Riverside Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 61.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.5% | 61.7% |
| 2022-23 | 61.7% | 61.5% |
| 2021-22 | 63.8% | 53.1% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
Schools most like Riverside Elementary School
Riverside Elementary School's state test result (65.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Elementary School this school | 318 | 45.6% | 65.6% |
| Olde Sawmill Elementary School Dublin | 370 | 44.3% | 64.0% |
| Norwich Elementary School Hilliard | 463 | 44.3% | 67.8% |
| Worthington Park Elementary School Westerville | 378 | 43.4% | 71.8% |
| Whittier Primary School Findlay | 396 | 49.0% | N/A |
| Wilson Vance Elementary School Findlay | 412 | 44.7% | 67.7% |
Where Riverside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #530 of 673 | #55 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #881 of 1,569 ▼ 41 | #71 of 199 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #719 of 1,569 ▼ 55 | #58 of 199 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #547 of 1,514 | #85 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #1,204 of 1,808 | #145 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #301 of 1,582 | #16 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #107 of 1,590 | #31 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.6% | #330 of 767 | #35 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #289 of 992 | #53 of 135 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 318 | 21 | 15.1:1 | 46% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 21 | 15.1:1 | 51% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 307 | 18.5 | 16.6:1 | 35% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 322 | 21 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 391 | 6 | 65.2:1 | 43% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 25 | 18.8:1 | 39% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 47% (194) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 8% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 408 | 21 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (391 to 318); teachers up 250% (6 to 21).
About Riverside Elementary School
Riverside Elementary School is an elementary school in Dublin, Ohio, reachable at (614) 764-5940. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 318 students. Across elementary schools in Ohio, the average enrollment is about 404.
Dublin City enrolls 16,967 students, and its 23 schools include Riverside Elementary School.
White students make up 48% of enrollment at Riverside Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 16% Hispanic, 13% Black, 12% multiracial, and 10% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Franklin County's population at about 59%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
The school's 21 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Riverside Elementary School, 46% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
In Ohio, Riverside Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 65.6% actual against a predicted 71.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Franklin County show that the median household earns about $75,176 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Franklin County, 402 public schools serve about 195,359 students.
Riverside Elementary School is about 1.1 miles from Griffith Thomas Elementary School, its nearest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Riverside Elementary School is 5th of 7 on proficiency.
Riverside Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Federal data show 322 students in 2020-21 and 318 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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