Riverview Elementary/Middle

Riverview Elementary/Middle, a medium-sized elementary campus in Grundy, Virginia, part of Buchanan County Public Schools, enrolls 719 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Riverview Elementary/Middle sits 44% above that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in Buchanan County Public Schools (2,316 students total), Riverview Elementary/Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Riverview Elementary/Middle shows that nearly all students (96%) are White. The remainder consists of 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Riverview Elementary/Middle lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 101% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Riverview Elementary/Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.6%, the actual is 65.3%, a residual of +4.7 points.

Across the wider county, Buchanan County reports that the typical household earns roughly $42,886 per year, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Riverview Elementary/Middle is one of 10 public schools in Buchanan County (combined enrollment of about 2,316 students).

Grundy High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Riverview Elementary/Middle comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 57.2%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Riverview Elementary/Middle has edged down 7%, going from 773 students in 2018 to 719 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.