Riverview Elementary

Riverview Elementary is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in Shawnee, Kansas, operated by De Soto, with 441 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 41% above the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

De Soto runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 7,067 students. Riverview Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Riverview Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 5% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Johnson County as a whole.

On the resource side, Riverview Elementary logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Riverview Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 14% of students at Riverview Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Johnson County (around 27%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Riverview Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.4%; this one delivers 59.7%.

In the area at large, Johnson County reports that median household income runs about $109,208, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Riverview Elementary is one of 168 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students).

Nearest neighbor: Clear Creek Elem, around 1.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Riverview Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 57.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 6%: 418 students in 2018 compared to 441 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Riverview Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.