Enrollment
142
Elementary
DISTRICT 155 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE·NCES 200035102005
Riverside Intermediate
204 North 12th, Elwood, KS 66024 · (913) 365-6735 · Doniphan County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL142 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of Kansas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.5:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
84 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 51%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 53 | 37% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 30% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 32% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Riverside. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
51.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
40.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 | 51.1% | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 43.7% | 40.0% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Intermediate
Riverside Intermediate's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Intermediate this school | 142 | 59.2% | 44.0% |
| Mound Valley Elem Mound Valley | 136 | 61.0% | 45.1% |
| North Lawn Elem Neodesha | 164 | 57.9% | 31.4% |
| Sedan Elem Sedan | 178 | 60.1% | 56.5% |
| Swenson Early Childhood Education Center Osawatomie | 172 | 59.9% | N/A |
| Nickerson Elem Nickerson | 183 | 59.0% | 60.9% |
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 Intermediate ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #311 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #332 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #293 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 142 | #604 of 714 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.2% | #269 of 658 |
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
142
+5 (+4%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 203
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 142 | 11.4 | 12.5:1 | 59% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 138 | 10 | 13.8:1 | 57% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 143 | 11 | 13.0:1 | 53% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 137 | 10 | 13.7:1 | 51% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 119 | 9 | 13.2:1 | 65% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 101 | 9 | 11.2:1 | 72% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 203 | N/A | N/A | 86% (174) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverside Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (119 to 142); teachers up 26% (9 to 11.4).
About Riverside Intermediate
Riverside Intermediate runs as a small elementary school in Elwood, Kansas. The school enrolls 142 students in grades 3 through 5. That compares with an average of about 313 students for elementary schools in Kansas.
In Riverside, 5 schools enroll a combined 638 students.
Roughly 81% of students at Riverside Intermediate are White. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Black. By comparison, Doniphan County residents are about 90% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Riverside Intermediate scores 33%.
There are 11.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.5:1. It is about the same as the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Of all students at Riverside Intermediate, 59% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 45% average for public schools in Doniphan County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Kansas public elementary schools, Riverside Intermediate outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Riverside Intermediate is 10.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (44.0% versus 33.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.
The school is in Doniphan County, where the median household earns about $74,028 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Riverside Intermediate shares Doniphan County with 8 other public schools.
Riverside Intermediate is less than a tenth of a mile from Riverside Primary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Riverside Intermediate ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 4%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 13.7 to 12.5 over 4 years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Riverside Intermediate. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Doniphan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,503
Census ACS
Median income
$74,028
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,340 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Riverside
- Riverside High SchoolHigh · 181 students
- Riverside Primary SchoolElementary · 168 students
- Riverside Middle SchoolMiddle · 143 students
- Riverside Virtual High SchoolHigh · 4 students
Other Riverside Intermediate schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Riverside Intermediate. Riverside Intermediate is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Riverside Intermediate SchoolFishers, IN · 891 students
- Riverside IntermediatePlymouth, IN · 450 students
- Riverside Intermediate SchoolMANCHESTER, MI · 188 students
Nearby schools
- Riverside Primary School0.1 mi · 168
- CARDEN PARK ELEM2.3 mi · 638
- LAFAYETTE HIGH2.4 mi · 644
- EDISON ELEM.2.9 mi · 362
- LINDBERGH ELEM.2.9 mi · 431
- CENTRAL HIGH3.0 mi · 1,733
Frequently asked questions
About Riverside IntermediateHow large is Riverside Intermediate?
Riverside Intermediate enrolls approximately 142 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Riverside Intermediate serve?
Riverside Intermediate serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Riverside Intermediate?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Riverside Intermediate.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Riverside Intermediate?
At Riverside Intermediate, the student body is approximately 81% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 11% Two or more.
Is Riverside Intermediate public or private?
Riverside Intermediate is a public K-12 school, overseen by Riverside.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.