Rio Vista Elementary

Located at 20417 Cedarcreek St., in Canyon Country, California, Rio Vista Elementary is a moderately sized elementary school that instructs 486 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Saugus Union.

Saugus Union comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 9,359 students; Rio Vista Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Rio Vista Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 13% White, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Rio Vista Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 27.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Rio Vista Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rio Vista Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 33.6%; this one delivers 49.8%, a residual of +16.1 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Rio Vista Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Skyblue Mesa Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rio Vista Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 17%: 589 students in 2018 compared to 486 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 26% to 13% across the same window.

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