Rio Vista School of Applied Learning

Rio Vista School of Applied Learning is a large elementary school in Apple Valley, California, run under Apple Valley Unified. The school works with 927 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 99% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Within Apple Valley Unified, which oversees 14 schools and 13,613 students, Rio Vista School of Applied Learning is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Rio Vista School of Applied Learning shows that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 33% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Rio Vista School of Applied Learning reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Rio Vista School of Applied Learning higher than the state norm the norm. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rio Vista School of Applied Learning performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.0%, the actual is 31.3%, a residual of -10.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate median household income runs about $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Rio Vista School of Applied Learning is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sitting Bull Academy, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rio Vista School of Applied Learning ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.6%.

Rio Vista School of Applied Learning operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 967 students in 2018 compared to 927 in 2025.

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