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What tradition at NORTH RIVERSIDE EL should never be changed?
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Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KELLER ISD·NCES 482526008036
NORTH RIVERSIDE EL
7900 N RIVERSIDE DR, FORT WORTH, TX 76137 · (817) 744-5300 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
324 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 65%
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
40.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +8.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Source: STAAR. 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
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
469
+36 (+8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 10.7:1
% White
21%
was 33%
% Hispanic
55%
was 49%
% Black
11%
was 9%
% Asian
5%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About NORTH RIVERSIDE EL
NORTH RIVERSIDE EL operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in FORT WORTH, Texas, run under KELLER ISD. Current enrollment sits at 469 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
KELLER ISD runs 42 schools in total, collectively educating 32,042 students. NORTH RIVERSIDE EL is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, NORTH RIVERSIDE EL logs that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 21% White, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, NORTH RIVERSIDE EL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 69% of students at NORTH RIVERSIDE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, NORTH RIVERSIDE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.7%, the actual is 34.3%, a residual of -9.4 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put median household income runs about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NORTH RIVERSIDE EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
Nearest neighbor: FOSSIL HILL MIDDLE, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTH RIVERSIDE EL. On composite proficiency, NORTH RIVERSIDE EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.0%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 8%: 433 students in 2018 compared to 469 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 33% to 21% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.
On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KELLER ISD
- TIMBER CREEK H SHigh · 2,970 students
- KELLER H SHigh · 2,951 students
- CENTRAL H SHigh · 2,410 students
- FOSSIL RIDGE H SHigh · 2,140 students
- HILLWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 1,126 students
- PARKWOOD HILL INTMiddle · 1,022 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R EATON H SHigh · 3,288 students
- TIMBER CREEK H SHigh · 2,970 students
- NORTH CROWLEY H SHigh · 2,936 students
- BOSWELL H SHigh · 2,445 students
- CHISHOLM TRAIL H SHigh · 2,258 students
- PASCHAL H SHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- FOSSIL HILL MIDDLE0.4 mi · 831
- KELLER EARLY LEARNING CENTER - SOUTH0.5 mi · 317
- VISTA RIDGE MIDDLE0.7 mi · 786
- BASSWOOD EL0.8 mi · 563
- HERITAGE EL0.8 mi · 529
- FOSSIL RIDGE H S1.0 mi · 2,140
Frequently asked questions
About NORTH RIVERSIDE ELHow many students attend NORTH RIVERSIDE EL?
NORTH RIVERSIDE EL enrolls approximately 469 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does NORTH RIVERSIDE EL serve?
NORTH RIVERSIDE EL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at NORTH RIVERSIDE EL?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at NORTH RIVERSIDE EL.
What is the student diversity at NORTH RIVERSIDE EL?
Student demographics at NORTH RIVERSIDE EL are roughly 21% White, 55% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is NORTH RIVERSIDE EL in?
NORTH RIVERSIDE EL is part of KELLER ISD.
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