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Best kept secret at Riverbend Elementary School?
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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD SD 19·NCES 411167000973
Riverbend Elementary School
320 N 51st St, Springfield, OR 97478 · (541) 988-2511 · Lane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Oregon public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
427 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 76%
Community
1
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 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 59% · 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
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
18.4%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
13.1%
OR avg 31.8% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.4% | 13.1% |
| 2023-24 | 19.3% | 15.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. 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
14.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon'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 →
Where Riverbend Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #555 of 591 | #52 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #610 of 646 ▼ 28 | #54 of 55 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #612 of 646 ▼ 10 | #55 of 55 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #162 of 710 | #12 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #295 of 587 | #26 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #256 of 587 | #17 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 101% | #60 of 645 | #5 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #244 of 493 | #14 of 39 |
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
424
+111 (+35%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 424 | 25 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 26.9 | 17.7:1 | 92% (435) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 24.8 | 17.3:1 | 63% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 25 | 12.5:1 | 99% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 29 | 18.2:1 | 83% (437) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 26 | 19.1:1 | 83% (410) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 21 | 24.7:1 | 79% (411) |
| 2000-01 | 446 | 24 | 18.6:1 | 59% (261) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverbend Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (529 to 424); teachers down 14% (29 to 25).
About Riverbend Elementary School
Riverbend Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Springfield, Oregon, one of the schools in Springfield SD 19. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 424 students. Elementary schools in Oregon have about 321 students on average; enrollment here is 32% higher.
Springfield SD 19 has 8,928 students in 21 schools, and Riverbend Elementary School is one of those schools.
The student body at Riverbend Elementary School is 62% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 25% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 81%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
Riverbend Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Oregon is similar, at 16.5:1.
Among Oregon public elementary schools, Riverbend Elementary School outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Riverbend Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Oregon is predicted to score 23.5%. Riverbend Elementary School scores 14.8%, 8.7 points below that line.
In Lane County, home to about 384,207 people, the median household earns about $71,544 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Lane County number 117, with about 42,240 students.
About 1.0 miles separate Riverbend Elementary School from the closest public school, Thurston High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 35.2% on proficiency, and Riverbend Elementary School is below that at 14.8%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Riverbend Elementary School had a net gain of 111 students, or 35%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.5:1 to 17.0:1 over the same years.
The allk12 page for Riverbend Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
384,207
Census ACS
Median income
$71,544
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
42,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Springfield SD 19
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Thurston High SchoolHigh · 1,215 students
- Hamlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 573 students
- Thurston Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
- Agnes Stewart Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- Briggs Middle SchoolMiddle · 419 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Thurston High SchoolHigh · 1,215 students
- Hamlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 573 students
- Thurston Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
- Agnes Stewart Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- Briggs Middle SchoolMiddle · 419 students
Other Riverbend Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Riverbend Elementary. Riverbend Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Riverbend ElementaryYuba City, CA · 914 students
- Riverbend Elementary SchoolSpokane Valley, WA · 600 students
- RIVERBEND ELEMENTARYBLACKFOOT, ID · 403 students
- Riverbend Elementary SchoolGainesville, GA · 330 students
- Riverbend Elementary SchoolWest Monroe, LA · 301 students
Nearby schools
- Thurston High School1.0 mi · 1,215
- Mt Vernon Elementary School1.3 mi · 354
- Thurston Middle School1.4 mi · 524
- Ridgeview Elementary School1.6 mi · 371
- Douglas Gardens Elementary School1.8 mi · 293
- Agnes Stewart Middle School2.1 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About Riverbend Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Riverbend Elementary School?
Riverbend Elementary School enrolls approximately 424 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Riverbend Elementary School serve?
Riverbend Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Riverbend Elementary School have?
Riverbend Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Riverbend Elementary School?
Student demographics at Riverbend Elementary School are roughly 62% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Riverbend Elementary School in?
Riverbend Elementary School is part of Springfield SD 19.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.