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Enrollment
533
Elementary
DISTRICT 291 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510360001577
Riverdale Elementary
31023 Camp Parkway, Courtland, VA 23837 · (757) 562-3007 · Southampton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
486 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 66%
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 | 64 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Southampton County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
70.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 80.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Virginia 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 Virginia'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 →
Schools most like Riverdale Elementary
Riverdale Elementary's state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverdale Elementary this school | 533 | 91.2% | 79.0% |
| Ghent K-8 Norfolk | 501 | 99.4% | 84.1% |
| Clarksville Elementary Skipwith | 432 | 95.1% | 76.4% |
| Francis Asbury Elementary Hampton | 409 | 89.5% | 71.1% |
| Victoria Elementary Victoria | 400 | 93.3% | 63.6% |
| Simonsdale Elementary Portsmouth | 613 | 99.5% | 57.3% |
Matched among Virginia 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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #336 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #211 of 1,111 ▲ 82 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #611 of 1,111 ▲ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #496 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #916 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #627 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.2% | #308 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #712 of 759 |
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
533
+35 (+7%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 533 | 33.4 | 15.9:1 | 91% (486) |
| 2023-24 | 569 | 33.3 | 17.1:1 | 69% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 34.8 | 15.8:1 | 76% (417) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 34 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 33.8 | 16.1:1 | 54% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 549 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 52% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 602 | 33 | 18.2:1 | 47% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 31 | 15.1:1 | 33% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 372 | 21 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverdale Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (542 to 533); teachers down 1% (33.8 to 33.4).
About Riverdale Elementary
Riverdale Elementary runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Courtland, Virginia. The school's enrollment of 533 students covers pre-K through 5.
Besides Riverdale Elementary, Southampton County Public Schools runs 5 other schools. The district enrolls 2,363 students.
The most common group at Riverdale Elementary is White students, at 50%. The school is also 42% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 61%. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.9:1. This ratio sits 2.1 above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 91%. For comparison, public schools in Southampton County average 91%.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Riverdale Elementary receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Riverdale Elementary beats its 63.3% prediction with 79.0%, a top-10% result in Virginia.
Southampton County census figures show that the median household income is $70,795, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 7 public schools in Southampton County, enrolling about 2,363 students in all.
The school nearest to Riverdale Elementary is Franklin High, at a distance of about 1.8 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Riverdale Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment grew 7% from its 2020-21 level of 498. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.7:1 in 2020-21, and 15.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Southampton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,964
Census ACS
Median income
$70,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,363 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southampton County Public Schools
- Southampton HighHigh · 704 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 497 students
- Nottoway ElementaryElementary · 235 students
- Meherrin ElementaryElementary · 218 students
- Capron ElementaryElementary · 176 students
- Fresh Start CenterElementary
Other schools in Courtland
- Southampton HighHigh · 704 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 497 students
Other Riverdale Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named Riverdale Elementary. Riverdale Elementary is the 5th largest of the 13.
- Riverdale Elementary SchoolGermantown, TN · 1,184 students
- Riverdale ElementaryRiverdale, MD · 586 students
- RIVERDALE ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 566 students
- Riverdale Elementary SchoolRiverdale, GA · 559 students
- Riverdale Elementary SchoolPort Byron, IL · 517 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin High1.8 mi · 504
- Joseph P. King Jr. Middle3.1 mi · 155
- S.P. Morton Elementary3.6 mi · 620
- Southampton Middle6.9 mi · 497
- Southampton High7.0 mi · 704
- Carrsville Elementary8.3 mi · 232
Frequently asked questions
About Riverdale ElementaryHow large is Riverdale Elementary?
Riverdale Elementary enrolls approximately 533 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Riverdale Elementary serve?
Riverdale Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverdale Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverdale Elementary is approximately 15.9:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Riverdale Elementary?
Student demographics at Riverdale Elementary are roughly 50% White, 3% Hispanic, 42% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Riverdale Elementary public or private?
Riverdale Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Southampton County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.