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Does Riverview School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
1,002
Elementary
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALPINE DISTRICT·NCES 490003001405
Riverview School
273 W ASPEN HILLS BLVD, SARATOGA SPRINGS, UT 84045 · (801) 610-8726 · Utah County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,002 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
186 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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
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
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
62.1%
UT avg 41.4% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
68.5%
UT avg 41.8% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Utah's top 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
1,002
+86 (+9%) vs 2017
% White
72%
was 85%
% Hispanic
15%
was 8%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
3%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Riverview School
Set in SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah, Riverview School is an expansive elementary-level community, operated by Alpine District. It serves 1,002 students across grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Riverview School sits 104% bigger than that benchmark.
Within Alpine District, which oversees 89 schools and 86,645 students, Riverview School is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Riverview School reports that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest reads as 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Utah County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Riverview School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Riverview School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Riverview School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 50.7%; this one delivers 67.2%, a residual of +16.5 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Utah County put median household income runs about $100,671, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Utah County runs 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), of which Riverview School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Harvest School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Riverview School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Riverview School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 45.5%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 9%: 916 students in 2018 compared to 1,002 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 85% to 72%.
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Utah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
705,400
Census ACS
Median income
$100,671
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
202
164,467 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alpine District
- Cedar Valley HighHigh · 3,300 students
- Westlake HighHigh · 3,052 students
- Lone Peak HighHigh · 2,484 students
- Skyridge High SchoolHigh · 2,483 students
- American Fork HighHigh · 2,316 students
- Lehi HighHigh · 2,242 students
Other schools in SARATOGA SPRINGS
- Westlake HighHigh · 3,052 students
- Vista Heights MiddleHigh · 1,671 students
- Lake Mountain MiddleMiddle · 1,471 students
- Thunder Ridge SchoolElementary · 1,093 students
- Lakeview AcademyCombined · 1,061 students
- Harvest SchoolElementary · 1,031 students
Nearby schools
- Harvest School0.8 mi · 1,031
- Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs1.0 mi · 637
- Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams1.6 mi · 357
- Lakeview Academy1.7 mi · 1,061
- Thunder Ridge School1.8 mi · 1,093
- Horizon School1.9 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Riverview SchoolHow large is Riverview School?
Riverview School enrolls approximately 1,002 students in grades PK-06.
Is Riverview School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Riverview School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Riverview School?
Approximately 24.1:1 students per teacher at Riverview School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Riverview School?
At Riverview School, the student body is approximately 72% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Riverview School?
Riverview School is overseen by Alpine District in Utah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.