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The River School

425 East 35 Street

District 02 · NYC Public Schools · Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5 (2025–2026)

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Enrollment

494 students in school year 2025–2026. Change since 2018–2019: +156 students (+46.2%).

Whole-school enrollment by school year
School yearStudents
2018–2019338
2019–2020422
2020–2021459
2021–2022458
2022–2023462
2023–2024511
2024–2025503
2025–2026494

Spending per student

Latest reported, school year 2024–2025: $24,866 per student (state & local $23,342 · federal $1,524).

Same-year medians: District 02 $30,819 · citywide $33,315

Reported spending per student by school year
School yearTotalFederalState & localStudents (state count)
2018–2019$13,929$52$13,877339
2019–2020$13,264$79$13,185425
2020–2021$13,086$173$12,913454
2021–2022$15,372$1,505$13,867450
2022–2023$16,023$1,032$14,991459
From 2023–2024, figures include a share of citywide costs, such as central offices. Not comparable with earlier years.
2023–2024$24,192$3,247$20,944514
2024–2025$24,866$1,524$23,342500

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Sources: New York City Public Schools enrollment data and spending per student reported by the New York State Education Department. Missing years are not zero. Enrollment and spending are not school-quality ratings. How we check the data