Riverside Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Alexandria, Virginia, Riverside Elementary educates 741 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within Fairfax County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 48% above the state mean of about 499.

Riverside Elementary is one of 199 schools operated by Fairfax County Public Schools, a district that enrolls 179,323 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Riverside Elementary shows that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 24% Black, 18% White, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 80% of students at Riverside Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Fairfax County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Riverside Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.2%, the actual is 71.8%, a residual of +5.6 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Fairfax County indicate median household income runs about $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fairfax County's 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), Riverside Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Mount Vernon High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Riverside Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Riverside Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 60.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 815 students in 2018 compared to 741 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 29% to 24% across the same window.

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