Longfellow Elementary

Longfellow Elementary is an elementary-level community of high-enrollment scale in Riverside, California, overseen by Riverside Unified, hosting 701 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Longfellow Elementary sits 51% bigger than that benchmark.

Longfellow Elementary is one of 48 schools operated by Riverside Unified, a district that caters to 38,002 students overall.

Demographically, Longfellow Elementary lists that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 3% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Longfellow Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Riverside County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Longfellow Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Riverside County) reports that median household earnings sit near $93,074, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Longfellow Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Abraham Lincoln Continuation, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Longfellow Elementary's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 777 (now 701). Class-load math has tightened: from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 in 2025.

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