Riverside Elementary School

Riverside Elementary School operates as a cozy elementary-level community in WATERFORD, Michigan, part of Waterford School District. Current enrollment sits at 291 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 21% smaller than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Within Waterford School District, which oversees 17 schools and 6,641 students, Riverside Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Riverside Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder reads as 16% Hispanic, 14% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Riverside Elementary School records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 65% of students at Riverside Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

In the surrounding community, Oakland County reports that median household income runs about $97,760, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Riverside Elementary School is one.

Knudsen Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Riverside Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 23% since 2018, when it stood at 379 (now 291). Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 8% to 14%. Class-load math has rose: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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