Enrollment
204
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYWOOD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370204000900
Riverbend Elementary
71 Learning Lane, Clyde, NC 28721 · (828) 627-6565 · Haywood County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL204 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of North Carolina 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.
- A+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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
201 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
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 | 36 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
79.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
88.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
84.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+35.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 36 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Riverbend Elementary
Riverbend Elementary's state test result (84.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverbend Elementary this school | 204 | 98.5% | 84.4% |
| Sandy Ridge Elementary School Sandy Ridge | 213 | 98.6% | 49.6% |
| Sunshine Elementary School Bostic | 217 | 98.6% | 65.8% |
| Nancy Reynolds Elementary School Westfield | 192 | 97.4% | 58.7% |
| Piney Creek Elementary Piney Creek | 198 | 98.5% | 59.8% |
| Happy Valley Elementary Lenoir | 234 | 97.9% | 43.4% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Riverbend Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Haywood County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #37 of 1,297 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.7% | #31 of 1,296 | #1 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #49 of 1,300 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 204 | #1,376 of 1,485 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #770 of 1,377 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.2% | #1,377 of 1,379 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #826 of 1,414 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #798 of 937 | #5 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
204
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 136
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 204 | 13.6 | 15.1:1 | 99% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 201 | 14.4 | 13.9:1 | 99% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 183 | 13.9 | 13.2:1 | 52% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 202 | 13 | 15.5:1 | 36% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 214 | 14 | 15.3:1 | 49% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 16 | 26.8:1 | 25% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 229 | 20 | 11.4:1 | 46% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 200 | 13 | 15.4:1 | 31% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 136 | 10 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverbend Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (214 to 204); teachers down 3% (14 to 13.6).
About Riverbend Elementary
Riverbend Elementary, located in Clyde, North Carolina, is a small elementary school. Enrollment is 204 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. Against the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina, enrollment here is 56% lower.
Riverbend Elementary is one school in a 15-school district, Haywood County Schools, which enrolls 6,476 students.
The student body at Riverbend Elementary is 95% White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 91% White, within a few points of the school. Riverbend Elementary's diversity index is 10%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 13.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Riverbend Elementary is 99%. For comparison, public schools in Haywood County average 99%.
Riverbend Elementary is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 99% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After accounting for student poverty, Riverbend Elementary is in the top 10% of North Carolina schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 84.4% is 35.7 points above the 48.8% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Within Haywood County, the median household income is $61,912, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Riverbend Elementary, Haywood County has 15 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Haywood Early College, about 4.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Riverbend Elementary's average proficiency of 84.4% compares with 61.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment at Riverbend Elementary was 202 in 2020-21 and 204 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Riverbend Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Haywood County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,662
Census ACS
Median income
$61,912
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,092 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Haywood County Schools
- Tuscola HighHigh · 873 students
- Pisgah HighHigh · 859 students
- Waynesville MiddleMiddle · 727 students
- Bethel ElementaryElementary · 537 students
- Clyde ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- Hazelwood ElementaryElementary · 490 students
Other schools in Clyde
- Clyde ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- Haywood Early CollegeHigh · 177 students
Other Riverbend Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Riverbend Elementary. Riverbend Elementary is the 7th largest of the 7.
- Riverbend ElementaryYuba City, CA · 914 students
- Riverbend Elementary SchoolSpokane Valley, WA · 600 students
- Riverbend Elementary SchoolSpringfield, OR · 424 students
- RIVERBEND ELEMENTARYBLACKFOOT, ID · 403 students
- Riverbend Elementary SchoolGainesville, GA · 330 students
Nearby schools
- Haywood Early College4.1 mi · 177
- Tuscola High4.2 mi · 873
- Clyde Elementary4.6 mi · 523
- Shining Rock Classical Academy4.9 mi · 616
- Junaluska Elementary5.3 mi · 428
- Jonathan Valley Elementary6.0 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Riverbend ElementaryHow large is Riverbend Elementary?
Riverbend Elementary enrolls approximately 204 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Riverbend Elementary serve?
Riverbend Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Riverbend Elementary?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Riverbend Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Riverbend Elementary?
Student demographics at Riverbend Elementary are roughly 95% White, 5% Hispanic.
Is Riverbend Elementary public or private?
Riverbend Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Haywood County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.