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Enrollment
714
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUGUSTA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510030000128
Riverheads Elementary
239 Don Hanger Circle, Staunton, VA 24401 · (540) 337-2535 · Augusta County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL714 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
520 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 52 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
66.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
69.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 66 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 Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 71.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. 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
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Virginia 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 Virginia'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 Riverheads Elementary
Riverheads Elementary's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverheads Elementary this school | 714 | 72.8% | 68.9% |
| Cassell Elementary Waynesboro | 634 | 71.1% | 68.1% |
| Watauga Elementary Abingdon | 581 | 74.9% | 93.1% |
| High Point Elementary Bristol | 582 | 76.1% | 84.9% |
| Jouett Elementary Mineral | 647 | 78.1% | 82.3% |
| Meadowview Elementary Meadowview | 544 | 75.2% | 73.6% |
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 Riverheads Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Augusta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #622 of 1,101 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #692 of 1,111 ▲ 11 | #4 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #694 of 1,111 ▼ 104 | #3 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 714 | #175 of 1,176 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #857 of 1,105 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.4% | #1,032 of 1,106 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.8% | #617 of 1,157 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #253 of 324 | N/A |
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
714
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 636
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 714 | 46 | 15.5:1 | 73% (520) |
| 2023-24 | 721 | 44 | 16.4:1 | 65% (470) |
| 2022-23 | 737 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 71% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 710 | 41 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 39.9 | 17.4:1 | 46% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 44% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 29 | 17.6:1 | 37% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 40 | 14.4:1 | 29% (168) |
| 1990-91 | 636 | 38 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverheads Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (693 to 714); teachers up 15% (39.9 to 46).
About Riverheads Elementary
Riverheads Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Staunton, Virginia, one of the schools in Augusta County Public Schools. It reported 714 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
Augusta County Public Schools counts 20 schools and 10,742 students, including Riverheads Elementary.
A large majority of enrollment at Riverheads Elementary is White, at 88%. The school is also 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Among Augusta County residents, the White share is about 89%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Riverheads Elementary scores 22%.
The school's 46 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. Elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1, 1.7 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 73% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Riverheads Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Virginia schools: 68.9% actual against 68.3% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Augusta County, median household income comes to about $82,049, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 25 public schools and about 10,742 students.
Riverheads Elementary is about 0.1 miles from Riverheads Middle, its nearest public school. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Riverheads Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 714, close to the 710 recorded in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.5:1.
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Augusta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,033
Census ACS
Median income
$82,049
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
10,742 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Augusta County Public Schools
- Wilson Memorial HighHigh · 837 students
- Edward G. Clymore ElementaryElementary · 803 students
- Fort Defiance HighHigh · 731 students
- Stuarts Draft HighHigh · 668 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 655 students
- Stuarts Draft ElementaryElementary · 646 students
Other schools in Staunton
- Staunton HighHigh · 766 students
- Beverley Manor MiddleMiddle · 612 students
- Shelburne MiddleMiddle · 583 students
- Riverheads HighHigh · 467 students
- Thomas C. McSwain ElementaryElementary · 449 students
- Bessie Weller ElementaryElementary · 373 students
Nearby schools
- Riverheads Middle0.1 mi · 366
- Riverheads High0.2 mi · 467
- Guy K. Stump Elementary5.9 mi · 457
- Stuarts Draft High7.2 mi · 668
- Stuarts Draft Middle7.3 mi · 513
- Stuarts Draft Elementary7.5 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About Riverheads ElementaryHow large is Riverheads Elementary?
Riverheads Elementary enrolls approximately 714 students in grades PK-05.
Is Riverheads Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Riverheads Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverheads Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverheads Elementary is approximately 15.5:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Riverheads Elementary?
Student demographics at Riverheads Elementary are roughly 88% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Riverheads Elementary in?
Riverheads Elementary is part of Augusta County Public Schools.
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