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Enrollment
902
Middle
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOHNSTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370237002587
Riverwood Middle
204 Athletic Club Blvd, Clayton, NC 27527 · (919) 359-2769 · Johnston County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL902 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of North Carolina public middle schools
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
897 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 284 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 290 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 328 | 36% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
58.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
54.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Riverwood Middle
Riverwood Middle's state test result (57.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverwood Middle this school | 902 | 99.4% | 57.5% |
| Norwayne Middle Fremont | 848 | 99.6% | 57.6% |
| Cleveland Middle Garner | 936 | 99.7% | 61.2% |
| Leland Middle Leland | 806 | 99.6% | 46.7% |
| Holly Shelter Middle Castle Hayne | 801 | 99.1% | 57.8% |
| Southeast Guilford Middle Greensboro | 826 | 99.6% | 50.1% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Riverwood Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Johnston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #152 of 463 | #6 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #181 of 461 | #8 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #122 of 463 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 902 | #64 of 478 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #295 of 456 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #80 of 456 | #2 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #123 of 472 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.6% | #35 of 300 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
902
-300 (-25%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 983
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 902 | 53.1 | 17.0:1 | 99% (897) |
| 2023-24 | 914 | 47 | 19.4:1 | 100% (911) |
| 2022-23 | 948 | 56 | 16.9:1 | 42% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 1,202 | 70 | 17.2:1 | 25% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 1,229 | 69 | 17.8:1 | 23% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 1,224 | 66 | 18.6:1 | 24% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 983 | 57 | 17.3:1 | 23% (229) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverwood Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (1,229 to 902); teachers down 23% (69 to 53.1).
About Riverwood Middle
Riverwood Middle is a public middle school in Clayton, North Carolina. Enrollment stands at 902 students, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 49% bigger than the average for middle schools in North Carolina.
In Johnston County Public Schools, 48 schools enroll a combined 37,320 students.
The biggest share of students at Riverwood Middle, 44%, is White. The next largest groups are 27% Black, 20% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. In Johnston County overall, about 64% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Riverwood Middle scores 69%.
The school has 53.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.0 students per teacher. Statewide, middle schools in North Carolina average 15.9:1. Of all students at Riverwood Middle, 99% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Riverwood Middle earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 76% of North Carolina public middle schools.
Riverwood Middle sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.5% and a predicted 48.5%.
In Johnston County, median household income comes to about $83,384, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Johnston County counts 52 public schools with about 41,004 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Riverwood Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Riverwood Middle is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for Riverwood Middle is Suburb: Small, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The school's student count fell 25% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Riverwood Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Johnston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
234,263
Census ACS
Median income
$83,384
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
41,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Johnston County Public Schools
- Corinth Holders HighHigh · 2,187 students
- Clayton HighHigh · 1,929 students
- Cleveland HighHigh · 1,889 students
- West Johnston HighHigh · 1,563 students
- Smithfield-Selma HighHigh · 1,548 students
- South Johnston HighHigh · 1,355 students
Other schools in Clayton
- American Leadership Academy - JohnstonCombined · 2,082 students
- Clayton HighHigh · 1,929 students
- Cleveland HighHigh · 1,889 students
- River Dell ElementaryElementary · 981 students
- Cleveland ElementaryElementary · 851 students
- West Clayton ElementaryElementary · 742 students
Other Riverwood Middle schools
One other US public school is named Riverwood Middle. Riverwood Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Riverwood Middle SchoolKINGWOOD, TX · 1,161 students
Nearby schools
- Riverwood Elementary0.1 mi · 728
- Cooper Academy3.0 mi · 447
- East Clayton Elementary3.2 mi · 524
- Archer Lodge Middle3.2 mi · 1,204
- Clayton High3.8 mi · 1,929
- West Clayton Elementary4.3 mi · 742
Frequently asked questions
About Riverwood MiddleHow large is Riverwood Middle?
Riverwood Middle enrolls approximately 902 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Riverwood Middle serve?
Riverwood Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverwood Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverwood Middle is approximately 17.0:1 (53 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Riverwood Middle?
Riverwood Middle reports a student body of 44% White, 20% Hispanic, 27% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Riverwood Middle in?
Riverwood Middle is part of Johnston County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.