Riverside Elementary School

As a modestly sized primary school in Dublin, Ohio, Riverside Elementary School hosts 318 students from grades K through 5, run under Dublin City. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 21% smaller than typical.

Dublin City comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 16,967 students; Riverside Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Riverside Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 16% Hispanic, 13% Black, 12% multiracial, 10% Asian. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Riverside Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.6%; this one delivers 65.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate median household income runs about $75,176, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Franklin County runs 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), of which Riverside Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Griffith Thomas Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Riverside Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 71.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Riverside Elementary School has contracted 19%, going from 391 students in 2018 to 318 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 22% to 16%. Class-load math has tightened: from 65.2:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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