RIVERVIEW SCHOOL (THE)

As a sprawling K-12 campus in WOODSIDE, New York, RIVERVIEW SCHOOL (THE) serves 820 students from grades K through 12, operated by NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75. Enrollment runs roughly 51% above the state mean of about 544.

Across the 60 schools in NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75 (27,533 students total), RIVERVIEW SCHOOL (THE) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, RIVERVIEW SCHOOL (THE) shows that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 20% Asian, 13% White, 12% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, RIVERVIEW SCHOOL (THE) logs 149 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.5:1. The state averages around 8.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household earnings sit near $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), RIVERVIEW SCHOOL (THE) is one campus in the mix.

PS 199 MAURICE A FITZGERALD is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RIVERVIEW SCHOOL (THE) has increased 106%, going from 399 students in 2018 to 820 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 40% to 52% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for RIVERVIEW SCHOOL (THE) typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.