Rio Vista Elementary

Set in Pico Rivera, California, Rio Vista Elementary is a modestly sized K-5 school, operated by El Rancho Unified. It instructs 370 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 20% smaller than typical.

El Rancho Unified runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,716 students. Rio Vista Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Rio Vista Elementary lists that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Rio Vista Elementary has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Rio Vista Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 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.

Ruben Salazar Continuation is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rio Vista Elementary. On composite proficiency, Rio Vista Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 37.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 475 students in 2018 compared to 370 in 2025.

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