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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Riverview Elementary?
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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 239 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUSAU SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551590002060
Riverview Elementary
4303 Troy St, Wausau, WI 54403 · (715) 261-0030 · Marathon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
197 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 42%
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 | 59 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.6%
WI avg 53.1% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
44.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.6% | 44.2% |
| 2023-24 | 46.9% | 50.7% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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 Riverview Elementary
Riverview Elementary's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview Elementary this school | 445 | 44.3% | 47.1% |
| Rothschild Elementary Rothschild | 408 | 40.9% | 54.7% |
| Mountain Bay Elementary Weston | 451 | 37.5% | 66.3% |
| Pertzsch Elementary Onalaska | 373 | 45.0% | 65.6% |
| McKinley Center Stevens Point | 373 | 49.9% | 50.8% |
| Sherman Elementary Eau Claire | 502 | 36.3% | 59.0% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 Riverview Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Marathon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #663 of 982 | #20 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #677 of 992 ▼ 57 | #20 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #502 of 992 ▲ 147 | #13 of 25 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #253 of 1,157 | #7 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #797 of 901 | #19 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #363 of 901 | #10 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.3% | #512 of 1,064 | #10 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #432 of 664 | #11 of 22 |
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
445
-34 (-7%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 445 | 27.2 | 16.4:1 | 44% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 28.6 | 17.3:1 | 49% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 28.8 | 16.7:1 | 40% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 30 | 16.0:1 | 43% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 31.5 | 15.8:1 | 32% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 40% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 27 | 18.3:1 | 40% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 28 | 14.2:1 | 33% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 543 | 24 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverview Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (498 to 445); teachers down 14% (31.5 to 27.2).
About Riverview Elementary
Riverview Elementary runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Wausau, Wisconsin. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 445 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 323-student average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, enrollment here is 38% higher.
Wausau School District counts 7,738 students in its 21 schools, and Riverview Elementary is one of them.
Roughly 71% of students at Riverview Elementary are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 87%. Riverview Elementary's diversity index is 46%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.4:1, with 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.7 students per teacher above the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 44% of enrollment.
allk12 grades Riverview Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Riverview Elementary is -3.3 points: 47.1% actual, 50.5% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Marathon County, the median household income is $77,884, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. There are 52 public schools in Marathon County, enrolling about 18,592 students in all.
The nearest public school is Wausau Area Montessori Charter School, at about 1.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Riverview Elementary ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is down 7% from 2020-21, when Riverview Elementary had 479 students, to 2024-25, when it had 445.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Riverview Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Marathon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
138,403
Census ACS
Median income
$77,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
18,592 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wausau School District
- West HighHigh · 1,470 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- East HighHigh · 893 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 635 students
- G D Jones ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 372 students
Other schools in Wausau
- West HighHigh · 1,470 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- East HighHigh · 893 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 635 students
- G D Jones ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 372 students
Other Riverview Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 19 states are named Riverview Elementary. Riverview Elementary is the 15th largest of the 30.
- Riverview ElementarySilver Lake, WI · 449 students
- Riverview ElementaryWautoma, WI · 302 students
- Riverview ElementaryManitowoc, WI · 257 students
- Riverview ElementaryFort Mill, SC · 711 students
- Riverview ElementaryFresno, CA · 700 students
Nearby schools
- Wausau Area Montessori Charter School1.4 mi · 121
- Horace Mann Middle1.4 mi · 635
- Enrich Excel Achieve Learning Academy1.7 mi · 38
- East High1.7 mi · 893
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary2.0 mi · 372
- Franklin Elementary2.3 mi · 181
Frequently asked questions
About Riverview ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Riverview Elementary?
Riverview Elementary enrolls approximately 445 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Riverview Elementary serve?
Riverview Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverview Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverview Elementary is approximately 16.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Riverview Elementary?
At Riverview Elementary, the student body is approximately 71% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 17% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Riverview Elementary public or private?
Riverview Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wausau School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.