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Riverdale Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 6127 Sr 1, Saint Joe, DeKalb County, 46785

293
Pupils
17.8
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Riverdale Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Saint Joe, DeKalb County. The school has 293 pupils enrolled. It is part of the DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist school district. It serves grades Kโ€“6 in a rural setting. The school employs 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist

Enrollment & staffing

Riverdale Elementary School enrolls 293 students across grades Kโ€“6. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.

Male students
138 (47%)
Female students
155 (53%)
Teachers (FTE)
16.5
Student-teacher ratio
17.8:1
Grade span
Kโ€“6

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% White, 2.7% Hispanic or Latino and 1% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White27795%
Hispanic or Latino82.7%
Black or African American31%
Two or more races31%
Asian2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

108 of the school's 293 students (37%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 90 qualify for free lunch and 18 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Rural, DistantGrades Kโ€“6Title I

Riverdale Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IN-30, state senate district 14, state house district 52.

School district: DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist

Riverdale Elementary School is one of 5 schools in DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist, based in Butler, Indiana. The district serves 1,241 students district-wide and employs 114 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 293 students, Riverdale Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 248 students per school.

1,241
District students
5
Schools
114
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

47%
Reading proficient
47%
Math proficient
8%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Rural - Distant

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