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Enrollment
496
High
DISTRICT 252 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERDALE JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060004005120
Riverdale High
3086 West Mt. Whitney Ave., Riverdale, CA 93656 · (559) 867-3562 · Fresno County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of California public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
450 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 108 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 134 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 129 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 125 | 25% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
46.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.5pp since 2014
Math
20.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.4% | 33.1% | 35.4% | 18.1% |
| Math | 3.9% | 16.5% | 29.1% | 50.4% |
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 | 46.5% | 20.5% |
| 2023-24 | 48.3% | 21.4% |
| 2022-23 | 45.7% | 21.1% |
| 2021-22 | 56.7% | 29.9% |
| 2020-21 | 48.3% | 30.3% |
| 2018-19 | 54.7% | 28.4% |
| 2017-18 | 41.8% | 20.5% |
| 2016-17 | 52.7% | 20.7% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 54.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Riverdale High
Riverdale High's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverdale High this school | 496 | 90.7% | 34.1% |
| Le Grand High Le Grand | 484 | 87.2% | 34.0% |
| Calistoga Junior/Senior High Calistoga | 355 | 88.2% | 36.3% |
| Caruthers High Caruthers | 682 | 89.1% | 36.9% |
| Woodlake High Woodlake | 646 | 87.0% | 40.2% |
| Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math and Science Los Angeles | 558 | 89.8% | N/A |
Matched among California high 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 Riverdale High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #679 of 1,052 | #26 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #659 of 1,056 ▼ 84 | #20 of 36 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #776 of 1,056 ▼ 83 | #31 of 36 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.8pp | #45 of 1,044 | #2 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #1,030 of 2,093 | #33 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #105 of 1,352 | #5 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.5% | #1,121 of 1,351 | #36 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.7% | #272 of 1,575 | #12 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #436 of 802 | #6 of 17 |
Ranked against other public high 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
496
-40 (-7%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 496 | 32.8 | 15.1:1 | 91% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 32.8 | 16.0:1 | 86% (454) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 33.5 | 16.2:1 | 83% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 82% (441) |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 29.3 | 19.0:1 | 80% (442) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 28 | 20.2:1 | 84% (473) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | N/A | N/A | 79% (417) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 27 | 19.3:1 | 68% (354) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverdale High.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (555 to 496); teachers up 12% (29.3 to 32.8).
About Riverdale High
Located in Riverdale, California, Riverdale High is a low-enrollment high school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 496 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 838-student average for high schools in California, enrollment here is 41% lower.
Riverdale High sits within Riverdale Joint Unified, which has 5 schools and 1,426 students.
At Riverdale High, Hispanic students make up 90% of the student body. Other students are 10% White. By comparison, Fresno County residents are about 55% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Riverdale High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.1:1, with 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 18.2:1 average for high schools in California is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Riverdale High is 91%. Compared with the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Riverdale High a C+. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Riverdale High is 7.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 34.1%. Predicted: 26.4%.
Federal survey data for Fresno County show that median household income is about $74,201, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. A total of 368 public schools operate in Fresno County, serving about 206,072 students.
The closest public school, Horizon High, is less than a tenth of a mile from Riverdale High. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Riverdale High is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Riverdale High the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 496 was 7% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 536. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.1:1) than in 2020-21 (17.9:1).
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Riverdale Joint Unified
- Riverdale ElementaryMiddle · 507 students
- Fipps PrimaryElementary · 394 students
- Riverdale VirtualCombined · 22 students
- Horizon HighHigh · 7 students
Other schools in Riverdale
- Riverdale ElementaryMiddle · 507 students
- Fipps PrimaryElementary · 394 students
- Burrel ElementaryElementary · 94 students
- Riverdale VirtualCombined · 22 students
- Horizon HighHigh · 7 students
Other Riverdale High schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Riverdale High. Riverdale High is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Riverdale High SchoolMurfreesboro, TN · 2,275 students
- RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOLFORT MYERS, FL · 1,916 students
- Riverdale High SchoolRiverdale, GA · 1,359 students
- Riverdale High SchoolJefferson, LA · 1,259 students
- Riverdale High SchoolMt Blanchard, OH · 321 students
Nearby schools
- Horizon High0.0 mi · 7
- Riverdale Virtual0.0 mi · 22
- Fipps Primary0.4 mi · 394
- Riverdale Elementary0.5 mi · 507
- Island Elementary5.0 mi · 395
- MARC High7.4 mi · 18
Frequently asked questions
About Riverdale HighHow large is Riverdale High?
Riverdale High enrolls approximately 496 students in grades 09-12.
Is Riverdale High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Riverdale High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Riverdale High?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Riverdale High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Riverdale High?
At Riverdale High, the student body is approximately 10% White, 90% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Is Riverdale High public or private?
Riverdale High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Riverdale Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.