Riverside Intermediate

Set in Elwood, Kansas, Riverside Intermediate is a cozy elementary-level community, one of the schools within Riverside. It hosts 142 students across grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Riverside Intermediate sits 55% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Riverside, which oversees 5 schools and 638 students, Riverside Intermediate is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Riverside Intermediate shows that nearly all students (81%) are White. The remainder consists of 11% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Doniphan County's rate of about 45%.

After controlling for student poverty, Riverside Intermediate performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.9%, the actual is 44.0%, a residual of +10.2 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Doniphan County) records that median household income runs about $74,028, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Doniphan County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,340 students), Riverside Intermediate is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Riverside Primary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Riverside Intermediate ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 47.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Riverside Intermediate's enrollment has expanded 19% since 2018, when it stood at 119 (now 142).

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Riverside Intermediate typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.