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Enrollment
701
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE UNIFIED·NCES 063315005149
Longfellow Elementary
3610 Eucalyptus Ave., Riverside, CA 92507 · (951) 788-7335 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL701 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
652 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 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 43% larger than its 6th grade class (82).
Student demographics
18%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
27.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.5pp since 2014
Math
18.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 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 | 9.1% | 18.4% | 20.3% | 52.2% |
| Math | 6.9% | 11.3% | 27.6% | 54.3% |
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 | 27.5% | 18.2% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 21.3% |
| 2022-23 | 27.1% | 22.1% |
| 2021-22 | 34.7% | 21.9% |
| 2018-19 | 46.2% | 29.2% |
| 2017-18 | 42.3% | 21.5% |
| 2016-17 | 36.0% | 20.6% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Longfellow Elementary
Longfellow Elementary's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longfellow Elementary this school | 701 | 93.0% | 23.9% |
| Alpha Elementary Madera | 735 | 92.1% | 28.7% |
| Burroughs Elementary Fresno | 674 | 92.6% | 37.2% |
| Oak Hill Elementary Escondido | 679 | 92.2% | 18.8% |
| Agua Caliente Elementary Cathedral City | 645 | 93.3% | 24.1% |
| Noble Avenue Elementary North Hills | 656 | 94.2% | 24.7% |
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 Longfellow Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #4,205 of 5,151 | #220 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #4,470 of 5,172 ▼ 425 | #230 of 283 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #4,221 of 5,172 ▼ 330 | #224 of 283 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.4pp | #501 of 5,116 | #14 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 701 | #754 of 5,915 | #104 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #3,265 of 5,352 | #135 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.3% | #4,513 of 5,354 | #243 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #701 of 5,625 | #38 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #2,718 of 3,837 | #149 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
701
+20 (+3%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 25.2:1
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 | 701 | 30 | 23.4:1 | 93% (652) |
| 2023-24 | 698 | 30 | 23.3:1 | 71% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 29 | 24.0:1 | 93% (645) |
| 2020-21 | 681 | 27 | 25.2:1 | 90% (615) |
| 2017-18 | 777 | 31 | 25.1:1 | 96% (745) |
| 2015-16 | 820 | 31 | 26.4:1 | 96% (790) |
| 2010-11 | 752 | N/A | N/A | 94% (705) |
| 2000-01 | 696 | 38 | 18.3:1 | 100% (693) |
| 1990-91 | 632 | 33 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longfellow Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (777 to 701); teachers down 3% (31 to 30).
About Longfellow Elementary
Longfellow Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Riverside, California. The school counts 701 students across kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Within Riverside Unified, Longfellow Elementary is one of 48 schools. The district enrolls 38,002 students.
Hispanic students make up 90% of enrollment at Longfellow Elementary. The remaining students are 3% multiracial, 2% Black, and 2% White. Census figures show Riverside County is about 51% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Longfellow Elementary total 30 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 23.4:1. That is 1.1 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 93%. The 74% average for public schools in Riverside County is 19 points lower.
After adjusting for student poverty, Longfellow Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 23.9%; the prediction is 25.0%.
Riverside County census figures show that the median household income is $93,074, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Riverside County is home to 543 public schools and about 424,872 public school students.
Abraham Lincoln Continuation is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Longfellow Elementary.
Under the NCES locale system, Longfellow Elementary is City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 20 more students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 25.2:1 to 23.4:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Other schools in Riverside
- Martin Luther King Jr. HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 2,484 students
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- Arlington HighHigh · 1,920 students
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Other Longfellow Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 18 states are named Longfellow Elementary. Longfellow Elementary is the 4th largest of the 37.
- Longfellow ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 904 students
- Longfellow ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 780 students
- Longfellow ElementaryWhittier, CA · 499 students
- Longfellow ElementarySan Francisco, CA · 466 students
- Longfellow ElementaryCompton, CA · 450 students
Nearby schools
- Abraham Lincoln Continuation0.6 mi · 148
- John W. North High0.8 mi · 2,011
- Riverside Virtual0.9 mi · 524
- Emerson Elementary1.0 mi · 669
- Riverside County Juvenile Court1.2 mi · 104
- Riverside County Community1.2 mi · 181
Frequently asked questions
About Longfellow ElementaryHow large is Longfellow Elementary?
Longfellow Elementary enrolls approximately 701 students in grades KG-06.
Is Longfellow Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Longfellow Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Longfellow Elementary have?
Longfellow Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.4:1.
How diverse is Longfellow Elementary?
Longfellow Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 90% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Longfellow Elementary in?
Longfellow Elementary is part of Riverside Unified.
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