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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Rio Vista Elementary?
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Enrollment
647
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA UNIFIED·NCES 063066004768
Rio Vista Elementary
310 North Rio Vista St., Anaheim, CA 92806 · (714) 986-7240 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL647 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
22.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
543 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 130 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (130) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
32.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.4pp since 2014
Math
22.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.9% | 16.6% | 19.9% | 47.6% |
| Math | 7.6% | 15.3% | 26.3% | 50.8% |
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 | 32.4% | 22.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.4% | 20.7% |
| 2022-23 | 29.4% | 19.8% |
| 2021-22 | 29.5% | 22.5% |
| 2018-19 | 40.9% | 31.4% |
| 2017-18 | 41.5% | 34.9% |
| 2016-17 | 32.0% | 28.2% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Rio Vista Elementary
Rio Vista Elementary's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Vista Elementary this school | 647 | 83.9% | 28.0% |
| Pleasant Elementary Tulare | 668 | 84.4% | 38.2% |
| Four Creeks Elementary Visalia | 654 | 84.7% | 28.4% |
| Sunkist Elementary Anaheim | 665 | 84.2% | 22.1% |
| Valley View Elementary Riverside | 675 | 81.8% | 25.6% |
| Jefferson Elementary Santa Ana | 616 | 83.6% | 31.4% |
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 Rio Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #3,748 of 5,151 | #322 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #3,999 of 5,172 ▲ 99 | #342 of 382 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #3,734 of 5,172 ▼ 543 | #321 of 382 ▼ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #2,768 of 5,116 | #204 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 647 | #1,042 of 5,915 | #70 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,703 of 5,352 | #132 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.8% | #4,233 of 5,354 | #318 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.9% | #1,774 of 5,625 | #90 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.2% | #674 of 3,837 | #70 of 324 |
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
647
-108 (-14%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 1,211
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 28.0:1
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 | 647 | 28.6 | 22.6:1 | 84% (543) |
| 2023-24 | 641 | 27 | 23.7:1 | 76% (484) |
| 2022-23 | 699 | 26 | 26.9:1 | 85% (591) |
| 2020-21 | 755 | 27 | 28.0:1 | 79% (599) |
| 2017-18 | 901 | 31 | 29.1:1 | 86% (776) |
| 2015-16 | 891 | 31 | 28.7:1 | 86% (770) |
| 2010-11 | 900 | N/A | N/A | 74% (667) |
| 2000-01 | 1,510 | 72 | 21.0:1 | 74% (1,110) |
| 1990-91 | 1,211 | 44 | 27.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rio Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (901 to 647); teachers down 8% (31 to 28.6).
About Rio Vista Elementary
Rio Vista Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified, located in Anaheim, California. The school had 647 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified has 22,665 students in 34 schools, and Rio Vista Elementary is one of those schools.
At Rio Vista Elementary, Hispanic students make up 87% of the student body. The remaining students are 5% White and 4% Asian. Among people living in Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 34%. Rio Vista Elementary has a diversity index of 24%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Rio Vista Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 22.6:1. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 84%. Public schools in Orange County average 55%.
allk12 grades Rio Vista Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Rio Vista Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.0% and a predicted 30.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Orange County, median household income is about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 649 public schools operate in Orange County, serving about 430,458 students.
Sunkist Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Rio Vista Elementary is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
Rio Vista Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 647, 14% below the 755 of 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 28.0:1 to 22.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
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Other Rio Vista Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 3 states are named Rio Vista Elementary. Rio Vista Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 12.
- Rio Vista ElementaryCathedral City, CA · 637 students
- Rio Vista ElementaryFillmore, CA · 553 students
- Rio Vista ElementaryCanyon Country, CA · 486 students
- Rio Vista ElementaryBay Point, CA · 431 students
- Rio Vista ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 412 students
Nearby schools
- Sunkist Elementary0.5 mi · 665
- Valadez Middle School Academy1.1 mi · 527
- Melrose Elementary1.1 mi · 354
- South Junior High1.1 mi · 1,159
- Juarez (Benito) Elementary1.2 mi · 581
- Fletcher Mandarin Language & GATE Academy1.2 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Rio Vista ElementaryHow large is Rio Vista Elementary?
Rio Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 647 students in grades KG-05.
Is Rio Vista Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rio Vista Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Rio Vista Elementary have?
Rio Vista Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Rio Vista Elementary?
Student demographics at Rio Vista Elementary are roughly 5% White, 87% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Rio Vista Elementary public or private?
Rio Vista Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.