School district · California
Riverside Unified
Riverside Unified in California: 49 public schools with 38,002 students and 23.3 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $18,387 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 49
- Students
- 38,002
- Students per teacher
- 23.3
- CA 21.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $18,387
- CA $20.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,634
- Counselors (FTE)
- 77.9
- Students per counselor
- 488
- CA 407 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 46.0
- Librarians (FTE): 3.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%45%proficient
+2.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 55% of school districts in California
Median 42% · 854 school districts compared
16,796 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%34%proficient
+1.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 54% of school districts in California
Median 32% · 854 school districts compared
16,843 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 9.5% · $85.1M
- State
- 62% · $552.6M
- Local
- 29% · $258.3M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $11,212
- Support services
- $6,331
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $74M
- Long-term debt
- $426.8M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adams ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 487 | 24.4 | 41% | 26% |
Alcott ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 603 | 26.1 | 36% | 34% |
Benjamin Franklin ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 767 | 25.6 | 65% | 66% |
Bryant ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 332 | 23.7 | 47% | 34% |
Castle View ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 684 | 22.1 | 52% | 48% |
Emerson ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 669 | 23.0 | 33% | 23% |
Fremont ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 593 | 21.2 | 35% | 24% |
Harada ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 603 | 22.2 | 23% | 14% |
Harrison ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 571 | 22.0 | 37% | 31% |
Hawthorne ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 663 | 23.5 | 40% | 32% |
Highgrove ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 848 | 26.1 | 33% | 21% |
Jackson ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 657 | 24.0 | 32% | 24% |
Jefferson ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 886 | 25.7 | 37% | 23% |
John F. Kennedy ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 864 | 24.4 | 61% | 53% |
Lake Mathews ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 733 | 26.6 | 63% | 53% |
Liberty ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 651 | 25.5 | 27% | 24% |
Longfellow ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 701 | 23.4 | 27% | 18% |
Madison ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 675 | 25.0 | 40% | 36% |
Magnolia ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 535 | 25.2 | 60% | 41% |
Mark Twain ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 1,033 | 26.2 | 55% | 45% |
Monroe ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 596 | 23.8 | 43% | 35% |
Mountain View ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 851 | 24.3 | 43% | 31% |
Pachappa ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 676 | 23.9 | 54% | 46% |
Patricia Beatty ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 494 | 23.6 | 44% | 31% |
Tomas Rivera ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 699 | 25.9 | 56% | 53% |
Victoria ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 488 | 22.2 | 40% | 36% |
Washington ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 818 | 23.4 | 29% | 25% |
William Howard Taft ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 635 | 24.4 | 45% | 37% |
Woodcrest ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 660 | 24.9 | 44% | 34% |
Amelia Earhart MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 743 | 23.2 | 60% | 50% |
Central MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 621 | 21.1 | 43% | 21% |
Chemawa MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 885 | 23.7 | 35% | 19% |
Frank Augustus Miller MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 844 | 23.6 | 63% | 48% |
Matthew Gage MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 840 | 21.2 | 47% | 32% |
Sierra MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 829 | 22.3 | 39% | 20% |
University Heights MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 870 | 22.6 | 41% | 20% |
Abraham Lincoln ContinuationAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 148 | 12.2 | — | — |
Arlington HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,920 | 22.6 | — | — |
John W. North HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,011 | 22.8 | — | — |
Martin Luther King Jr. HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,699 | 24.1 | — | — |
Opportunity ProgramAlternative | 7–12 | 33 | 9.3 | — | — |
Polytechnic HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,484 | 23.8 | — | — |
Raincross High (Continuation)Alternative | 9–12 | 136 | 8.5 | — | — |
Ramona HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,142 | 22.9 | — | — |
Riverside STEM AcademyFree meals for all | 5–12 | 665 | 25.6 | 80% | 75% |
Sunshine Special EducationSpecial educationFree meals for all | 12 | 74 | 15.2 | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Riverside VirtualFully virtual | K–12 | 524 | 16.3 | 54% | 41% |
Summit View Independent StudyAlternative | K–12 | 62 | 26.2 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 3380 14th St., Riverside, CA 92501
- Phone
- (951)788-7135
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.