Schools · Riverside
Riverside, CA schools
Riverside’s public schools score well below California’s averages: 7.5% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 38 schools through grade 6, then one of 11 schools and one of 6 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Riverside’s School Grade: B
The public schools Riverside’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 55% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
D-Test scoresA-Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 55%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (581)Better than 49%
Lower confidence. Built on 123 tested students and a graduating class of 3,143. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Riverside kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades K–12, Riverside Unified)7.5%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades K–12, Riverside Unified)2.5%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
95% graduate on time
Graduation rate
95%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
3,143
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #102 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Riverside
Riverside Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 50 schools · 38,002 students
$18,390 per studentCA $21,206C-Alvord Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 26 schools · 16,432 students
$20,674 per studentCA $21,206BEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 94 schools in Riverside
Showing 1–30 of 94 schools
Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 1,033 students
CPublicJefferson ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 886 students
PublicJohn F. Kennedy ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 864 students
C-PublicMountain View ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 851 students
PublicWashington ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 818 students
CPublicBenjamin Franklin ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 767 students
PublicTerrace ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 740 students
PublicLongfellow ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 701 students
PublicTomas Rivera ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 699 students
PublicCastle View ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 684 students
PublicPachappa ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 676 students
CPublicMadison ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 675 students
PublicValley View ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 675 students
PublicEmerson ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 669 students
CPublicHawthorne ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 663 students
D-PublicJackson ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 657 students
CPublicLiberty ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 651 students
PublicREACH Leadership STEAM AcademyElementary · Grades K–6 · 645 students
CharterWilliam Howard Taft ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 635 students
PublicPhillip M. Stokoe ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 621 students
PublicAlcott ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 603 students
PublicHarada ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 603 students
CPublicMonroe ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 596 students
PublicFremont ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 593 students
PublicHarrison ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 571 students
PublicMagnolia ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 535 students
PublicLa Granada ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 524 students
PublicS. Christa McAuliffe ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 508 students
PublicAllan Orrenmaa ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 507 students
PublicPatricia Beatty ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 494 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.