Riverview Elementary School, Denville NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Riverview Elementary School

Riverview Elementary School sits in Denville, a suburban commuter town in Morris County about 35 miles west of Manhattan. The area is known as the "Hub of Morris County" for its central location and transportation access, with an eclectic downtown near an NJ Transit rail station that serves the Morristown and Montclair-Boonton lines. The township is dotted with lake communities and has an array of residential neighborhoods spread across hills and wooded areas. Housing costs in the broader market are elevated, with median listing prices in the county well above the national benchmark; the market shows relatively low inventory and brisk sales activity. Saint Clare's Hospital is the largest local employer, and many residents commute to New York City.

Riverview is part of the Denville Township K-8 School District, which also includes Lakeview Elementary and Valleyview Middle School. The district has recently made a multi-year investment in curriculum, rolling out new Science Alive textbooks and lab materials for middle grades, digital science programs for elementary grades, math intervention tools like Reflex and Frax Math, and an expanded Readers and Writers Workshop approach across all grades. A woodworking elective was also added at the middle school level. These changes give a sense of where the district is putting its academic focus.

Riverview itself serves kindergarten through fifth grade, and the state testing data available from the most recent school year paints a picture of a school where academic performance is above the midpoint among districts in Morris County, a county that overall is known for strong schools. In third grade, a substantial majority of students met or exceeded the bar in both math and English language arts. Fourth-grade results were more mixed: math proficiency was lower than third grade, while English language arts remained steady with about two-thirds of students at or above the standard. Fifth grade showed a strong rebound in math, and English language arts reached a particularly high level, with a large majority of students meeting the standard. Science testing, which is administered only at fifth grade, showed that roughly half of students scored at or above the proficient level.

The student body is predominantly white, with the largest minority groups being Hispanic and Asian students. A very small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a common indicator of low family income. Because the school does not serve grades where a graduation rate is calculated, that metric does not apply. The data do not include chronic absenteeism rates for this school.

For families, the peer environment at Riverview is shaped by its suburban setting and low poverty rate. The curriculum investments suggest a district attentive to updating its instructional materials. The school's academic results are solid relative to other schools in the county, though a parent may want to ask the school about the drop in fourth-grade math proficiency and whether there are specific interventions or supports tied to that grade level. The school is located on St. Mary's Place in Denville, a short distance from the downtown and train station that anchor the town's civic life.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 376%

School 76% · District 71% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 460%

School 60% · District 69% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 562%

School 62% · District 67% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 370%

School 70% · District 72% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 466%

School 66% · District 76% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 578%

School 78% · District 81% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Science

Grade 551%

School 51% · District 56% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

This schoolDenville Township K-8 School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.