RIVERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Go back
108 ATHLETIC CLUB BLVD
CLAYTON, NC 27527
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Phone: 919-359-6300
School Information
  • GreatSchools Rating: 10
  • Educational Climate: Average
  • Technology Measure: Medium-high
  • Type: Public
  • Grades: Kindergarten - 5th Grade
  • District: Johnston County School District
  • Students/Teacher: 19
  • Students/Grade: 142.5
  • Number Students: 855
  • Number Teachers: 46
  • Number Classrooms: 42
  • Expense/Pupil: $5,100.00 - 5,299.99
  • Poverty Level: 16 - 29.9 PERCENT
  • Number Computers: 218
  • Number PCs: 178
  • Number Macs: 040
  • Principal: Ms Dorlisa Johnson
  • CHARTER SCHOOL
  • GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAMS
  • ESL
  • SPECIAL EDUCATION
  • ADVANCED PLACEMENT
  • BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
  • ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS
  • YEAR ROUND CLASSES
  • VOC-TECH
  • ADULT EDUCATION
  • NCLB SCHOOL
  • BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL
  • COALITION OF ESSENTIAL SCHOOLS
  • AYP SCHOOL
  • INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
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School Ratings & Reviews

School Ratings (13 ratings)
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    School Reviews (12 Reviews)
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    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-07-24
    "To the lady with the walking incident, your kids should not have been walking. As a parent, school personnel highly DIScourages walking to and from school because of the high amount of traffic. Great school though!"
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-04-27
    "Overall, Riverwood Elementary is a wonderful school for most students EXCEPT those who are dyslexic. To be fair I think NC is a hard place to be if you are dyslexic (a dirty word that not a single teacher or principal would utter). Our child had a wonderful experience in early grades but hit a wall (which we learned was dyslexia) and we left. Specific teacher training is required to teach dyslexic children. Although the Special Education instructor seemed to want to do her best, we did not feel that she was qualified for our child's dyslexia. At one point in the discussion our child turned to me and whispered: "Does she know that I have dyslexia?" The spec. ed. teacher made comments indicating lack of understanding of dyslexia (i.e. insisting 90 minutes of required homework time could not be adjusted - implying we were trying to avoid homework because of extra-curricular activities, telling our child that this time "hard work" was required - as though our child simply didn't try hard enough. One teacher insinuated I had not read enough with our child (untrue).) We are now in another state using approved intervention measures (Orton-Gllingham, Wilson, etc."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-04-26
    "My children currently attend this school and there really isn't much to say. So far, I have so many issues with this school and the greatest problem is the faculty!!! It's truley a shame however we are stuck here! My comparsion comes from my children attended other schools that seemed to honsetly care about there students this one seems more like a job that they have to come too.. Truly sad"
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-02-08
    "Our children attend Riverwood Elementary. K, 2nd and 4th. This is our first year here. We transferred from East Clayton. My first complaint is the principal. I do not trust her because of a couple incidents that have occurred in the past. The first happened about the 9th day of school. My children are walkers and the walkers meet up with their siblings and then walk outside of the building to either walk home or meet their parents to take them home. My daughter could not find her brother (the 2nd grader),and so she went to tell his teacher. To make a long story short, it ended up that my son was missing. The school had lost him. They kept insisting that he must have walked home on his own. Which I knew was impossible. I asked the principal to call the police and she responded with "well" and shrugged her shoulders. I never saw any police, so I assume she did not call them. We finally found him at the middle school. He was there because some teacher mistakenly told him to go there. He was missing for well over an hour. She never called to check how we were. Also no buses or continuous sidewalks, we live 1.1 miles away and either walk or drive with the other hundreds of cars."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2011-05-19
    "I had two children in this school last year.It was their first year in public school.My son has learning differences and my daughter is gifted and talented.The first half of the school year was fine and then I had numerous problems with the principal and vice principal.They didn't understand what my son really needed and they did not behave appropriately.But Ms.Roberts really challenged my daughter.The office staff gossiped too much."
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