Memorial Elementary School

Memorial Elementary School is a primary school of moderately sized scale in RIVERVIEW, Michigan, overseen by Riverview Community School District, enrolling 435 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 7 schools in Riverview Community School District (2,743 students total), Memorial Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Memorial Elementary School reports that 76% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 13% Hispanic, 8% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Memorial Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.7%, the actual is 35.8%, a residual of -5.9 points.

Around the school, census data for Wayne County shows median household earnings sit near $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Memorial Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Riverview Transition Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Memorial Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 425 students in 2018 compared to 435 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 76% across the same window.

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