RIVER BEND ELEM.

RIVER BEND ELEM., an average-sized elementary school in CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, run under PARKWAY C-2, teaches 380 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so RIVER BEND ELEM. sits 21% larger than that benchmark.

PARKWAY C-2 comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 16,759 students; RIVER BEND ELEM. is among them.

In terms of who attends, RIVER BEND ELEM. records that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 20% Black, 9% Asian, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, RIVER BEND ELEM. lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting RIVER BEND ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 20% of students at RIVER BEND ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RIVER BEND ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.9%; this one delivers 45.9%.

Around the school, St. Louis County reports that median household earnings sit near $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Louis County's 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), RIVER BEND ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CENTRAL MIDDLE, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RIVER BEND ELEM.. On composite proficiency, RIVER BEND ELEM. comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 46.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 435 students in 2018 compared to 380 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 28% to 20%.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.