Enrollment
252
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341404001238
Riverton School District
600 FIFTH STREET, RIVERTON, NJ 08077 · (856) 829-0087 · Burlington County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL252 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest 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 New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
28 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
48 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 8 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 35% smaller than its 8th grade class (34).
Student demographics
35%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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
66.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.2pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.7% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 48.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for New Jersey 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 New Jersey'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 Riverton School District
Riverton School District's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverton School District this school | 252 | 19.0% | 50.0% |
| Woodbury Heights Elementary WOODBURY HTS | 248 | 19.8% | 49.9% |
| Atlantic Highlands Elementary School ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS | 282 | 18.1% | N/A |
| Brass Castle School WASHINGTON | 261 | 21.8% | 43.2% |
| Raritan Valley School HAZLET | 241 | 17.4% | 59.7% |
| Valley View School CALIFON | 260 | 18.1% | 57.9% |
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 Riverton School District ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Burlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #523 of 1,290 | #21 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #583 of 1,319 no change | #24 of 56 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #341 of 1,319 ▲ 148 | #9 of 56 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 252 | #1,279 of 1,562 | #64 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #132 of 1,390 | #5 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.2% | #1,150 of 1,392 | #62 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.0% | #1,049 of 1,481 | #48 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #276 of 798 | #8 of 32 |
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
252
-38 (-13%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 272
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 252 | 28 | 9.0:1 | 19% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 261 | 28.1 | 9.3:1 | 14% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 28.2 | 9.7:1 | 13% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 290 | 27 | 10.7:1 | 15% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 296 | 25.2 | 11.8:1 | 12% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 25 | 11.5:1 | 7% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 271 | 18 | 15.1:1 | 15% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 249 | 23 | 10.8:1 | 9% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 272 | 18 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverton School District.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (296 to 252); teachers up 11% (25.2 to 28).
About Riverton School District
In RIVERTON, New Jersey, part of Burlington County, Riverton School District is an elementary school. There are 252 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 8. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 405.
Riverton School District is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
White students are 79% of those enrolled at Riverton School District. The remaining shares are 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Burlington County's population at about 64%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 35%.
Its ratio of 9.0:1 is based on 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 19% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Burlington County is 32%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Riverton School District outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Riverton School District is 55.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.0%.
For the population of Burlington County, the median household earns about $108,111 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Riverton School District shares Burlington County with 138 other public schools.
Cinnaminson High School sits about 0.9 miles from Riverton School District. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 41.6% proficiency; Riverton School District posts 50.0%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 38 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 10.7:1 to 9.0:1 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
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Cinnaminson High School0.9 mi · 929
- Palmyra High School1.0 mi · 385
- Palmyra Middle School1.0 mi · 134
- Delaware Avenue School1.0 mi · 99
- Charles Street School1.1 mi · 417
- Eleanor Rush Intermediate School1.1 mi · 638
Frequently asked questions
About Riverton School DistrictHow many students attend Riverton School District?
Riverton School District enrolls approximately 252 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Riverton School District serve?
Riverton School District serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Riverton School District?
Approximately 9.0:1 students per teacher at Riverton School District.
What is the student diversity at Riverton School District?
Student demographics at Riverton School District are roughly 79% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Riverton School District?
Riverton School District is overseen by Riverton School District in Burlington County.
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