Riverside Elementary School

Riverside Elementary School operates as a moderately sized elementary-level community in Grants Pass, Oregon, overseen by Grants Pass SD 7. Current enrollment sits at 351 students spanning grades K through 5.

Riverside Elementary School is one of 11 schools operated by Grants Pass SD 7, a district that instructs 5,562 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Riverside Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the resource side, On paper, Riverside Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Josephine County's rate of about 84%.

After controlling for student poverty, Riverside Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.4%; this one delivers 43.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Josephine County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,098, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Josephine County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,944 students), of which Riverside Elementary School is one.

Gladiola High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Riverside Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 39.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Riverside Elementary School has declined 21%, going from 443 students in 2018 to 351 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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