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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CADDO PARISH·NCES 220030000190
Riverside Elementary School
625 Dixie Garden Drive, Shreveport, LA 71105 · (318) 865-3576 · Caddo Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C+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.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
275 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 65% · 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
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
32.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -7.0pp since 2022
Math
34.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 32.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 30.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. 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
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Louisiana 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 Louisiana'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 Elementary School
Riverside Elementary School's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Elementary School this school | 404 | 68.1% | 27.5% |
| Baton Rouge Ochsner Discovery Baton Rouge | 316 | 69.9% | N/A |
| Harahan School Harahan | 390 | 70.8% | 26.7% |
| Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School Lafayette | 484 | 63.2% | 40.2% |
| Great Hearts Harveston Baton Rouge | 579 | 62.0% | 34.8% |
| Napoleonville Primary School Napoleonville | 369 | 69.9% | 26.2% |
Matched among Louisiana 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Caddo Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #348 of 583 | #11 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #288 of 582 ▲ 57 | #10 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #388 of 587 ▼ 70 | #13 of 35 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #207 of 540 | #14 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #395 of 714 | #20 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #249 of 655 | #14 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #219 of 655 | #5 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.1% | #431 of 705 | #25 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #347 of 436 | #22 of 25 |
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
404
-54 (-12%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 404 | 31.7 | 12.8:1 | 68% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 31.9 | 14.0:1 | 64% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 25.8 | 17.8:1 | 64% (291) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 23 | 19.9:1 | 44% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 24.2 | 17.8:1 | 23% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 41 | 10.6:1 | 43% (188) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 36% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 34 | 12.2:1 | 31% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 424 | 34 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (431 to 404); teachers up 31% (24.2 to 31.7).
About Riverside Elementary School
Riverside Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Shreveport, Louisiana. Total enrollment is 404 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
Riverside Elementary School falls under Caddo Parish, which has 57 schools enrolling 32,649 students.
Of every 100 students at Riverside Elementary School, about 60 are Black. It is also 26% White, 6% Asian, 5% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Caddo Parish's residents are about 49% Black, 11 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
The school's 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Riverside Elementary School, 68% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Caddo Parish average a similar 68%.
Riverside Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 26% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 35.3% at Riverside Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.5%.
In Caddo Parish, the median household earns about $50,705 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 18% of residents are in poverty. Across Caddo Parish, 61 public schools serve about 33,851 students.
Measured in a straight line, Louisiana Key Academy Caddo is about 1.0 miles from Riverside Elementary School. The five-mile area around Riverside Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 30.6%, higher than Riverside Elementary School's 27.5%.
For locale, NCES codes Riverside Elementary School as City: Mid-size.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 54 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 19.9 to 12.8 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Riverside Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Caddo Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$50,705
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
33,851 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caddo Parish
- Captain Shreve High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- C.E. Byrd High SchoolHigh · 1,517 students
- Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Turner Elementary Middle SchoolElementary · 1,437 students
- Magnolia School of ExcellenceCombined · 1,430 students
- Huntington High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
Other schools in Shreveport
- Captain Shreve High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- C.E. Byrd High SchoolHigh · 1,517 students
- Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Turner Elementary Middle SchoolElementary · 1,437 students
- Magnolia School of ExcellenceCombined · 1,430 students
- Huntington High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
Other Riverside Elementary schools
43 other US public schools in 25 states are named Riverside Elementary. Riverside Elementary School is the 22nd largest of the 44.
- Riverside Elementary SchoolPearl River, LA · 420 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolSimmesport, LA · 197 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRESTVIEW, FL · 1,032 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolSuwanee, GA · 919 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 842 students
Nearby schools
- Louisiana Key Academy Caddo1.0 mi · 110
- Captain Shreve High School1.0 mi · 1,658
- A.C. Steere Elementary School1.3 mi · 443
- Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet School1.4 mi · 992
- Shreve Island Elementary School1.5 mi · 579
- Broadmoor STEM Academy1.8 mi · 695
Frequently asked questions
About Riverside Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Riverside Elementary School?
Riverside Elementary School enrolls approximately 404 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Riverside Elementary School serve?
Riverside Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Riverside Elementary School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Riverside Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Riverside Elementary School?
At Riverside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 5% Hispanic, 60% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Riverside Elementary School?
Riverside Elementary School is overseen by Caddo Parish in Caddo Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.