Riverdale High

Set in Riverdale, California, Riverdale High is a low-enrollment senior high, overseen by Riverdale Joint Unified. It works with 496 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Riverdale High sits 41% leaner than that benchmark.

Riverdale Joint Unified runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,426 students. Riverdale High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Riverdale High records that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 10% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Riverdale High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

With demographic context factored in, Riverdale High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.4%, the actual is 34.8%, a residual of +9.4 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Fresno County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Riverdale High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Horizon High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Riverdale High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Riverdale High at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 40.2%.

Riverdale High operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Riverdale High has contracted 11%, going from 555 students in 2018 to 496 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 83% to 90% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.