📍 58 Riverside Drive, Princeton, Mercer County, 08540
Riverside School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Princeton, Mercer County. The school has 293 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Princeton Public School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.4:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Riverside School enrolls 293 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 16% Asian and 12% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 165 | 56% |
| Asian | 46 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 34 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 17 | 5.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
17 of the school's 293 students (5.8%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 9 qualify for free lunch and 8 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.
Riverside School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 16, state house district 16.
Riverside School is one of 6 schools in Princeton Public School District, based in Princeton, New Jersey. The district serves 3,843 students district-wide and employs 344 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 293 students, Riverside School is smaller than the district average of about 641 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small