Enrollment
255
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000310
Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary
1001 Porter, Wichita, KS 67203 · (316) 973-4050 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% 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.
- B+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
14.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
158 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
57.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
37.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 | 57.3% | 37.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.9% | 29.6% |
% 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Leadership Magnet Elementary
Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary this school | 255 | 62.0% | 44.6% |
| South Breeze Elementary Newton | 316 | 62.0% | 29.1% |
| Sheridan Elem Junction City | 255 | 63.5% | 52.4% |
| Ruth Clark Elementary K-5 Wichita | 316 | 63.0% | 32.6% |
| Havencroft Elem Olathe | 271 | 61.3% | 34.5% |
| Lincoln Elem Hays | 274 | 59.5% | 47.9% |
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 Leadership Magnet Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #298 of 625 | #31 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #375 of 625 | #35 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #202 of 625 | #21 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #455 of 714 | #90 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #349 of 539 | #60 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #148 of 540 | #52 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.0% | #232 of 658 | #57 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #362 of 377 | #64 of 67 |
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
255
+53 (+26%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 207
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
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 | 255 | 18 | 14.1:1 | 62% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 233 | 18.8 | 12.4:1 | 58% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 206 | 17.8 | 11.6:1 | 53% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 202 | 17 | 11.9:1 | 48% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 258 | 15.4 | 16.8:1 | 40% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 268 | 14 | 19.1:1 | 42% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 246 | 14 | 17.6:1 | 57% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 265 | 14 | 18.9:1 | 32% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 207 | 10 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (258 to 255); teachers up 17% (15.4 to 18).
About Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary
Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary is a public small elementary school in Wichita, Kansas. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 255 students.
In Wichita, 87 schools enroll a combined 47,545 students.
At 56%, White students outnumber all other groups at Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary combined. Other students are 25% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 6% Black. By comparison, Sedgwick County residents are about 69% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
Teachers at the school number 18 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.1:1. Among elementary schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 13.2:1. The school's lunch program data list 62% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County.
The allk12 Grade for Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary is B. Compared with Kansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 61% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary is 12.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 44.6%. Predicted: 32.5%.
Federal survey data for Sedgwick County show that median household income is about $69,365, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary is among the 160 public schools in Sedgwick County.
The closest public school to Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary is Marshall Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary ranks 1st on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 202 in 2020-21 and 255 in 2024-25, a gain of 53 students. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.9:1 in 2020-21 to 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Sedgwick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
528,226
Census ACS
Median income
$69,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
84,569 students
Quick facts
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- Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet1.2 mi · 643
- Franklin Elem1.3 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Riverside Leadership Magnet ElementaryHow many students attend Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary?
Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary enrolls approximately 255 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary serve?
Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary is approximately 14.1:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary?
At Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary, the student body is approximately 56% White, 25% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary?
Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary is overseen by Wichita in Sedgwick County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.