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If you had an hour of school board time for Riverdale School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEBER DISTRICT·NCES 490120000632
Riverdale School
1160 W 4400 S, OGDEN, UT 84405 · (801) 452-4540 · Weber County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
208 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 33%
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 | 7 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 9% larger than its 6th grade class (55).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 47% · 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
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.5%
UT avg 41.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
41.9%
UT avg 41.8% . +11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.5% | 41.9% |
| 2023-24 | 37.5% | 30.8% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. 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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Utah 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 Utah'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 Riverdale School
Riverdale School's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverdale School this school | 390 | 53.3% | 37.8% |
| Washington Terrace School OGDEN | 433 | 55.7% | 29.1% |
| Roy School ROY | 423 | 49.9% | 30.3% |
| Red Mountain School IVINS | 447 | 53.9% | 33.6% |
| Taylor School PAYSON | 424 | 48.1% | 48.4% |
| Crestview School LAYTON | 356 | 52.0% | 29.3% |
Matched among Utah 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 Riverdale School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Weber County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #401 of 562 | #21 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #332 of 578 ▲ 108 | #16 of 44 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #362 of 578 ▲ 47 | #18 of 44 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #461 of 613 | #37 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #229 of 556 | #19 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.0% | #221 of 559 | #19 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #98 of 582 | #14 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #114 of 388 | #5 of 32 |
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
390
-42 (-10%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 527
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 | 390 | 19 | 20.5:1 | 53% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 18.5 | 22.9:1 | 54% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 17 | 24.5:1 | 42% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | N/A | N/A | 38% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | N/A | N/A | 43% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | N/A | N/A | 47% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 21 | 27.7:1 | 49% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 21 | 23.8:1 | 30% (149) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 21 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverdale School.
About Riverdale School
Riverdale School is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in OGDEN, Utah. The school counted 390 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6. It has 21% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Utah (about 491).
Weber District has a total of 52 schools and 32,054 students, Riverdale School among them.
At Riverdale School, 66% of students are White. After that, the student body is 30% Hispanic. Census figures show Weber County is about 83% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 48%.
Riverdale School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 20.5:1. Elementary schools in Utah average 21.8:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 53% at Riverdale School. That is higher than the 35% average for public schools in Weber County.
Riverdale School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.8%, compared with a predicted 33.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Utah schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Weber County show that the median household earns about $90,005 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Weber County has 95 public schools with about 49,670 students, including Riverdale School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Good Foundations Academy, is about 0.9 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Riverdale School is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Riverdale School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Riverdale School had a net loss of 42 students, or 10%.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Riverdale School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Weber County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,648
Census ACS
Median income
$90,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
49,670 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weber District
- Weber HighHigh · 2,002 students
- Roy HighHigh · 1,661 students
- Fremont HighHigh · 1,448 students
- Bonneville HighHigh · 1,373 students
- West Field High SchoolHigh · 1,257 students
- Wahlquist Jr HighMiddle · 1,033 students
Other schools in OGDEN
- Weber HighHigh · 2,002 students
- Bonneville HighHigh · 1,373 students
- Davinci AcademyCombined · 1,271 students
- West Field High SchoolHigh · 1,257 students
- Ben Lomond HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Ogden HighHigh · 1,127 students
Other Riverdale schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Riverdale. Riverdale School is the largest of the 4.
- Riverdale SchoolRIVERDALE, NJ · 273 students
- RiverdaleDedham, MA · 206 students
- Riverdale SchoolRiverdale, IL · 137 students
Nearby schools
- Good Foundations Academy0.9 mi · 441
- Utah Military Academy1.0 mi · 595
- North Park School1.3 mi · 523
- Sand Ridge Jr High1.3 mi · 695
- Lakeview School1.3 mi · 393
- Roy High1.4 mi · 1,661
Frequently asked questions
About Riverdale SchoolHow large is Riverdale School?
Riverdale School enrolls approximately 390 students in grades KG-06.
Is Riverdale School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Riverdale School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverdale School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverdale School is approximately 20.5:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Riverdale School?
At Riverdale School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 30% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Riverdale School public or private?
Riverdale School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Weber District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.