Riverbend Elementary

Riverbend Elementary is one of the large K-5 schools in Yuba City, California, one of the schools within Yuba City Unified, with 914 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 97% above typical.

Riverbend Elementary is one of 17 schools operated by Yuba City Unified, a district that teaches 11,388 students overall.

On demographics, Riverbend Elementary lists that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% White, 21% Asian, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Sutter County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Riverbend Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Sutter County's rate of about 60%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Riverbend Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sutter County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,704, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Sutter County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,784 students), of which Riverbend Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Barry Elementary, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Riverbend Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.6%.

Riverbend Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Riverbend Elementary has ticked down 25%, going from 1,211 students in 2018 to 914 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 31% to 24% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Riverbend Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.