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If you had an hour of school board time for Riverside Central Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273180003077
Riverside Central Elementary School
506 5TH AVE SE, ROCHESTER, MN 55904 · (507) 328-3700 · Olmsted County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- C-Test 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 Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
,
0 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
304 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 48%
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 | 13 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 60% · 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
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
29.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
33.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. 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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota'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 Central Elementary School
Riverside Central Elementary School's state test result (29.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Central Elementary School this school | 509 | 59.7% | 29.4% |
| HILLTOP ELEMENTARY INVER GROVE HEIGHTS | 626 | 55.1% | 22.2% |
| Bancroft Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 477 | 56.4% | 40.2% |
| Roosevelt Elementary WILLMAR | 580 | 64.5% | 36.9% |
| Edward Neill Elementary BURNSVILLE | 377 | 59.7% | 31.7% |
| VIKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PELICAN RAPIDS | 468 | 57.7% | 45.5% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 Central Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Olmsted County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #678 of 844 | #18 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #649 of 844 | #18 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #704 of 844 | #20 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #284 of 1,130 | #10 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.5% | #60 of 796 | #2 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.7% | #222 of 942 | #3 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #476 of 499 | #16 of 17 |
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
509
+100 (+24%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 618
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 | 509 | N/A | N/A | 60% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 38.1 | 10.2:1 | 74% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 36.6 | 11.4:1 | 79% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 37 | 11.1:1 | 67% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 44.3 | 11.6:1 | 71% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 47 | 13.6:1 | 73% (467) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 45 | 13.7:1 | 64% (393) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverside Central Elementary School.
About Riverside Central Elementary School
This page covers Riverside Central Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in ROCHESTER, Minnesota. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 509 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Minnesota is roughly 344 students; this school is 48% larger than that.
Riverside Central Elementary School is one of 47 schools in Rochester Public School District, which enrolls 17,430 students in total.
At Riverside Central Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 34%. The remaining shares are 33% Hispanic, 15% Black, 11% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Olmsted County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The lunch program counts 60% of students at Riverside Central Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 35% for public schools in Olmsted County.
The allk12 Grade for Riverside Central Elementary School is C-. Compared with Minnesota public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Riverside Central Elementary School is 3.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 29.4%. Predicted: 33.0%.
Riverside Central Elementary School is located in Olmsted County, where the median household income is $95,406, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Riverside Central Elementary School is one of 72 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Lincoln K-8 School is about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data show a 24% enrollment gain, from 409 in 2020-21 to 509 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Riverside Central Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Olmsted County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,498
Census ACS
Median income
$95,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
24,627 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in ROCHESTER
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Willow Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln K-8 School0.7 mi · 506
- Project Search Mayo Clinic0.8 mi · 8
- Middle School ALC0.9 mi · 31
- Middle School Right Fit0.9 mi · 27
- Rochester Academy-Idp Living(RAIL)0.9 mi · 83
- MNSync Online Elementary1.0 mi · 68
Frequently asked questions
About Riverside Central Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Riverside Central Elementary School?
Riverside Central Elementary School enrolls approximately 509 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Riverside Central Elementary School serve?
Riverside Central Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Riverside Central Elementary School have?
Riverside Central Elementary School employs 0 FTE teachers.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Riverside Central Elementary School?
At Riverside Central Elementary School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 33% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Riverside Central Elementary School in?
Riverside Central Elementary School is part of Rochester Public School District.
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