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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Rivers Edge Elementary?
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Enrollment
735
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189002410
Rivers Edge Elementary
11600 Holman Ridge Rd., Glen Allen, VA 23059 · (804) 935-6760 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
17.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
83 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 138 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 140 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (136).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
94.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
93.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 93.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 94.0% |
| 2022-23 | 94.0% | 95.0% |
% 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
93.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 Rivers Edge Elementary
Rivers Edge Elementary's state test result (93.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivers Edge Elementary this school | 735 | 11.3% | 93.0% |
| Rosa Lee Carter Elementary Ashburn | 792 | 13.6% | 87.1% |
| Powell Elementary Centreville | 872 | 21.7% | 83.8% |
| Goshen Post Elementary Aldie | 851 | 9.3% | 89.6% |
| Colonial Trail Elementary Glen Allen | 710 | 21.5% | 84.0% |
| Cardinal Ridge Elementary Centreville | 834 | 18.9% | 85.1% |
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 Rivers Edge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #19 of 1,101 | #1 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #48 of 1,111 ▼ 29 | #3 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #20 of 1,111 ▲ 13 | #1 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #153 of 1,176 | #2 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #1,043 of 1,105 | #43 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #707 of 1,106 | #31 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.3% | #1,105 of 1,157 | #44 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #276 of 324 | #17 of 20 |
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
735
-70 (-9%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 735 | 42 | 17.5:1 | 11% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 725 | 42 | 17.3:1 | 9% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 748 | 41.5 | 18.0:1 | 9% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 805 | 41 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 720 | 37 | 19.5:1 | 6% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 33 | 19.6:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 681 | 36 | 18.9:1 | 3% (21) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rivers Edge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (720 to 735); teachers up 14% (37 to 42).
About Rivers Edge Elementary
Among the schools in Glen Allen, Virginia, is Rivers Edge Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 735 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students each.
The Henrico County Public Schools system has 69 schools and 51,044 students.
A majority of students at Rivers Edge Elementary, 64%, are Asian. Other reported shares: 22% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Hispanic. Henrico County's residents are about 9% Asian, 55 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Rivers Edge Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Staffing totals 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 11%. The 67% average for public schools in Henrico County is 56 points higher.
allk12 grades Rivers Edge Elementary an A+. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Rivers Edge Elementary is 8.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (93.0% versus 85.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Virginia.
Census estimates describe Henrico County this way: median household income is about $88,783, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 84 public schools in Henrico County, with a combined enrollment of about 51,753.
Of nearby public schools, Holman Middle is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Rivers Edge Elementary comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Rivers Edge Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 805 in 2020-21 and 735 in 2024-25, a 9% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.5:1.
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Henrico County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
335,744
Census ACS
Median income
$88,783
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henrico County Public Schools
- John Randolph Tucker HighHigh · 2,132 students
- Deep Run HighHigh · 1,992 students
- Glen Allen HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Highland Springs HighHigh · 1,928 students
- Douglas S. Freeman HighHigh · 1,881 students
- Hermitage HighHigh · 1,719 students
Other schools in Glen Allen
- Deep Run HighHigh · 1,992 students
- Glen Allen HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Short Pump MiddleMiddle · 1,056 students
- Holman MiddleMiddle · 862 students
- Hungary Creek MiddleMiddle · 834 students
- Colonial Trail ElementaryElementary · 710 students
Other Rivers Edge Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rivers Edge Elementary. Rivers Edge Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORT ST LUCIE, FL · 778 students
Nearby schools
- Holman Middle0.6 mi · 862
- Deep Run High1.4 mi · 1,992
- Twin Hickory Elementary1.5 mi · 516
- Shady Grove Elementary2.0 mi · 600
- Springfield Park Elementary2.2 mi · 652
- Short Pump Middle2.2 mi · 1,056
Frequently asked questions
About Rivers Edge ElementaryHow many students attend Rivers Edge Elementary?
Rivers Edge Elementary enrolls approximately 735 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Rivers Edge Elementary serve?
Rivers Edge Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rivers Edge Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rivers Edge Elementary is approximately 17.5:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rivers Edge Elementary?
At Rivers Edge Elementary, the student body is approximately 22% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 64% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Rivers Edge Elementary in?
Rivers Edge Elementary is part of Henrico County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.