Enrollment
246
Elementary
DISTRICT 264 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONEONTA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362178003096
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
39 HOUSE ST, ONEONTA, NY 13820 · (607) 433-8273 · Otsego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL246 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest 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 York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
122 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 58%
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 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 72% · 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
Based on grade levels within ONEONTA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 38.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for New York 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 York'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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 246 | 49.6% | 38.5% |
| DURHAMVILLE SCHOOL DURHAMVILLE | 258 | 50.4% | 39.2% |
| THOMAS E GLASGOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLATTSBURGH | 248 | 46.8% | N/A |
| PLEASANT AVENUE SCHOOL JOHNSTOWN | 259 | 53.3% | N/A |
| HUGH W GREGG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORNING | 214 | 51.9% | 65.5% |
| ALFRED-ALMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALMOND | 250 | 50.4% | 58.4% |
Matched among New York 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Otsego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #1,695 of 2,335 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,697 of 2,342 ▲ 73 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,570 of 2,343 ▲ 113 | #4 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 246 | #2,245 of 2,585 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #430 of 2,338 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.5% | #1,820 of 2,388 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.6% | #1,418 of 2,534 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #1,356 of 1,757 | #4 of 6 |
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
246
+18 (+8%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 288
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
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 | 246 | 24.6 | 10.0:1 | 50% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 239 | 22.8 | 10.5:1 | 41% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 224 | 22.9 | 9.8:1 | 51% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 228 | 21 | 10.9:1 | 53% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 264 | 20 | 13.2:1 | 50% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 260 | 19 | 13.7:1 | 63% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 230 | 15 | 15.3:1 | 54% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 271 | 22 | 12.3:1 | 46% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 288 | 20 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in ONEONTA, New York. The school enrolls 246 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
The district, ONEONTA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 5 schools serving 1,679 students.
White students make up 81% of enrollment at RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The remaining students are 8% Hispanic and 8% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 33% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 10.0:1 comes from the school's 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.9 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 50% in 2024-25. That is 8 points above the 42% average for public schools in Otsego County.
allk12 grades RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 56.8%. RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 38.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Otsego County, the median household income is $68,885, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 21 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is GREATER PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.4 miles away. RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 55.5% on proficiency, and RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is below that at 38.5%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Remote.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 18 more students in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Otsego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,108
Census ACS
Median income
$68,885
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
6,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ONEONTA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ONEONTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 499 students
- ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 388 students
- GREATER PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 283 students
- VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 263 students
Other schools in ONEONTA
- ONEONTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 499 students
- ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 388 students
- GREATER PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 283 students
- VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 263 students
Other Riverside Elementary schools
43 other US public schools in 25 states are named Riverside Elementary. RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 41st largest of the 44.
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARYELMIRA, NY · 375 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRESTVIEW, FL · 1,032 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolSuwanee, GA · 919 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 842 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolRIVERSIDE, NJ · 768 students
Nearby schools
- GREATER PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 283
- VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 263
- ONEONTA MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 388
- ONEONTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 499
- LAURENS CENTRAL SCHOOL6.1 mi · 287
- FRANKLIN CENTRAL SCHOOL8.9 mi · 209
Frequently asked questions
About RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 246 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the student diversity at RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 81% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ONEONTA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.