Riverview Elementary

Located at 525 S Water St, in Wautoma, Wisconsin, Riverview Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school that works with 302 students (grades pre-K through 3), operated by Wautoma Area School District.

Within Wautoma Area School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,300 students, Riverview Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Riverview Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder is composed of 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Waushara County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Riverview Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Riverview Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Waushara County indicate median household income runs about $67,107, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Waushara County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,542 students), Riverview Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Wautoma High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Riverview Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Riverview Elementary has declined 24%, going from 399 students in 2018 to 302 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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