Summary:
The elementary-school list for Riverbank Charter School of Excellence contains one school, Riverbank Charter School of Excellence, serving kindergarten through grade 3 with 158 students. The available results show strong performance compared with New Jersey, though there is no second local school to compare. Most importantly, Riverbank’s third graders scored above the state in ELA and mathematics in both years reported, with its strongest relative results in math.
Because Riverbank is the only school listed, it is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in the group; that does not mean it leads or trails other nearby schools. Its results were above the state in all four subject-year comparisons: in 2024–2025, Riverbank had 68% proficiency in ELA versus 45% statewide, a 24-point lead, and 79% in math versus 50%, a 29-point lead. In 2025–2026, it had 72% in ELA versus 48%, a 24-point lead, and 78% in math versus 49%, a 29-point lead. Math was the stronger relative subject in both years.
Results moved in different directions: ELA proficiency rose by 4 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while math fell by 1 point; the ELA lead over the state widened by 1 point, while the math lead narrowed by 1 point. SchoolDigger ranked the school in the 90th percentile in 2025–2026 (137 of 1,331) and listed it at five stars, with a district rank of 60 of 607. Its ranking history shifted from 71 of 1,338 (95th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 154 of 1,347 (89th percentile) in 2024–2025, then improved to 137 (90th percentile). Context measures include a 10.3 student–teacher ratio and 23% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. With only one school listed, these data cannot show how Riverbank compares with other local options.
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