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If you had an hour of school board time for Riverview Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DE SOTO·NCES 200549001717
Riverview Elementary
21550 West 47th Street, Shawnee, KS 66226 · (913) 441-0808 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Kansas public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
12.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
63 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
73.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
62.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 | 73.6% | 62.1% |
| 2023-24 | 55.4% | 54.9% |
% 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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Riverview Elementary
Riverview Elementary's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview Elementary this school | 441 | 14.3% | 59.7% |
| Mission Trail Elementary Leawood | 384 | 13.3% | 83.5% |
| Prairie Center Elem Olathe | 360 | 16.7% | 64.5% |
| Clearwater Creek Elementary Olathe | 522 | 13.0% | 70.1% |
| Trailwood Elem Overland Park | 429 | 14.7% | 72.2% |
| Canyon Creek Elementary Lenexa | 459 | 8.7% | 73.4% |
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 Riverview Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #114 of 625 | #63 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #95 of 625 | #53 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #41 of 625 | #30 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #129 of 714 | #35 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #124 of 539 | #20 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #337 of 540 | #84 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.3% | #615 of 658 | #74 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #104 of 151 | #21 of 28 |
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
441
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 551
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 441 | 36.4 | 12.1:1 | 14% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 33.5 | 13.7:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 8% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 5% (21) |
| 2017-18 | 418 | 26.6 | 15.7:1 | 4% (17) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 5% (29) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverview Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (418 to 441); teachers up 37% (26.6 to 36.4).
About Riverview Elementary
Riverview Elementary is a public elementary school run by De Soto in Shawnee, Kansas. The school has 441 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Kansas have about 313 students on average; enrollment here is 41% higher.
De Soto is the district for Riverview Elementary. It has 13 schools and 7,067 students.
White students are 77% of those enrolled at Riverview Elementary. Next come 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, and 5% Asian. That is in line with Johnson County, where about 79% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
There are 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.1:1. Across elementary schools in Kansas, the average ratio is 13.2:1. Of all students at Riverview Elementary, 14% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 27% average for public schools in Johnson County, the school's rate is lower.
Riverview Elementary holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of Kansas public elementary schools.
Riverview Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (59.7%) and its predicted rate (55.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
For the population of Johnson County, median household income comes to about $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Johnson County counts 168 public schools with about 93,598 students.
Clear Creek Elem is the nearest public school to Riverview Elementary, about 1.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Riverview Elementary is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 432 in 2020-21, 441 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.5:1 to 12.1:1.
This page is set up for the Riverview Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
620,631
Census ACS
Median income
$109,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
93,598 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in De Soto
- Mill Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,432 students
- De Soto High SchoolHigh · 918 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 676 students
- Monticello Trails Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Mize Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Clear Creek ElemElementary · 461 students
Other schools in Shawnee
- Shawnee Mission Northwest HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Mill Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,432 students
- Trailridge MiddleMiddle · 752 students
- Hocker Grove MiddleMiddle · 714 students
- Monticello Trails Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Shawanoe ElemElementary · 530 students
Other Riverview Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 19 states are named Riverview Elementary. Riverview Elementary is the 17th largest of the 30.
- Riverview ElementaryFort Mill, SC · 711 students
- Riverview ElementaryFresno, CA · 700 students
- Riverview ElementarySpotsylvania, VA · 691 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolHamilton, OH · 640 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolPainesville, OH · 615 students
Nearby schools
- Clear Creek Elem1.5 mi · 461
- Mill Valley High School1.7 mi · 1,432
- Prairie Ridge Elementary School1.7 mi · 431
- Edwardsville Elem1.8 mi · 331
- Monticello Trails Middle School1.9 mi · 655
- Belmont Elementary School2.1 mi · 381
Frequently asked questions
About Riverview ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Riverview Elementary?
Riverview Elementary enrolls approximately 441 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Riverview Elementary serve?
Riverview Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Riverview Elementary have?
Riverview Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Riverview Elementary?
At Riverview Elementary, the student body is approximately 77% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Riverview Elementary public or private?
Riverview Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by De Soto.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.