Elementary · Michigan

Riverside Elementary School

Free meals for all

Riverside Elementary School, a public elementary school in Waterford, Michigan: grades pre-k–5, 291 students, 14.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Waterford School District.

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
291
Teachers (FTE)
19.5
Students per teacher
14.9
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 15.8 · 1,619 schools compared

More students per teacher than 54% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 69% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 366 · 1,621 schools compared

Smaller than 75% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Michigan's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Michigan: 45%

23%proficient

−7.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 80% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 42% · 1,440 elementary schools compared

145 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Michigan: 35%

21%proficient

−3.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 75% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 37% · 1,440 elementary schools compared

144 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

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

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Waterford School District.

Location

Address
5280 Farm Rd, Waterford, MI 48327
Phone
(248)674-0805

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Knudsen Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
K–527814.940%26%
Cooley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
K–537717.645%42%
Beaumont Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–529816.753%39%
K–818813.561%30%
Haviland Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–530814.350%38%
Pre-K–539817.352%51%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 263531007138