Riverview Elementary

Riverview Elementary, a mid-sized elementary campus in Snohomish, Washington, part of Snohomish School District, enrolls 489 students, covering grades K through 6. That puts it 29% bigger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Snohomish School District runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 9,732 students. Riverview Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Riverview Elementary shows that 74% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the income-and-resources front, Riverview Elementary records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Snohomish County's rate of about 41%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Riverview Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 63.2%; actual is 51.0%, a gap of -12.1 points.

In the broader community, Snohomish County reports that median household earnings sit near $111,246, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Snohomish County's 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), Riverview Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Snohomish Center, roughly 1.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Riverview Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Riverview Elementary at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 46.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 13%: 562 students in 2018 compared to 489 in 2025.

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