📍 302 Country Club Drive, Ellwood City, Beaver County, 16117
Riverside El Sch is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ellwood City, Beaver County. The school has 635 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Riverside Beaver County SD school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. 69% of students are proficient in reading. 48% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Riverside El Sch enrolls 635 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% White, 1.7% Two or more races and 1.4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 609 | 96% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 1.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 1.4% |
| Black or African American | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
313 of the school's 635 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 285 qualify for free lunch and 28 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 El Sch is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district PA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 47, state house district 10.
Riverside El Sch is one of 3 schools in Riverside Beaver County SD, based in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. The district serves 1,442 students district-wide and employs 94 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 635 students, Riverside El Sch is larger than the district average of about 481 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe