Enrollment
227
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192640001526
Riverside Elementary School
2220 Nash, Sioux City, IA 51109 · (712) 279-6811 · Woodbury County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL227 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of Iowa public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
165 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 22 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 48% · 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
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +10.9pp since 2023
Math
75.2%
IA avg 70.9% . +12.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.3% | 75.2% |
| 2023-24 | 62.4% | 62.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 10 points, placing it in Iowa's top 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 Riverside Elementary School
Riverside Elementary School's state test result (65.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Elementary School this school | 227 | 72.7% | 65.1% |
| Phillips Elementary Des Moines | 263 | 79.1% | 46.9% |
| Franklin Elementary School Marshalltown | 358 | 73.7% | 69.7% |
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School Des Moines | 241 | 68.9% | 61.2% |
| Franklin Elementary School Muscatine | 295 | 67.1% | 62.6% |
| Hawarden Elementary School Hawarden | 193 | 63.7% | 73.2% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Riverside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Woodbury County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #410 of 564 | #8 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #300 of 564 ▲ 151 | #5 of 16 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #272 of 564 ▲ 132 | #6 of 16 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 227 | #521 of 705 | #18 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.9:1 | #1 of 561 | #1 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #99 of 561 | #9 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.7% | #61 of 666 | #6 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.1% | #32 of 359 | #1 of 11 |
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
227
-34 (-13%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 264
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 227 | 28.8 | 7.9:1 | 73% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 243 | 25.8 | 9.4:1 | 74% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 25.1 | 9.7:1 | 73% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 261 | 22 | 11.9:1 | 72% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 320 | 28.9 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 27 | 11.8:1 | 65% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 30 | 13.0:1 | 63% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 518 | 28 | 18.5:1 | 63% (325) |
| 1990-91 | 264 | 13 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (320 to 227); teachers unchanged (28.9 to 28.8).
About Riverside Elementary School
The public elementary school Riverside Elementary School is located in Sioux City, Iowa. It has an enrollment of 227 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 325 students for elementary schools in Iowa.
Riverside Elementary School is one of 21 schools in Sioux City Comm School District, which enrolls 14,189 students in total.
White students account for 47% of enrollment at Riverside Elementary School, more than any other group. Other groups make up 35% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Native American. County-wide, 71% of Woodbury County residents are White. The diversity index for Riverside Elementary School is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 7.9 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Iowa, the average ratio is 13.7:1. Riverside Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 73%. The 60% average for public schools in Woodbury County is 13 points lower.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Riverside Elementary School outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Riverside Elementary School is 55.6%. It actually posts 65.1%, which is 9.5 points higher and in the top 10% of Iowa schools.
For Woodbury County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $73,658 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Riverside Elementary School, Woodbury County has 37 public schools.
West Middle School is about 1.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Riverside Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Riverside Elementary School is 1st of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns Riverside Elementary School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Riverside Elementary School had a net loss of 34 students, or 13%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.9:1 in 2020-21, and 7.9:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Riverside Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Woodbury County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,247
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,210 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sioux City Comm School District
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,136 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Other schools in Sioux City
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,136 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Other Riverside Elementary schools
43 other US public schools in 25 states are named Riverside Elementary. Riverside Elementary School is the 42nd largest of the 44.
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRESTVIEW, FL · 1,032 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolSuwanee, GA · 919 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 842 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolRIVERSIDE, NJ · 768 students
- Riverside ElementaryAlexandria, VA · 741 students
Nearby schools
- West Middle School1.3 mi · 826
- West High School1.5 mi · 1,308
- Loess Hills Elementary1.7 mi · 578
- Liberty Elementary School2.6 mi · 659
- Hunt Elementary School2.7 mi · 451
- Dakota Valley Elementary - 023.3 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Riverside Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Riverside Elementary School?
Riverside Elementary School enrolls approximately 227 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Riverside Elementary School serve?
Riverside Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverside Elementary School is approximately 7.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Riverside Elementary School?
Student demographics at Riverside Elementary School are roughly 47% White, 35% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Riverside Elementary School in?
Riverside Elementary School is part of Sioux City Comm School District.
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