Rivers Edge Elementary

Rivers Edge Elementary is a mid-tier elementary-level community in Glen Allen, Virginia, part of Henrico County Public Schools. The school enrolls 735 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 47% bigger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Within Henrico County Public Schools, which oversees 69 schools and 51,044 students, Rivers Edge Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Rivers Edge Elementary lists that the largest single group is Asian, at 64% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 22% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 9% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Henrico County's rate of about 67%.

With demographic context factored in, Rivers Edge Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 85.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 93.0%.

In the broader community, census data for Henrico County shows median household income runs about $88,783, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Henrico County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students), of which Rivers Edge Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Holman Middle, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rivers Edge Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rivers Edge Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 84.6%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 720 students in 2018 compared to 735 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 35% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

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