Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE ACADEMY·NCES 260029101650
Riverside Academy
7124 MILLER RD, DEARBORN, MI 48126 · (313) 624-3200 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Michigan public elementary schools
- FTest 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
397 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 55%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Riverside Academy→Riverside Academy West Campus
Based on grade levels within Riverside Academy. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
18.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
21.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. 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
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Michigan 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 Michigan'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 Academy
Riverside Academy's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Academy this school | 397 | 100.0% | 20.4% |
| River Oaks Elementary School DEARBORN HEIGHTS | 366 | 93.7% | 36.8% |
| Salina Elementary P 3 DEARBORN | 406 | 94.8% | 47.5% |
| Highview Elementary School DEARBORN HEIGHTS | 395 | 89.4% | 52.5% |
| McDonald Elementary School DEARBORN | 357 | 90.5% | 35.6% |
| Maples Elementary School DEARBORN | 541 | 94.5% | 40.4% |
Matched among Michigan 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 Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #1,070 of 1,085 | #155 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #1,027 of 1,072 | #144 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #1,116 of 1,139 | #166 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #667 of 1,630 | #153 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #308 of 1,424 | #50 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.1% | #1,151 of 1,424 | #178 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #6 of 1,563 | #4 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #970 of 979 | #176 of 177 |
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
397
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 397 | 28 | 14.2:1 | 100% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 27.5 | 14.9:1 | 100% (409) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 24.3 | 15.4:1 | 100% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 100% (388) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 22 | 18.1:1 | 100% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 21 | 20.6:1 | 100% (432) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 31 | 17.7:1 | 97% (531) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverside Academy.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (398 to 397); teachers up 27% (22 to 28).
About Riverside Academy
Riverside Academy is a public elementary school in DEARBORN, Michigan. Its 397 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Federal enrollment data show Riverside Academy is 90% White. Enrollment also includes 7% Black and 2% Hispanic. The school's White share is 41 points above the 49% share among Wayne County residents. Riverside Academy's diversity index is 18%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Riverside Academy is 28 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.2:1. That is 1.7 students per teacher below the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Around 100% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Wayne County report 66%.
Measured against Michigan public elementary schools, Riverside Academy receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Riverside Academy's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (20.4%) and its predicted rate (22.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools.
Wayne County has about 1,772,259 residents, and the median household income is $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Riverside Academy, Wayne County has 572 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Iris Becker Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Riverside Academy is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Riverside Academy as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Riverside Academy operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 388 in 2020-21, 397 in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 14.2 students per teacher, compared with 15.5 in 2020-21.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Riverside Academy
- Riverside Academy West CampusHigh · 470 students
- Riverside Academy PreKElementary
Other schools in DEARBORN
- Fordson High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Dearborn High SchoolHigh · 1,775 students
- Edsel Ford High SchoolHigh · 1,502 students
- Advanced Technology AcademyCombined · 1,207 students
- Bryant Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Woodworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
Other Riverside Academy schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Riverside Academy. Riverside Academy is the largest of the 4.
- Riverside AcademyDUNDEE, MI · 46 students
- Riverside AcademyCAMBRIDGE, MN · 40 students
- Riverside AcademyAshland City, TN · 17 students
Nearby schools
- Iris Becker Elementary School0.2 mi · 224
- Lowrey Middle School0.4 mi · 448
- Lowrey Elementary School0.5 mi · 515
- McDonald Elementary School0.5 mi · 357
- Riverside Academy West Campus0.7 mi · 470
- McCollough Elementary School0.8 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Riverside AcademyHow many students attend Riverside Academy?
Riverside Academy enrolls approximately 397 students in grades KG-05.
Is Riverside Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Riverside Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Riverside Academy have?
Riverside Academy employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Riverside Academy?
Student demographics at Riverside Academy are roughly 90% White, 2% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Riverside Academy?
Riverside Academy is overseen by Riverside Academy in Wayne County.
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