Enrollment
158
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERBANK CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE·NCES 340073103022
Riverbank Charter School of Excellence
1300 Hornberger Ave, Roebling, NJ 08554 · (609) 499-4321 · Burlington County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL158 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
15 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
37 students
STATE 41%
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 | 42 | 27% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 23% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 71% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
68.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
78.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -12.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.4% | 78.9% |
| 2023-24 | 68.5% | 91.4% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Riverbank Charter School of Excellence
Riverbank Charter School of Excellence's state test result (76.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverbank Charter School of Excellence this school | 158 | 23.4% | 76.8% |
| Laurel Springs School LAUREL SPRINGS | 179 | 25.1% | 50.8% |
| Clara Barton Elementary BORDENTOWN | 202 | 26.2% | N/A |
| Estelle V. Malberg Early Childhood Center CHERRY HILL | 174 | 21.8% | N/A |
| James A. Garfield Elementary School COLLINGSWOOD | 128 | 25.8% | 63.9% |
| Hazelwood Elementary School MIDDLESEX | 198 | 28.3% | 36.5% |
Matched among New Jersey 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 Riverbank Charter School of Excellence ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Burlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #59 of 1,290 | #3 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #100 of 1,319 ▼ 96 | #3 of 56 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #302 of 1,319 ▼ 24 | #8 of 56 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 158 | #1,449 of 1,562 | #72 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.4% | #971 of 1,481 | #45 of 73 |
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
158
+5 (+3%) vs 2020
+31% since 2010-11, when it was 121
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 158 | 15.3 | 10.3:1 | 23% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 153 | 16 | 9.6:1 | 16% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 154 | 14 | 11.0:1 | 14% (21) |
| 2020-21 | 153 | 14 | 10.9:1 | 14% (21) |
| 2017-18 | 144 | 14 | 10.3:1 | 10% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 143 | 14 | 10.2:1 | 17% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 121 | 9 | 13.4:1 | 18% (22) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverbank Charter School of Excellence.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (144 to 158); teachers up 10% (14 to 15.3).
About Riverbank Charter School of Excellence
Riverbank Charter School of Excellence is a small elementary school in New Jersey, with an address in Roebling. It educates 158 students in kindergarten through 3. The typical figure for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students.
Federal records list Riverbank Charter School of Excellence as its own district.
White students account for 59% of enrollment at Riverbank Charter School of Excellence. Smaller groups are 16% Black, 11% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Riverbank Charter School of Excellence belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
Riverbank Charter School of Excellence counts 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.3 students for each one. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is higher than this school's figure. About 23% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. On average, public schools in Burlington County report 32%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Riverbank Charter School of Excellence receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Riverbank Charter School of Excellence is in the top 10% of New Jersey schools: 76.8% actual against 53.3% predicted.
Burlington County has about 467,805 residents, and median household income is about $108,111, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 139 public schools in Burlington County, with a combined enrollment of about 69,020.
Nearest public school: Roebling Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Riverbank Charter School of Excellence ranks 1st of 8 on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Riverbank Charter School of Excellence is a publicly funded charter school.
Riverbank Charter School of Excellence saw enrollment rise 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Burlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
467,805
Census ACS
Median income
$108,111
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
139
69,020 students
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- Roebling Elementary School0.2 mi · 410
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- Center for Student Learning CS at Pennsbury2.8 mi · 170
- Brookwood Elementary School3.0 mi · 975
- B. Bernice Young Elementary School3.2 mi · 681
Frequently asked questions
About Riverbank Charter School of ExcellenceHow large is Riverbank Charter School of Excellence?
Riverbank Charter School of Excellence enrolls approximately 158 students in grades KG-03.
Is Riverbank Charter School of Excellence an elementary, middle, or high school?
Riverbank Charter School of Excellence is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many students per teacher at Riverbank Charter School of Excellence?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Riverbank Charter School of Excellence.
What is the student diversity at Riverbank Charter School of Excellence?
Student demographics at Riverbank Charter School of Excellence are roughly 59% White, 11% Hispanic, 16% Black, 11% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Riverbank Charter School of Excellence public or private?
Riverbank Charter School of Excellence is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Riverbank Charter School of Excellence.
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