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Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERBANK UNIFIED·NCES 060006105114
California Avenue Elementary
3800 California Ave., Riverbank, CA 95367 · (209) 869-2597 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
464 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 120 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 54% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Riverbank Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
14.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.3pp since 2014
Math
14.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.0% | 10.7% | 25.8% | 59.5% |
| Math | 2.4% | 12.3% | 24.6% | 60.7% |
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 | 14.7% | 14.7% |
| 2023-24 | 13.6% | 12.4% |
| 2022-23 | 12.9% | 7.0% |
| 2021-22 | 15.9% | 10.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.8% | 9.2% |
| 2018-19 | 24.8% | 22.8% |
| 2017-18 | 28.2% | 22.8% |
| 2016-17 | 23.3% | 24.0% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 29% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 California Avenue Elementary
California Avenue Elementary's state test result (13.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Avenue Elementary this school | 540 | 85.9% | 13.9% |
| Thomas Law Reed Elementary Reedley | 558 | 85.7% | 44.8% |
| La Honda STEAM Academy Lompoc | 531 | 84.0% | 20.3% |
| Mitchell Elementary Atwater | 528 | 86.0% | 42.8% |
| Juniper Elementary Escondido | 588 | 87.1% | 29.8% |
| Valley View Elementary Nuevo | 554 | 87.7% | 31.0% |
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 California Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #4,990 of 5,151 | #98 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #4,771 of 5,172 ▲ 109 | #92 of 100 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #5,052 of 5,172 ▲ 19 | #98 of 100 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #2,742 of 5,116 | #57 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #1,976 of 5,915 | #44 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #1,356 of 5,352 | #21 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.6% | #4,053 of 5,354 | #78 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.9% | #1,570 of 5,625 | #27 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #2,157 of 3,837 | #21 of 56 |
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
540
-92 (-15%) vs 2020
-6% since 2000-01, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 540 | 26 | 20.8:1 | 86% (464) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 25.5 | 22.0:1 | 86% (486) |
| 2022-23 | 586 | 26.2 | 22.4:1 | 60% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 29 | 21.8:1 | 69% (438) |
| 2017-18 | 627 | 29 | 21.6:1 | 89% (557) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 26 | 21.7:1 | 88% (496) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | N/A | N/A | 78% (406) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 27 | 21.3:1 | 76% (439) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for California Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (627 to 540); teachers down 10% (29 to 26).
About California Avenue Elementary
Among the schools in Riverbank, California, is California Avenue Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 540 students on the rolls.
Federal data list 6 schools in Riverbank Unified, with 2,954 students enrolled.
Hispanic students are 84% of those enrolled at California Avenue Elementary. Other reported shares: 8% White and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 50% Hispanic among all Stanislaus County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 28%.
There are 26 full-time-equivalent teachers at California Avenue Elementary, giving a ratio of 20.8:1. The school's 20.8:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. By family income, 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 71% average for public schools in Stanislaus County is 15 points.
California Avenue Elementary earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 4% of California public elementary schools.
California Avenue Elementary is a bottom-10% school in California on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 13.9% against a predicted 29.2%.
For Stanislaus County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $81,468 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Stanislaus County number 190, with about 106,477 students.
Riverbank High is about 0.4 miles from California Avenue Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around California Avenue Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 35.7%, higher than California Avenue Elementary's 13.9%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 15% over 4 years, reaching 540 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.8:1.
The allk12 page for California Avenue Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Riverbank Unified
- Riverbank HighHigh · 744 students
- Riverbank Language AcademyElementary · 557 students
- Cardozo MiddleMiddle · 544 students
- Mesa Verde ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Adelante HighHigh · 40 students
Other schools in Riverbank
- Crossroads ElementaryElementary · 752 students
- Riverbank HighHigh · 744 students
- Riverbank Language AcademyElementary · 557 students
- Cardozo MiddleMiddle · 544 students
- Adelante HighHigh · 40 students
Other California Avenue Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named California Avenue Elementary. California Avenue Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- California Avenue ElementaryVista, CA · 42 students
- CALIFORNIA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLUNIONDALE, NY · 730 students
Nearby schools
- Riverbank High0.4 mi · 744
- Adelante High0.6 mi · 40
- Cardozo Middle0.6 mi · 544
- Crossroads Elementary1.2 mi · 752
- Mesa Verde Elementary1.3 mi · 529
- Riverbank Language Academy1.6 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About California Avenue ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at California Avenue Elementary?
California Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 540 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does California Avenue Elementary serve?
California Avenue Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at California Avenue Elementary?
Approximately 20.8:1 students per teacher at California Avenue Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at California Avenue Elementary?
At California Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 8% White, 84% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees California Avenue Elementary?
California Avenue Elementary is overseen by Riverbank Unified in Stanislaus County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.