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Enrollment
637
Elementary
DISTRICT 583 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM SPRINGS UNIFIED·NCES 062955011029
Rio Vista Elementary
67-700 Verona Rd., Cathedral City, CA 92234 · (760) 416-0032 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL637 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
581 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 122 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
36%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
40.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.8pp since 2014
Math
32.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.6% | 19.6% | 22.4% | 37.4% |
| Math | 16.5% | 15.9% | 26.2% | 41.4% |
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 | 40.2% | 32.4% |
| 2023-24 | 37.2% | 31.4% |
| 2022-23 | 36.7% | 28.7% |
| 2021-22 | 33.5% | 31.8% |
| 2018-19 | 51.7% | 46.3% |
| 2017-18 | 51.4% | 41.0% |
| 2016-17 | 48.4% | 43.8% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 (35.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Vista Elementary this school | 637 | 91.2% | 35.5% |
| Vicentia Elementary Corona | 557 | 89.8% | 33.9% |
| Sunny Sands Elementary Cathedral City | 692 | 93.4% | 44.4% |
| Wildomar Elementary Wildomar | 620 | 88.9% | 29.0% |
| Frank Kohn Elementary Tulare | 617 | 88.7% | 23.7% |
| Fallbrook STEM Academy Fallbrook | 600 | 90.2% | 40.7% |
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 Rio Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #2,901 of 5,151 | #121 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #2,976 of 5,172 ▼ 45 | #116 of 283 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #2,917 of 5,172 ▲ 86 | #140 of 283 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.7pp | #2,070 of 5,116 | #126 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 637 | #1,114 of 5,915 | #146 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #1,368 of 5,352 | #29 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.3% | #3,651 of 5,354 | #179 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.2% | #940 of 5,625 | #66 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #2,524 of 3,837 | #135 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
637
-26 (-4%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 724
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 637 | 30.7 | 20.8:1 | 91% (581) |
| 2023-24 | 674 | 32.1 | 21.0:1 | 93% (627) |
| 2022-23 | 690 | 33.2 | 20.8:1 | 97% (666) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 31 | 21.4:1 | 98% (653) |
| 2017-18 | 718 | 31 | 23.2:1 | 76% (549) |
| 2015-16 | 744 | 30 | 24.8:1 | 72% (535) |
| 2010-11 | 724 | N/A | N/A | 72% (519) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rio Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (718 to 637); teachers down 1% (31 to 30.7).
About Rio Vista Elementary
Federal records list Rio Vista Elementary as an elementary school in Cathedral City, California. Enrollment totals 637 students across kindergarten through 5. The school is 37% above the average for elementary schools in California.
Rio Vista Elementary is one school in Palm Springs Unified, a system of 27 schools with 20,007 students.
Hispanic students are 79% of those enrolled at Rio Vista Elementary. Other reported shares: 10% White, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 51% Hispanic among all Riverside County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 36%.
On staff are 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.8:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. About 91% of students at Rio Vista Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County.
Rio Vista Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of California public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Rio Vista Elementary is +9.4 points: 35.5% actual, 26.1% predicted.
For Riverside County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $93,074 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Riverside County number 543, with about 424,872 students.
A public school about 1.6 miles away, Landau Elementary, is the closest to Rio Vista Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 36.6%, higher than Rio Vista Elementary's 35.5%.
The federal government classifies Rio Vista Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment fell 4% over 4 years, reaching 637 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Rio Vista 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.
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 Palm Springs Unified
- Desert Hot Springs HighHigh · 1,687 students
- Palm Springs HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Rancho Mirage HighHigh · 1,401 students
- Cathedral City HighHigh · 1,334 students
- James Workman MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
- Nellie N. Coffman MiddleMiddle · 914 students
Other schools in Cathedral City
- Cathedral City HighHigh · 1,334 students
- James Workman MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
- Nellie N. Coffman MiddleMiddle · 914 students
- Sunny Sands ElementaryElementary · 692 students
- Agua Caliente ElementaryElementary · 645 students
- Cathedral City ElementaryElementary · 606 students
Other Rio Vista Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 3 states are named Rio Vista Elementary. Rio Vista Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 12.
- Rio Vista ElementaryAnaheim, CA · 647 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
- Landau Elementary1.6 mi · 579
- Mt. San Jacinto High2.0 mi · 325
- Agua Caliente Elementary2.0 mi · 645
- James Workman Middle2.2 mi · 1,020
- Sunny Sands Elementary2.5 mi · 692
- Cielo Vista Charter3.0 mi · 824
Frequently asked questions
About Rio Vista ElementaryHow large is Rio Vista Elementary?
Rio Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 637 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Rio Vista Elementary serve?
Rio Vista Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rio Vista Elementary?
Approximately 20.8:1 students per teacher at Rio Vista Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rio Vista Elementary?
At Rio Vista Elementary, the student body is approximately 10% White, 79% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Rio Vista Elementary in?
Rio Vista Elementary is part of Palm Springs Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.