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Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KELLER ISD·NCES 482526008036
North Riverside Elementary School
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 32.0% | 26.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 33.0% | 28.0% | 23.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 49.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 31.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 →
Schools most like North Riverside Elementary School
North Riverside Elementary School's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Riverside Elementary School this school | 469 | 69.1% | 34.9% |
| Rowlett Elementary School ROWLETT | 486 | 68.9% | 32.3% |
| Jose De Jesus and Maria Luisa Vega Elementary School MCKINNEY | 491 | 70.7% | 38.4% |
| Remington Point Elementary School FORT WORTH | 511 | 66.3% | 38.0% |
| Caldwell Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 545 | 69.9% | 41.3% |
| Weatherford Elementary School PLANO | 404 | 73.8% | 34.3% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where North Riverside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #3,174 of 4,401 | #202 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,865 of 4,466 ▲ 1,408 | #118 of 339 ▲ 109 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,282 of 4,466 ▲ 1,219 | #151 of 339 ▲ 95 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #2,080 of 3,998 | #158 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #2,837 of 4,938 | #201 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #952 of 4,622 | #63 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #1,090 of 4,628 | #147 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.1% | #2,619 of 4,789 | #194 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.3% | #825 of 1,307 | #36 of 72 |
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
469
-45 (-9%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 469 | 35.5 | 13.2:1 | 69% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 40.5 | 11.6:1 | 71% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 38.8 | 12.6:1 | 69% (339) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 46 | 11.2:1 | 61% (315) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 40.6 | 10.7:1 | 60% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 40 | 11.4:1 | 52% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 54% (329) |
| 2000-01 | 639 | 38 | 16.8:1 | 12% (76) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Riverside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (433 to 469); teachers down 13% (40.6 to 35.5).
About North Riverside Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, North Riverside Elementary School serves students in FORT WORTH, Texas. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 469 students.
North Riverside Elementary School is a school in KELLER ISD. The district has 42 schools and 32,042 students.
Roughly 55% of students at North Riverside Elementary School are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% White, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 30%. North Riverside Elementary School's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at North Riverside Elementary School was 13.2:1. This ratio sits 1.9 below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 69%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For North Riverside Elementary School, the prediction is 44.2% and the result is 34.9%.
In the county around the school, Tarrant County, the median household income is $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 639 public schools in Tarrant County, enrolling about 385,835 students in all.
The shortest distance from North Riverside Elementary School to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Fossil Hill Middle School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. North Riverside Elementary School places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Over 4 years, North Riverside Elementary School's enrollment declined 9%, to 469. The number of students per teacher rose from 11.2 to 13.2 over 4 years.
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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 High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- Keller High SchoolHigh · 2,951 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,410 students
- Fossil Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Hillwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,126 students
- Parkwood Hill Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,022 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- Fossil Hill Middle School0.4 mi · 831
- Keller Early Learning Center - South0.5 mi · 317
- Vista Ridge Middle School0.7 mi · 786
- Basswood Elementary School0.8 mi · 563
- Heritage Elementary School0.8 mi · 529
- Fossil Ridge High School1.0 mi · 2,140
Frequently asked questions
About North Riverside Elementary SchoolHow many students attend North Riverside Elementary School?
North Riverside Elementary School enrolls approximately 469 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does North Riverside Elementary School serve?
North Riverside Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at North Riverside Elementary School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at North Riverside Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at North Riverside Elementary School?
Student demographics at North Riverside Elementary School are roughly 21% White, 55% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is North Riverside Elementary School in?
North Riverside Elementary School is part of KELLER ISD.
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