #19 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #1,087 of 1,461 | #17 of 31 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
619
+62 (+11%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 746
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 619 | 47 | 13.2:1 | 41% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 615 | 48.8 | 12.6:1 | 50% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 47.2 | 12.1:1 | 49% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 557 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 44.3 | 15.0:1 | 45% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 674 | 48 | 14.0:1 | 41% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 800 | 40 | 20.0:1 | 29% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 890 | 43 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 746 | 31 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (665 to 619); teachers up 6% (44.3 to 47).
About Riverwood Elementary School
In McHenry, Illinois, Riverwood Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school. In all, 619 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. It has 62% more students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Riverwood Elementary School is run by McHenry CCSD 15, whose 8 schools enroll 4,025 students.
Federal enrollment data show Riverwood Elementary School is 59% White. The next largest groups are 33% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The school's White share is 21 points below the 80% share among McHenry County residents. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Riverwood Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverwood Elementary School is 13.2:1, based on 47 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Riverwood Elementary School counts 41% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Riverwood Elementary School would score about 47.6%. It scores 44.2%, 3.5 points below that figure.
American Community Survey estimates for McHenry County show that the median household earns about $104,802 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. McHenry County has 89 public schools with about 50,123 students, including Riverwood Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Chauncey H Duker School, is about 1.6 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Riverwood Elementary School places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Riverwood Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 619, compared with 557 in 2020-21.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Riverwood Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
McHenry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
312,591
Census ACS
Median income
$104,802
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
50,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in McHenry CCSD 15
- McHenry Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Parkland SchoolMiddle · 645 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Edgebrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Chauncey H Duker SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Hilltop Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
Other schools in McHenry
- McHenry Community High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
- McHenry Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Parkland SchoolMiddle · 645 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Edgebrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Chauncey H Duker SchoolElementary · 433 students
Other Riverwood Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Riverwood Elementary. Riverwood Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Riverwood Elementary SchoolCordova, TN · 985 students
- Riverwood Elementary SchoolMustang, OK · 746 students
- Riverwood ElementaryClayton, NC · 728 students
Nearby schools
- Chauncey H Duker School1.6 mi · 433
- Edgebrook Elementary School1.7 mi · 494
- McHenry Community High School1.9 mi · 2,214
- Landmark Elementary School1.9 mi · 189
- Parkland School2.1 mi · 645
- Valley View Elementary School2.6 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About Riverwood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Riverwood Elementary School?
Riverwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 619 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Riverwood Elementary School serve?
Riverwood Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverwood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverwood Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Riverwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Riverwood Elementary School are roughly 59% White, 33% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Riverwood Elementary School in?
Riverwood Elementary School is part of McHenry CCSD 15.
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