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St Louis, Missouri - 13 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks Riverview Gardens #190 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,986 per pupil, Riverview Gardens ranks #359 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,336
Total Enrollment
13
Schools
$10,986
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Riverview Gardens operates 13 public schools serving 5,336 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in St. Louis County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,986 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 35.1% local, 42.1% state, and 22.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 53/100, ranked #190 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 13 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 273.8:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 59.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.6% African American, 2.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lemasters Elem., with a diversity index of 14.0/100.
Its largest campus is Riverview Gardens Sr. High, enrolling 1,246 students (24% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Lewis and Clark Elem., at 137 students, a 9x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Riverview Gardens Sr. High accounts for 23.4% of all Riverview Gardens student enrollment
That concentration means Riverview Gardens-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Riverview Gardens school enrollment varies 9.1× across entities
Riverview Gardens school enrollment ranges from 137 students (lowest) to 1,246 students (highest), a spread of 1,109 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Riverview Gardens has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Riverview Gardens student-counselor ratio is 274:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Riverview Gardens is typically wider than the Riverview Gardens-aggregate figure suggests.
Riverview Gardens chronic absenteeism rate is 59.9% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.