Riverside Unified School District
Serves Riverside.
Riverside’s School Grade B better than 61% of California school districts
What stands out about Riverside Unified School District
- Its letter, B: results better than 64% of California districts
- Graduation rate 7 pts above the state
- Spends 13% less per student than the CA average
- 23 students per teacher
- Debt of $393.6M, about $10,357 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
B: better than 64% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Riverside. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. CA
2021–22 · class of 202397% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Down 3.5% since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
48 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.
Left off: 2 schools reporting no students for 2024–25.
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.