Riverbank High

As a medium-sized senior high in Riverbank, California, Riverbank High instructs 744 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Riverbank Unified.

Riverbank Unified runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,954 students. Riverbank High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Riverbank High reports that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 12% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Stanislaus County as a whole is about 50% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Riverbank High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.3%.

In the surrounding community, Stanislaus County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Stanislaus County runs 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), of which Riverbank High is one.

The closest other public school is California Avenue Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Riverbank High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 33.4%.

Riverbank High operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Riverbank High's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 764 (now 744). Class-load math has tightened: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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