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If you could change one rule at Riverside Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
741
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000560
Riverside Elementary
8410 Old Mount Vernon Rd, Alexandria, VA 22309 · (703) 799-6000 · Fairfax County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL741 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
595 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 60 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 114 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 32% smaller than its 6th grade class (114).
Student demographics
69%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
68.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
75.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +16.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 16 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Riverside Elementary
Riverside Elementary's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Elementary this school | 741 | 80.3% | 71.8% |
| Washington Mill Elementary Alexandria | 592 | 78.9% | 61.5% |
| A.M. Davis Elementary North Chesterfield | 708 | 75.6% | 56.1% |
| Elizabeth Scott Elementary Chester | 729 | 77.2% | 73.9% |
| Widewater Elementary Stafford | 698 | 73.5% | 59.4% |
| Elizabeth Holladay Elementary Richmond | 859 | 89.9% | 50.7% |
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 Riverside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #533 of 1,101 | #75 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #533 of 1,111 ▲ 69 | #79 of 136 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #647 of 1,111 ▲ 62 | #93 of 136 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 741 | #144 of 1,176 | #37 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #665 of 1,105 | #100 of 143 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #245 of 1,106 | #48 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #493 of 1,157 | #18 of 140 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #488 of 759 | #66 of 110 |
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
741
-45 (-6%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 741 | 51.3 | 14.4:1 | 80% (595) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 55.2 | 13.0:1 | 78% (558) |
| 2022-23 | 732 | 49.3 | 14.9:1 | 74% (539) |
| 2020-21 | 786 | 63 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 815 | 59 | 13.8:1 | 67% (547) |
| 2015-16 | 778 | 56 | 13.9:1 | 64% (501) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 43 | 14.0:1 | 62% (375) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 50% (245) |
| 1990-91 | 526 | 32 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (815 to 741); teachers down 13% (59 to 51.3).
About Riverside Elementary
Riverside Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Alexandria, Virginia. Students in pre-K through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 741 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Virginia enroll about 499 students on average.
Fairfax County Public Schools (199 schools, 179,323 students) runs Riverside Elementary.
The largest group at Riverside Elementary is Hispanic students, at 45%. It is also 24% Black, 18% White, 8% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Fairfax County is roughly 18% Hispanic. The diversity index for Riverside Elementary is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 14.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Riverside Elementary, which has 51.3. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is about 13.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 80%. The gap from the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County is 43 points.
Schools in Virginia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 66.2%. Riverside Elementary scores 71.8%.
For the population of Fairfax County, median household income comes to about $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fairfax County's 222 public schools enroll about 174,475 students and include Riverside Elementary.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Mount Vernon High, is the closest to Riverside Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 71.8% is above the 60.5% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Riverside Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 6%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.5:1 in 2020-21, and 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Riverside Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Fairfax County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,147,837
Census ACS
Median income
$153,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
222
174,475 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfax County Public Schools
- Lake Braddock SecondaryHigh · 4,411 students
- Robinson SecondaryHigh · 3,710 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- Chantilly HighHigh · 2,937 students
- West Springfield HighHigh · 2,799 students
- Westfield HighHigh · 2,737 students
Other schools in Alexandria
- Alexandria City HighHigh · 4,655 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- West Potomac HighHigh · 2,710 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,294 students
- Thomas Jefferson High for Science and TechnologyHigh · 2,108 students
- Mount Vernon HighHigh · 1,858 students
Other Riverside Elementary schools
43 other US public schools in 25 states are named Riverside Elementary. Riverside Elementary is the 5th largest of the 44.
- Riverside ElementaryNewport News, VA · 506 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRESTVIEW, FL · 1,032 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolSuwanee, GA · 919 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 842 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolRIVERSIDE, NJ · 768 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Vernon High0.2 mi · 1,858
- Woodley Hills Elementary0.7 mi · 495
- Mount Vernon Woods Elementary0.9 mi · 507
- Woodlawn Elementary1.3 mi · 447
- Whitman Middle1.4 mi · 828
- Stratford Landing Elementary1.4 mi · 669
Frequently asked questions
About Riverside ElementaryHow large is Riverside Elementary?
Riverside Elementary enrolls approximately 741 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Riverside Elementary serve?
Riverside Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Riverside Elementary?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Riverside Elementary.
How diverse is Riverside Elementary?
Riverside Elementary reports a student body of 18% White, 45% Hispanic, 24% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Riverside Elementary?
Riverside Elementary is overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.