Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000121
Riviera Beach Elementary
8515 Jenkins Rd, Pasadena, MD 21122 · (410) 222-6469 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
132 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
84.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +32.1pp since 2023
Math
65.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +27.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 32 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 27 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.2% | 65.5% |
| 2023-24 | 52.1% | 38.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Riviera Beach Elementary
Riviera Beach Elementary's state test result (60.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riviera Beach Elementary this school | 270 | 48.9% | 60.0% |
| Kenmore Elementary Elkton | 290 | 49.7% | 60.3% |
| New Midway/Woodsboro Elementary Keymar | 269 | 47.2% | 69.5% |
| Fountain Rock Elementary Hagerstown | 319 | 48.0% | 53.1% |
| Emmitsburg Elementary Emmitsburg | 211 | 51.2% | 63.5% |
| St. Michaels Elementary St Michaels | 332 | 47.9% | 47.0% |
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 Riviera Beach Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #215 of 853 | #23 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #143 of 853 ▲ 281 | #11 of 80 ▲ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.2% | #31 of 853 ▲ 308 | #6 of 80 ▲ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #790 of 898 | #76 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #306 of 857 | #38 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #598 of 857 | #64 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.9% | #532 of 885 | #37 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #157 of 551 | #13 of 49 |
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
270
-10 (-4%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 270 | 20.6 | 13.1:1 | 49% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 261 | 21.8 | 12.0:1 | 48% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 21.9 | 12.8:1 | 50% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 280 | 21 | 13.3:1 | 40% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 334 | 23.3 | 14.3:1 | 40% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 22 | 15.2:1 | 31% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 20 | 14.3:1 | 38% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 338 | 17 | 19.9:1 | 19% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 338 | 17 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riviera Beach Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (334 to 270); teachers down 12% (23.3 to 20.6).
About Riviera Beach Elementary
Riviera Beach Elementary is the name of a small elementary school in Pasadena, Maryland. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 270 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Maryland enroll about 481 students on average.
The district, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, operates 125 schools serving 85,029 students.
White students are 74% of those enrolled at Riviera Beach Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. In Anne Arundel County overall, about 63% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
Riviera Beach Elementary has 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average ratio is 13.8:1. The school has 49% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Riviera Beach Elementary ranks in the top 10% in Maryland. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.0%, against a prediction of 45.3%.
In Anne Arundel County, home to about 598,166 people, the median household earns about $124,911 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Riviera Beach Elementary shares Anne Arundel County with 128 other public schools.
Riviera Beach Elementary is about 0.7 miles from Sunset Elementary, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Riviera Beach Elementary ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 60.0% versus a 43.4% average.
NCES describes the area around Riviera Beach Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 270, down from 280 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Anne Arundel County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
598,166
Census ACS
Median income
$124,911
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
85,074 students
Quick facts
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- Meade HighHigh · 2,045 students
- Crofton High SchoolHigh · 1,906 students
Other schools in Pasadena
- Chesapeake HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Northeast HighHigh · 1,387 students
- Chesapeake Bay MiddleMiddle · 1,087 students
- Northeast MiddleMiddle · 901 students
- High Point ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 520 students
Nearby schools
- Sunset Elementary0.7 mi · 520
- Northeast High1.4 mi · 1,387
- High Point Elementary1.8 mi · 665
- Solley Elementary2.5 mi · 674
- Fort Smallwood Elementary2.6 mi · 397
- Jacobsville Elementary2.7 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Riviera Beach ElementaryHow large is Riviera Beach Elementary?
Riviera Beach Elementary enrolls approximately 270 students in grades PK-05.
Is Riviera Beach Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Riviera Beach Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Riviera Beach Elementary have?
Riviera Beach Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Riviera Beach Elementary?
Student demographics at Riviera Beach Elementary are roughly 74% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Riviera Beach Elementary public or private?
Riviera Beach Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
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