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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Riverview Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
552
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000464
Riverview Elementary
3298 Kessler Rd, Baltimore, MD 21227 · (410) 887-1428 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
446 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
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 | 43 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 73% · 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
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
21.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
19.9%
MD avg 34.8% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.7% | 19.9% |
| 2023-24 | 14.3% | 21.9% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. 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
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Maryland 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 Maryland'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 (19.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview Elementary this school | 552 | 80.8% | 19.4% |
| Park Elementary Baltimore | 538 | 83.1% | 35.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary Frederick | 615 | 81.0% | 46.3% |
| Maryland City Elementary Laurel | 450 | 79.8% | 33.3% |
| Baltimore Highlands Elementary Baltimore | 461 | 76.4% | 20.5% |
| Germantown Elementary Annapolis | 467 | 75.6% | 29.6% |
Matched among Maryland 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 Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #795 of 853 | #105 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #742 of 853 ▼ 72 | #99 of 109 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #808 of 853 ▲ 19 | #106 of 109 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #281 of 898 | #32 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #557 of 857 | #41 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #289 of 857 | #53 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.8% | #181 of 885 | #3 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #473 of 551 | #69 of 84 |
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
552
+39 (+8%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
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 | 552 | 37.3 | 14.8:1 | 81% (446) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 76% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 37.7 | 14.5:1 | 74% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 38 | 13.5:1 | 68% (350) |
| 2017-18 | 574 | 35.5 | 16.2:1 | 100% (574) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 89% (515) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 30 | 14.3:1 | 92% (395) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 81% (441) |
| 1990-91 | 571 | 28 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverview Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (574 to 552); teachers up 5% (35.5 to 37.3).
About Riverview Elementary
Riverview Elementary is an elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland, and it is part of Baltimore County Public Schools. It enrolled 552 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Baltimore County Public Schools has 177 schools; together they serve 110,872 students.
The most common group at Riverview Elementary is Hispanic students, at 50%. Enrollment also includes 28% Black, 12% White, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 42 points above the 8% share among Baltimore County residents. Riverview Elementary's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Riverview Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.8:1. That is 1.0 students per teacher above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 81%. On average, public schools in Baltimore County report 53%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Riverview Elementary would be expected to post about 26.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 19.4%.
Baltimore County has about 850,796 residents, and the median household income is $91,768, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Riverview Elementary, Baltimore County has 179 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Lansdowne High, is about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Riverview Elementary is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Riverview Elementary's enrollment grew from 513 in 2020-21 to 552 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.5:1 to 14.8:1.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Riverview Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Baltimore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
850,796
Census ACS
Median income
$91,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
110,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baltimore County Public Schools
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Dulaney HighHigh · 1,889 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
Other schools in Baltimore
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Other Riverview Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 19 states are named Riverview Elementary. Riverview Elementary is the 7th 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
- Lansdowne High0.6 mi · 1,313
- Baltimore Highlands Elementary0.7 mi · 461
- Lansdowne Middle0.9 mi · 661
- Lansdowne Elementary0.9 mi · 603
- Lakeland Elementary/Middle1.3 mi · 1,070
- Halethorpe Elementary1.6 mi · 273
Frequently asked questions
About Riverview ElementaryHow many students attend Riverview Elementary?
Riverview Elementary enrolls approximately 552 students in grades PK-05.
Is Riverview Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Riverview Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Riverview Elementary have?
Riverview Elementary employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Riverview Elementary?
Student demographics at Riverview Elementary are roughly 12% White, 50% Hispanic, 28% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Riverview Elementary in?
Riverview Elementary is part of Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.