Elementary · Colorado

Riverdale Elementary School

Free meals for all

Riverdale Elementary School, a public elementary school in Thornton, Colorado: grades pre-k–5, 372 students, 16.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Adams 12 Five Star Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 372
Teachers (FTE): 23.0
Students per teacher: 16.2
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 66% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared

More students per teacher than 67% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 51% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 370 · 1,025 schools compared

Smaller than 59% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Adams 12 Five Star Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Adams 12 Five Star Schools.

Location

Address: 10724 Elm Drive, Thornton, CO 80233
Phone: (720)972-5580
City or town: Thornton
County: Adams County

Website Quality of life in Thornton Schools in Thornton

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Cherry Drive Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	325	16.3	0.7 mi
Woodglen Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	383	17.0	1.5 mi
Explore Pk-8Free meals for all	Pre-K–8	557	19.8	1.7 mi
Glacier Peak Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	412	16.8	1.7 mi
Skyview Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	326	13.2	1.9 mi
Leroy ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	435	15.0	2.2 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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