Riverside Park El, San Antonio TX

Original Research by School Decision on Riverside Park El

Riverside Park Elementary is a small school serving early grades from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in San Antonio, with a student body that is almost entirely Hispanic and economically disadvantaged. The enrollment is modest and stable across grade levels. A very large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the neighborhoods the school serves.

State test results from the most recent year show persistently low proficiency across math and English language arts. In third grade math, fewer than one in five students met or exceeded the proficiency standard; in English, about one in ten did. Fourth grade shows some brighter spots, with about one in three students meeting the reading standard, though fourth grade math on the Spanish assessment showed no students meeting the benchmark. Fifth grade proficiency hovers between about one in five students in math to about one in four in reading, with science testing showing very low proficiency as well. These results place Riverside Park in the bottom quartile among schools across Bexar County districts when measured by overall proficiency. A parent may want to look into further detail with the school and district about how they are responding to these outcomes.

The school sits in San Antonio, a city experiencing rapid growth driven by healthcare and military employment, with a sprawling geography that blends older inner neighborhoods with newer suburban development. The immediate area around the school is economically working-class. Housing in the school's zip code is modestly priced relative to many U.S. markets, though rents have edged upward recently.

San Antonio ISD, the school's district, recently underwent significant restructuring. In 2023 the board voted to close fifteen schools as part of a rightsizing effort tied to declining enrollment, a decision that affected thousands of students and reshaped which neighborhood schools families could access. The district is now working to standardize curriculum across campuses, particularly in math and reading, moving toward a phonics-based literacy approach after prior results fell short of state targets. A large infrastructure bond passed by voters in 2020 has been funding facility upgrades across many district campuses, with work continuing through 2025. These district-level changes mean incoming families are entering a school system in active transition, with both new building improvements and new instructional approaches being implemented.

The school's PreK-5 grade span means no graduation rate data apply. Special education and English learner enrollment counts are not available from the data provided. The school does serve Spanish-language assessment versions of state tests, indicating bilingual instruction or support, though the specific program details were not included in the available information.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 313%

School 13% · District 30% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 40%

School 0% · District 29% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 41 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 29% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 310%

School 10% · District 35% · ▼ 25 pts below district

▼ 36 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 44% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Science

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 5% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 826%

School 26% · District 10% · ▲ 16 pts above district

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

This schoolSAN ANTONIO ISD, 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.