Riverchase Elementary School
1950 Old Montgomery Hwy
Birmingham AL, 35244, Jefferson County
Phone: 205-439-3400
Ranking: 
(138 out of 1,064, top 13%)*
(138 out of 1,064, top 13%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Hoover City School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 41 | 49 | 45 | 45 | 39 | 42 | 42 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 649 | 665 | 625 | 636 | 600 | 565 | 573 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 127 | 19.6% | 117 | 17.6% | 116 | 18.6% | 102 | 16.0% | 103 | 17.2% | 79 | 14.0% | 107 | 18.7% |
| Grade 1: | 106 | 16.3% | 127 | 19.1% | 103 | 16.5% | 111 | 17.5% | 89 | 14.8% | 101 | 17.9% | 98 | 17.1% |
| Grade 2: | 125 | 19.3% | 111 | 16.7% | 112 | 17.9% | 91 | 14.3% | 109 | 18.2% | 103 | 18.2% | 95 | 16.6% |
| Grade 3: | 101 | 15.6% | 107 | 16.1% | 90 | 14.4% | 111 | 17.5% | 102 | 17.0% | 96 | 17.0% | 83 | 14.5% |
| Grade 4: | 108 | 16.6% | 85 | 12.8% | 103 | 16.5% | 99 | 15.6% | 107 | 17.8% | 86 | 15.2% | 105 | 18.3% |
| Grade 5: | 82 | 12.6% | 118 | 17.7% | 101 | 16.2% | 122 | 19.2% | 90 | 15.0% | 100 | 17.7% | 85 | 14.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 339 | 52.2% | 348 | 52.3% | 328 | 52.5% | 339 | 53.3% | 309 | 51.5% | 293 | 51.9% | 301 | 52.5% |
| Female: | 310 | 47.8% | 317 | 47.7% | 297 | 47.5% | 297 | 46.7% | 283 | 47.2% | 264 | 46.7% | 268 | 46.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 58 | 8.9% | 62 | 9.3% | 63 | 10.1% | 57 | 9.0% | 47 | 7.8% | 61 | 10.8% | 62 | 10.8% |
| Hispanic: | 22 | 3.4% | 49 | 7.4% | 30 | 4.8% | 39 | 6.1% | 31 | 5.2% | 26 | 4.6% | 24 | 4.2% |
| Black: | 149 | 23.0% | 131 | 19.7% | 135 | 21.6% | 134 | 21.1% | 141 | 23.5% | 105 | 18.6% | 100 | 17.5% |
| White: | 395 | 60.9% | 404 | 60.8% | 392 | 62.7% | 406 | 63.8% | 381 | 63.5% | 373 | 66.0% | 387 | 67.5% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 18 | 2.8% | 15 | 2.3% | 4 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 115 | 17.7% | 113 | 17.0% | 90 | 14.4% | 106 | 16.7% | 86 | 14.3% | 55 | 9.7% | 44 | 7.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 28 | 4.3% | 25 | 3.8% | 31 | 5.0% | 21 | 3.3% | 36 | 6.0% | 27 | 4.8% | 35 | 6.1% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.83 | 13.57 | 13.89 | 14.13 | 15.38 | 13.50 | 13.50 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 69.1% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 61.4% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.55% | 52.31% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.59% | 54.15% | 37.25% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 73.7% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 80.5% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 78.73% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 79.65% | 64.88% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 73% | 67.5% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 62.7% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.62% | 60.24% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.66% | 61.13% | 43.74% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.1% | 63.1% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 61.6% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.82% | 53.3% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.65% | 56% | 40.59% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 85% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 85.1% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.68% | 81.85% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.95% | 82.87% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88% | 85.35% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.57% | 82.4% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.52% | 86.23% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.46% | 85.29% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 90.2% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 93% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.82% | 89.92% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.53% | 89.46% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.05% | 90.53% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.24% | 90.55% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.66% | 89.5% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.45% | 89.46% | 88.18% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 84% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 87.6% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.58% | 87.93% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.85% | 85.7% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.06% | 85.56% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.89% | 86.16% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.78% | 85.84% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.62% | 84.29% | 85.24% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.8% | 93.6% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 96% | 93.9% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 92.65% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.93% | 93.58% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.7% | 91.95% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.23% | 94.15% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.9% | 92.91% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.38% | 91.35% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 87.2% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 88.8% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.95% | 89.41% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.03% | 88.32% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.48% | 87.82% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.86% | 86.83% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.97% | 92.74% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.11% | 94.41% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 92.3% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.5% | 92% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.77% | 94.54% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.68% | 93.17% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 99.04% | 92.44% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.67% | 91.95% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.59% | 94.11% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.12% | 91.58% | 88.88% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 82.73% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.71% | 83.98% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.19% | 85.31% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.89% | 88.95% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.27% | 90.11% | 80.09% |
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* Riverchase Elementary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.