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Riverside School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
58 Riverside Drive
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone
(609) 806-4260
District
PRINCETON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
MERCER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
280
Classroom Teachers
38

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 94.8% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Riverside School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
75%
43%
70%
42%
80%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
76%
43%
83%
48%
69%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
82%
42%
89%
48%
74%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
7
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 13 4.6%
Kindergarten 38 13.6%
Grade 1 31 11.1%
Grade 2 39 13.9%
Grade 3 45 16.1%
Grade 4 54 19.3%
Grade 5 48 17.1%
Total 280 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 63.9% 52.2% 41.1%
Black 8.6% 6.8% 15.3%
Hispanic 13.9% 17.3% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 13.5% 23.7% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 7.1% 11.9% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible 5.0% 9.3% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.1% 2.6% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 30,717 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,669.4 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.6% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 25.7% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.3% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.6% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 13.7% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,120 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 4.3% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.1% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 85.3% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 53.4% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.4% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.2% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 9.8% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.9% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.5% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 5.8% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,777 $56,581,133 49.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $3,088 $11,823,952 10.2%
Staff $1,028 $3,936,212 3.4%
General Administration $362 $1,386,098 1.2%
School Administration $981 $3,756,249 3.3%
Operation $2,176 $8,331,904 7.2%
Transportation $1,003 $3,840,487 3.3%
Other $764 $2,925,356 2.5%
Total Support $9,402 $36,000,258 31.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,992 $22,943,368 19.9%
Total Expenditures $30,172 $115,528,588 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,252 $16,876,633,536 49.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,485 $3,422,916,968 10.0%
Staff $778 $1,071,908,147 3.1%
General Administration $448 $617,313,228 1.8%
School Administration $1,106 $1,523,858,437 4.4%
Operation $2,059 $2,835,591,380 8.3%
Transportation $773 $1,065,361,101 3.1%
Other $557 $766,792,454 2.2%
Total Support $8,206 $11,303,690,627 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,415 $6,081,668,713 17.8%
Total Expenditures $24,874 $34,262,079,216 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%