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Enrollment
603
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE UNIFIED·NCES 063315005130
Alcott Elementary
2433 Central Ave., Riverside, CA 92506 · (951) 788-7451 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL603 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
377 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 23% smaller than its 6th grade class (88).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
35.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.2pp since 2014
Math
33.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.4% | 21.4% | 25.9% | 38.2% |
| Math | 9.6% | 23.9% | 19.7% | 46.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.8% | 33.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.9% | 35.5% |
| 2022-23 | 41.6% | 35.5% |
| 2021-22 | 45.6% | 37.6% |
| 2018-19 | 50.5% | 40.2% |
| 2017-18 | 47.0% | 38.1% |
| 2016-17 | 46.1% | 32.9% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 43.0% | 39.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alcott Elementary
Alcott Elementary's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcott Elementary this school | 603 | 62.5% | 37.8% |
| E. Hale Curran Elementary Murrieta | 575 | 62.6% | 45.7% |
| Kingsbury Elementary Redlands | 512 | 60.4% | 38.7% |
| Vail Elementary Temecula | 563 | 64.8% | 37.2% |
| Rail Ranch Elementary Murrieta | 603 | 63.5% | 44.0% |
| Mission Valley Elementary Tulare | 671 | 61.3% | 39.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alcott Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #2,683 of 5,151 | #110 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #2,873 of 5,172 ▼ 318 | #114 of 283 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #3,346 of 5,172 ▼ 1,221 | #168 of 283 ▼ 87 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.9pp | #309 of 5,116 | #9 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 603 | #1,373 of 5,915 | #170 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.1:1 | #4,884 of 5,352 | #280 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #2,320 of 5,354 | #98 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.5% | #3,356 of 5,625 | #236 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #1,150 of 3,837 | #41 of 207 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
603
-59 (-9%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
was 28.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 603 | 23.1 | 26.1:1 | 63% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 661 | 27.1 | 24.4:1 | 41% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 664 | 26.6 | 25.0:1 | 63% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 662 | 23 | 28.8:1 | 61% (404) |
| 2017-18 | 777 | 32 | 24.3:1 | 59% (458) |
| 2015-16 | 807 | 31 | 26.0:1 | 59% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 865 | N/A | N/A | 53% (457) |
| 2000-01 | 866 | 37 | 23.4:1 | 48% (420) |
| 1990-91 | 669 | 27 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alcott Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (777 to 603); teachers down 28% (32 to 23.1).
About Alcott Elementary
Alcott Elementary is an elementary school located in Riverside, California, in Riverside County. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 603 students in 2024-25. The school is 30% above the average for elementary schools in California.
Alcott Elementary is one of 48 schools in Riverside Unified, which enrolls 38,002 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Alcott Elementary, about 62 are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 25% White, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Riverside County, the Hispanic share is about 51%. The diversity index for Alcott Elementary is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Alcott Elementary has 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. At Alcott Elementary, 63% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County is 11 points.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 42.9%. Alcott Elementary scores 37.8%.
Riverside County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $93,074, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 543 public schools in the county, enrolling about 424,872, Alcott Elementary among them.
Polytechnic High, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Alcott Elementary places 3rd of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (26.1:1) than in 2020-21 (28.8:1).
On allk12, people connected to Alcott Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Riverside Unified
- Martin Luther King Jr. HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 2,484 students
- Ramona HighHigh · 2,142 students
- John W. North HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Arlington HighHigh · 1,920 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · 1,033 students
Other schools in Riverside
- Martin Luther King Jr. HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 2,484 students
- Ramona HighHigh · 2,142 students
- John W. North HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Arlington HighHigh · 1,920 students
- Norte Vista HighHigh · 1,804 students
Other Alcott Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Alcott Elementary. Alcott Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Alcott ElementaryPomona, CA · 606 students
- Alcott ElementarySan Diego, CA · 234 students
- Alcott Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 567 students
- Alcott Elementary SchoolWesterville, OH · 537 students
- ALCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHASTINGS, NE · 267 students
Nearby schools
- Polytechnic High0.4 mi · 2,484
- Victoria Elementary0.9 mi · 488
- Emerson Elementary1.0 mi · 669
- Abraham Lincoln Continuation1.1 mi · 148
- California School for the Deaf-Riverside1.2 mi · 350
- Pachappa Elementary1.3 mi · 676
Frequently asked questions
About Alcott ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Alcott Elementary?
Alcott Elementary enrolls approximately 603 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Alcott Elementary serve?
Alcott Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alcott Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alcott Elementary is approximately 26.1:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alcott Elementary?
At Alcott Elementary, the student body is approximately 25% White, 62% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Alcott Elementary?
Alcott Elementary is overseen by Riverside Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.