Enrollment
149
Elementary
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362478003429
RIVERSIDE SCHOOL
110 RIVERSIDE DR, ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY 11570 · (516) 255-8902 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL149 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of New York 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 York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
35 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 35 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
RIVERSIDE SCHOOL→SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE 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
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +23.0pp since 2023
Math
65.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 SCHOOL
RIVERSIDE SCHOOL's state test result (56.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERSIDE SCHOOL this school | 149 | 23.5% | 56.1% |
| GREENWOOD LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENWOOD LAKE | 191 | 24.6% | 79.5% |
| BAYVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL BAYVILLE | 167 | 20.4% | 69.8% |
| ELM DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MILLBROOK | 167 | 17.4% | N/A |
| MAURICE SENDAK COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 202 | 19.3% | 75.9% |
| BRIARWOOD SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 170 | 24.7% | 75.8% |
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 SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #918 of 2,335 | #130 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #900 of 2,342 ▲ 3 | #128 of 172 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #699 of 2,343 ▲ 452 | #100 of 172 ▲ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 149 | #2,497 of 2,585 | #192 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.5% | #2,137 of 2,534 | #86 of 193 |
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
149
-6 (-4%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 174
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
was 9.1:1
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 | 149 | 19 | 7.8:1 | 23% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 139 | 17.9 | 7.8:1 | 28% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 150 | 22 | 6.8:1 | 24% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 155 | 17 | 9.1:1 | 19% (29) |
| 2017-18 | 161 | 15 | 10.7:1 | 22% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 175 | 13 | 13.5:1 | 21% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 164 | 20 | 8.2:1 | 20% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 162 | 11 | 14.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 174 | 11 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIVERSIDE SCHOOL.
About RIVERSIDE SCHOOL
Students in ROCKVILLE CENTRE, New York, attend RIVERSIDE SCHOOL, a small elementary school. A federal count lists 149 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 66% smaller than that.
RIVERSIDE SCHOOL is one of 7 schools in ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 3,276 students in total.
White students make up a majority at RIVERSIDE SCHOOL, at 54%. Next come 26% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The White share in Nassau County as a whole is similar, at about 57%. RIVERSIDE SCHOOL's diversity index is 62%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 19 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 7.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Eligible students account for 23% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Compared with the 31% average for public schools in Nassau County, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, RIVERSIDE SCHOOL receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
RIVERSIDE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (56.1%) and its predicted rate (66.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Nassau County, the median household income is $146,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. There are 315 public schools in Nassau County, enrolling about 200,775 students in all.
The school nearest to RIVERSIDE SCHOOL is EAST ROCKAWAY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. RIVERSIDE SCHOOL places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 149 students in 2024-25, 6 fewer than the 155 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 9.1:1 to 7.8:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Nassau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,389,591
Census ACS
Median income
$146,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
315
200,775 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 959 students
- SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 806 students
- HEWITT SCHOOLElementary · 465 students
- WILSON SCHOOLElementary · 387 students
- WILLIAM S COVERT SCHOOLElementary · 286 students
- WATSON SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
Other schools in ROCKVILLE CENTRE
- SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 959 students
- SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 806 students
- HEWITT SCHOOLElementary · 465 students
- WILSON SCHOOLElementary · 387 students
- WATSON SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
Other Riverside schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Riverside. RIVERSIDE SCHOOL is the 8th largest of the 9.
- Riverside SchoolWashington, UT · 610 students
- Riverside SchoolWEST JORDAN, UT · 591 students
- Riverside SchoolCleveland, OH · 493 students
- Riverside SchoolNEW CASTLE, CO · 483 students
- Riverside SchoolRiverside, CT · 440 students
Nearby schools
- EAST ROCKAWAY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 557
- CENTRE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 239
- SCHOOL 20.7 mi · 407
- SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 806
- KINDERGARTEN CENTER1.0 mi · 163
- WATSON SCHOOL1.0 mi · 224
Frequently asked questions
About RIVERSIDE SCHOOLHow many students attend RIVERSIDE SCHOOL?
RIVERSIDE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 149 students in grades KG-05.
Is RIVERSIDE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RIVERSIDE SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does RIVERSIDE SCHOOL have?
RIVERSIDE SCHOOL employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.8:1.
What is the student diversity at RIVERSIDE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RIVERSIDE SCHOOL are roughly 54% White, 26% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is RIVERSIDE SCHOOL in?
RIVERSIDE SCHOOL is part of ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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