Riverbank Elementary

Riverbank Elementary is a primary school of medium-sized scale in West Sacramento, California, one of the schools within Washington Unified, hosting 599 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 29% above the state mean of about 465.

Across the 17 schools in Washington Unified (9,787 students total), Riverbank Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Riverbank Elementary shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder breaks down as 17% Asian, 15% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Yolo County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Riverbank Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at Riverbank Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Yolo County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Riverbank Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.8%, the actual is 15.0%, a residual of -11.8 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Yolo County put median household earnings sit near $91,752, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Yolo County's 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,820 students), Riverbank Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Washington Middle College High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Riverbank Elementary comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Riverbank Elementary's enrollment has edged down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 852 (now 599). White enrollment moved from 22% to 15% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.