Riverview Elementary School

Riverview Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Marion, Indiana, one of the schools within Marion Community Schools, enrolls 393 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.

Riverview Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Marion Community Schools, a district that instructs 3,668 students overall.

On demographics, Riverview Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 11% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Grant County's rate of about 57%.

After controlling for student poverty, Riverview Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.1%; this one delivers 34.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Grant County shows median household earnings sit near $53,522, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Grant County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,743 students), of which Riverview Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Allen Elementary School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Riverview Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Riverview Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 25.3%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Riverview Elementary School's enrollment has grew 22% since 2018, when it stood at 323 (now 393). White enrollment moved from 56% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.