Riverdale Elementary

Located at 800 N 6th St, in Muscoda, Wisconsin, Riverdale Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community that teaches 337 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by Riverdale School District.

Within Riverdale School District, which oversees 4 schools and 631 students, Riverdale Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Riverdale Elementary lists that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder consists of 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Riverdale Elementary reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Grant County's rate of about 40%.

After controlling for student poverty, Riverdale Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 43.1%; Riverdale Elementary posts 59.8%, +16.8 points above that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Grant County indicate median household income runs about $66,858, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Grant County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,838 students), Riverdale Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Riverdale Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Riverdale Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.3%.

Riverdale Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Riverdale Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 402 (now 337). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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