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Which teacher or staff member at Riverview Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 582 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVILLE TOWNSHIP K-8 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340387004206
Riverview Elementary School
33 ST MARYS PLACE, DENVILLE, NJ 07834 · (973) 983-6545 · Morris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
9.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
16 students
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Riverview Elementary School→Valleyview Middle School
Based on grade levels within Denville Township K-8 School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
71.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
66.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.6% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 74.9% | 64.1% |
% 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
65.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Riverview Elementary School
Riverview Elementary School's state test result (65.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview Elementary School this school | 465 | 3.4% | 65.1% |
| Shongum School RANDOLPH | 482 | 4.1% | 58.1% |
| Bear Tavern Elementary School TITUSVILLE | 461 | 4.3% | 70.0% |
| Franklin Elementary School Westfield | 509 | 0.6% | 75.2% |
| J. Fithian Tatem School HADDONFIELD | 433 | 1.2% | 74.7% |
| Hopewell Elementary School HOPEWELL | 397 | 4.5% | 66.2% |
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 Riverview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #236 of 1,290 | #30 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #311 of 1,319 ▼ 7 | #41 of 77 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #232 of 1,319 ▼ 64 | #26 of 77 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #495 of 1,562 | #17 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #200 of 1,390 | #14 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #1,120 of 1,392 | #78 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.4% | #1,381 of 1,481 | #74 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.5% | #54 of 545 | #4 of 40 |
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
465
+38 (+9%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 9.5:1
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 | 465 | 49.6 | 9.4:1 | 3% (16) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 50.9 | 9.0:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 51.9 | 9.0:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 45 | 9.5:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2017-18 | 351 | 36.5 | 9.6:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2015-16 | 369 | 32 | 11.5:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 0% (2) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | 28 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (351 to 465); teachers up 36% (36.5 to 49.6).
About Riverview Elementary School
Riverview Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in DENVILLE, New Jersey, (ZIP code 07834). Its enrollment is 465 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Across its 3 schools, Denville Township K-8 School District enrolls 1,735 students. Riverview Elementary School is one of those schools.
The largest group at Riverview Elementary School is White students, at 78%. The remaining students are 8% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Morris County, the White share is about 68%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Riverview Elementary School scores 37%.
The school's 49.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Income data for the school show 3% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Morris County average 19%.
On the allk12 Grade, Riverview Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 70% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 65.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 64.3%.
Looking at the county, Morris County, the median household earns about $137,326 a year, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Riverview Elementary School, Morris County has 156 public schools.
Valleyview Middle School is the nearest public school to Riverview Elementary School, about 1.2 miles away. Within five miles of Riverview Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Riverview Elementary School is ahead of the 60.8% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 465 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 427.
Riverview Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Denville Township K-8 School District
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 699 students
- Valleyview Middle SchoolMiddle · 571 students
Other schools in DENVILLE
- Morris County School of TechnologyHigh · 885 students
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 699 students
- Valleyview Middle SchoolMiddle · 571 students
Other Riverview Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 19 states are named Riverview Elementary. Riverview Elementary School is the 12th largest of the 30.
- Riverview ElementaryFort Mill, SC · 711 students
- Riverview ElementaryFresno, CA · 700 students
- Riverview ElementarySpotsylvania, VA · 691 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolHamilton, OH · 640 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolPainesville, OH · 615 students
Nearby schools
- Valleyview Middle School1.2 mi · 571
- Morris County School of Technology1.3 mi · 885
- Thomas Jefferson Middle School1.4 mi · 299
- Lincoln Elementary School1.5 mi · 272
- Academy for Performing Arts1.6 mi · 144
- Morris Knolls High School1.6 mi · 1,450
Frequently asked questions
About Riverview Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Riverview Elementary School?
Riverview Elementary School enrolls approximately 465 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Riverview Elementary School serve?
Riverview Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverview Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverview Elementary School is approximately 9.4:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Riverview Elementary School?
Student demographics at Riverview Elementary School are roughly 78% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Riverview Elementary School in?
Riverview Elementary School is part of Denville Township K-8 School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.