Enrollment
348
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003309
Rio Vista Elementary
4243 Satsuma Ave., North Hollywood, CA 91602 · (818) 761-6147 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of California public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- FThree-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
23.2:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
190 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 90 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 109% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Rio Vista Elementary→Walter Reed Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
47.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.2pp since 2014
Math
44.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 31.9% | 15.9% | 25.5% | 26.8% |
| Math | 22.8% | 22.2% | 22.8% | 32.3% |
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 | 47.8% | 44.9% |
| 2023-24 | 53.1% | 42.8% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 49.1% |
| 2021-22 | 76.8% | 65.3% |
| 2018-19 | 63.8% | 62.2% |
| 2017-18 | 68.8% | 60.2% |
| 2016-17 | 56.6% | 51.1% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 (46.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Vista Elementary this school | 348 | 54.6% | 46.6% |
| Catheryn Gates Elementary Roseville | 383 | 52.7% | 48.6% |
| California Creative Learning Academy Los Angeles | 330 | 48.8% | N/A |
| Del Cerro Elementary Mission Viejo | 390 | 53.1% | 61.4% |
| Jones Elementary San Diego | 257 | 52.5% | 44.1% |
| Manzanita Elementary Charter Santa Rosa | 369 | 54.2% | 31.8% |
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 Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #1,954 of 5,151 | #453 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #1,933 of 5,172 ▲ 48 | #473 of 1,129 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #2,211 of 5,172 ▼ 520 | #517 of 1,129 ▼ 150 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -24.7pp | #2 of 5,116 | #1 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #4,300 of 5,915 | #932 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #3,145 of 5,352 | #765 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.7% | #229 of 5,354 | #36 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.6% | #3,713 of 5,625 | #971 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #1,038 of 3,837 | #389 of 947 |
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
348
-37 (-10%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 348 | 15 | 23.2:1 | 55% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 349 | 15.5 | 22.5:1 | 53% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 14.5 | 25.0:1 | 41% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 17 | 22.6:1 | 42% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 19.5 | 23.3:1 | 44% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 19 | 23.8:1 | 49% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | N/A | N/A | 53% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 448 | 25 | 17.9:1 | 70% (313) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 21 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rio Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (455 to 348); teachers down 23% (19.5 to 15).
About Rio Vista Elementary
Rio Vista Elementary is an elementary school in North Hollywood, California, reachable at (818) 761-6147. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 348 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Besides Rio Vista Elementary, Los Angeles Unified runs 783 other schools. The district enrolls 406,887 students.
White students form the largest group at Rio Vista Elementary, 36% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 29% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, 12% Asian, and 4% Black. By the diversity index, Rio Vista Elementary comes in at 74%.
Rio Vista Elementary employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 23.2:1. That ratio is over the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 55% in 2024-25. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Rio Vista Elementary receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rio Vista Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 46.6% actual against 47.5% predicted.
Across Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Rio Vista Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
Nearby, Berenece Carlson Home Hospital is about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Rio Vista Elementary is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, Rio Vista Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 385 to 348 over 4 years.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
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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 10th largest of the 12.
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- 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
Nearby schools
- Berenece Carlson Home Hospital0.1 mi · 381
- Toluca Lake Elementary0.9 mi · 503
- Walter Reed Middle1.1 mi · 1,580
- Lankershim Elementary1.4 mi · 326
- Colfax Charter Elementary1.5 mi · 774
- Carpenter Community Charter1.5 mi · 863
Frequently asked questions
About Rio Vista ElementaryHow many students attend Rio Vista Elementary?
Rio Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 348 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Rio Vista Elementary serve?
Rio Vista Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rio Vista Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rio Vista Elementary is approximately 23.2:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Rio Vista Elementary?
Rio Vista Elementary reports a student body of 36% White, 29% Hispanic, 4% Black, 12% Asian, 19% Two or more.
What district is Rio Vista Elementary in?
Rio Vista Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified.
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