Rivergold Elementary

Set in Coarsegold, California, Rivergold Elementary is a reasonably sized primary school, part of Yosemite Unified. It enrolls 445 students across grades K through 8.

Across the 7 schools in Yosemite Unified (1,387 students total), Rivergold Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Rivergold Elementary lists that 64% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 22% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 38% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Rivergold Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Madera County runs at roughly 81%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rivergold Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 42.4%; actual is 24.6%, a gap of -17.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Madera County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,627, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Madera County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students), Rivergold Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Coarsegold Elementary, around 4.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Rivergold Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.0%.

Rivergold Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rivergold Elementary has shrank 6%, going from 475 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 64% across the same window.

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