Riverside Elementary

Set in Columbia, Tennessee, Riverside Elementary is a close-knit elementary campus, part of Maury County. It works with 380 students across grades pre-K through 4.

Maury County runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,098 students. Riverside Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Riverside Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 34% White, 21% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Maury County as a whole is about 8% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Maury County put median household income runs about $76,130, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Maury County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,098 students), of which Riverside Elementary is one.

Virtual Academy of Maury County is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Riverside Elementary.

Riverside Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Riverside Elementary has ticked down 10%, going from 423 students in 2018 to 380 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 39% across the same window.

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