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Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EMPORIA·NCES 200594001796
Riverside Elementary
327 S West St, Emporia, KS 66801 · (620) 341-2276 · Lyon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Kansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
317 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 49 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 58% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Emporia. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
37.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
23.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.8% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 22.7% | 17.7% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Riverside Elementary
Riverside Elementary's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Elementary this school | 385 | 82.3% | 25.9% |
| Sullivan Elem Ulysses | 338 | 76.6% | 27.4% |
| MacArthur Elementary School Liberal | 386 | 80.1% | 25.7% |
| Pleasant Valley Elem Wichita | 308 | 85.1% | 19.2% |
| Washington Elem Olathe | 385 | 80.3% | 16.7% |
| Northwest Elem Dodge City | 380 | 75.8% | 27.5% |
Matched among Kansas 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Lyon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #530 of 625 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #518 of 625 | #7 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #477 of 625 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #213 of 714 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #389 of 539 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #266 of 540 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.3% | #102 of 658 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #162 of 377 | N/A |
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
385
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 357
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 385 | 26.3 | 14.7:1 | 82% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 26.5 | 15.9:1 | 81% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 424 | 26 | 16.3:1 | 77% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 34 | 11.0:1 | 80% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 33.3 | 13.7:1 | 88% (403) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 32 | 13.2:1 | 86% (362) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 91% (325) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (456 to 385); teachers down 21% (33.3 to 26.3).
About Riverside Elementary
Riverside Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Emporia, Kansas. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 385 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Kansas enroll about 313 students on average.
Riverside Elementary is one school in Emporia, a system of 8 schools with 4,261 students.
The student body at Riverside Elementary is 68% Hispanic. The school is also 24% White and 5% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 24%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 48, compared with 70 nationally.
Riverside Elementary has 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Kansas is 13.2:1. At Riverside Elementary, 82% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 59% average for public schools in Lyon County.
Riverside Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 20% of Kansas public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Riverside Elementary is 3.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kansas schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Lyon County show that median household income comes to about $59,912, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Lyon County counts 14 public schools with about 5,122 students.
About 1.0 miles separate Riverside Elementary from the closest public school, Walnut Elem. Other public schools within five miles: 7. On average proficiency, Riverside Elementary is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Remote.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 385, from 374 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 11.0:1 to 14.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for Riverside Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Lyon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,186
Census ACS
Median income
$59,912
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,122 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Emporia
- Emporia HighHigh · 1,494 students
- Emporia Middle SchoolMiddle · 843 students
- Village ElemElementary · 401 students
- Timmerman ElementaryElementary · 370 students
- Walnut ElemElementary · 312 students
- W A White ElemElementary · 248 students
Other schools in Emporia
- Emporia HighHigh · 1,494 students
- Emporia Middle SchoolMiddle · 843 students
- Village ElemElementary · 401 students
- Timmerman ElementaryElementary · 370 students
- Walnut ElemElementary · 312 students
- W A White ElemElementary · 248 students
Other Riverside Elementary schools
43 other US public schools in 25 states are named Riverside Elementary. Riverside Elementary is the 24th 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
- Walnut Elem1.0 mi · 312
- Logan Ave Elem1.1 mi · 208
- W A White Elem1.3 mi · 248
- Village Elem1.9 mi · 401
- Emporia High2.5 mi · 1,494
- Emporia Middle School2.8 mi · 843
Frequently asked questions
About Riverside ElementaryHow many students attend Riverside Elementary?
Riverside Elementary enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-05.
Is Riverside Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Riverside Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Riverside Elementary?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Riverside Elementary.
How diverse is Riverside Elementary?
Riverside Elementary reports a student body of 24% White, 68% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Riverside Elementary?
Riverside Elementary is overseen by Emporia in Lyon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.