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Enrollment
914
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YUBA CITY UNIFIED·NCES 064347011930
Riverbend Elementary
301 Stewart Rd., Yuba City, CA 95991 · (530) 822-3100 · Sutter County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL914 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
697 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 95 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 153 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 192 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 170 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 44% smaller than its 8th grade class (170).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
34.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -9.3pp since 2014
Math
18.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.3% | 23.5% | 25.8% | 39.4% |
| Math | 6.6% | 11.7% | 26.1% | 55.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.8% | 18.3% |
| 2023-24 | 35.8% | 21.6% |
| 2022-23 | 37.6% | 25.5% |
| 2021-22 | 35.6% | 24.7% |
| 2018-19 | 46.0% | 29.0% |
| 2017-18 | 45.8% | 29.5% |
| 2016-17 | 46.4% | 29.6% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 30.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Riverbend Elementary
Riverbend Elementary's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverbend Elementary this school | 914 | 76.3% | 30.3% |
| Luther Elementary Live Oak | 867 | 81.2% | 50.7% |
| Art Freiler Tracy | 772 | 75.0% | 40.1% |
| Stella Brockman Elementary Manteca | 833 | 67.2% | 25.3% |
| Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary Woodland | 772 | 81.5% | 30.0% |
| Barry Elementary Yuba City | 596 | 72.5% | 32.8% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Riverbend Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sutter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #3,471 of 5,151 | #16 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #4,464 of 5,172 ▼ 469 | #17 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #3,466 of 5,172 ▼ 322 | #14 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.7pp | #819 of 5,116 | #4 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 914 | #155 of 5,915 | #2 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #728 of 5,352 | #3 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #750 of 5,354 | #5 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #2,521 of 5,625 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.5% | #952 of 3,837 | #1 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
914
-297 (-25%) vs 2017
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 1,193
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 21.4:1
% White
24%
was 31%
% Hispanic
45%
was 40%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
21%
was 18%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 914 | 46.9 | 19.5:1 | 76% (697) |
| 2023-24 | 964 | 48.3 | 20.0:1 | 68% (656) |
| 2022-23 | 968 | 51.6 | 18.8:1 | 71% (683) |
| 2017-18 | 1,211 | 56.6 | 21.4:1 | 65% (784) |
| 2015-16 | 1,225 | 54 | 22.7:1 | 61% (751) |
| 2010-11 | 1,193 | N/A | N/A | 35% (412) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverbend Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (1,211 to 914); teachers down 17% (56.6 to 46.9).
About Riverbend Elementary
Riverbend Elementary is a large elementary school in Yuba City, California. It is open to students in kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 914 students. That is 97% above the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Yuba City Unified has 17 schools; together they serve 11,388 students.
Hispanic students make up 45% of enrollment at Riverbend Elementary, the largest share of any group. Next come 24% White, 21% Asian, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 33% Hispanic among all Sutter County residents. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Riverbend Elementary are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.5:1. The school has 46.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.8 students per teacher. In all, 76% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Sutter County is 60%.
Among California public elementary schools, Riverbend Elementary outscored 21%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Riverbend Elementary would be expected to post about 34.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.3%.
Sutter County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $79,704, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Sutter County's 46 public schools enroll about 23,784 students and include Riverbend Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Barry Elementary is about 1.4 miles from Riverbend Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Riverbend Elementary is 5th of 7 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 297 students from 2017-18 to 2024-25. Over the same years, the White share fell from 31% to 24%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 21.4 to 19.5 over 7 years.
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Sutter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,857
Census ACS
Median income
$79,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
23,784 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yuba City Unified
- River Valley HighHigh · 1,695 students
- Yuba City HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Andros KarperosElementary · 1,181 students
- Butte Vista ElementaryElementary · 853 students
- Gray Avenue MiddleMiddle · 655 students
- Tierra Buena ElementaryElementary · 607 students
Other schools in Yuba City
- River Valley HighHigh · 1,695 students
- Yuba City HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Andros KarperosElementary · 1,181 students
- Butte Vista ElementaryElementary · 853 students
- Gray Avenue MiddleMiddle · 655 students
- Tierra Buena ElementaryElementary · 607 students
Other Riverbend Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Riverbend Elementary. Riverbend Elementary is the largest of the 7.
- Riverbend Elementary SchoolSpokane Valley, WA · 600 students
- Riverbend Elementary SchoolSpringfield, OR · 424 students
- RIVERBEND ELEMENTARYBLACKFOOT, ID · 403 students
- Riverbend Elementary SchoolGainesville, GA · 330 students
- Riverbend Elementary SchoolWest Monroe, LA · 301 students
Nearby schools
- Barry Elementary1.4 mi · 596
- Lincrest Elementary1.7 mi · 595
- Lincoln Elementary2.4 mi · 488
- AeroSTEM Academy2.6 mi · 116
- Park Avenue Elementary2.6 mi · 541
- Cedar Lane Elementary2.8 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Riverbend ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Riverbend Elementary?
Riverbend Elementary enrolls approximately 914 students in grades KG-08.
Is Riverbend Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Riverbend Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Riverbend Elementary?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Riverbend Elementary.
How diverse is Riverbend Elementary?
Riverbend Elementary reports a student body of 24% White, 45% Hispanic, 2% Black, 21% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Riverbend Elementary?
Riverbend Elementary is overseen by Yuba City Unified in Sutter County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.