RIVERSIDE SCHOOL

RIVERSIDE SCHOOL is a K-5 school of tiny scale in ROCKVILLE CENTRE, New York, overseen by ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructing 149 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 66% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

RIVERSIDE SCHOOL is one of 7 schools operated by ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 3,276 students overall.

On the student-mix side, RIVERSIDE SCHOOL logs that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. Compared to Nassau County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Nassau County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, RIVERSIDE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.3%; this one delivers 56.1%.

In the area at large, census data for Nassau County shows median household earnings sit near $146,202, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), RIVERSIDE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EAST ROCKAWAY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, RIVERSIDE SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 68.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 161 students in 2018 compared to 149 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 32% to 26% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 in 2025.

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