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What's the most underrated thing about Rivergold Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YOSEMITE UNIFIED·NCES 060016010252
Rivergold Elementary
31800 Road 400, Coarsegold, CA 93614 · (559) 658-7566 · Madera County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
23.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
277 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 35% larger than its 8th grade class (54).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
44.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.2pp since 2014
Math
26.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -12.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.5% | 32.4% | 31.3% | 23.8% |
| Math | 7.5% | 18.9% | 33.2% | 40.4% |
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 | 44.8% | 26.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 21.1% |
| 2022-23 | 32.9% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.8% | 28.6% |
| 2020-21 | 40.2% | 23.5% |
| 2018-19 | 61.0% | 44.2% |
| 2017-18 | 58.0% | 42.1% |
| 2016-17 | 48.0% | 39.0% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 41.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
30.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Rivergold Elementary
Rivergold Elementary's state test result (30.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivergold Elementary this school | 445 | 62.2% | 30.2% |
| Woodland Elementary Mariposa | 435 | 64.6% | 28.7% |
| Columbia Elementary Columbia | 464 | 65.3% | 35.2% |
| Paradise Ridge Elementary Paradise | 496 | 58.7% | 38.9% |
| Antelope Elementary Red Bluff | 442 | 59.5% | 44.2% |
| Blossom Valley Elementary El Cajon | 533 | 65.7% | 47.1% |
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 Rivergold Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Madera County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #3,493 of 5,151 | #16 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #3,608 of 5,172 ▲ 453 | #17 of 30 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #2,466 of 5,172 ▲ 1,432 | #6 of 30 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #2,857 of 5,116 | #19 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #3,085 of 5,915 | #21 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #3,330 of 5,352 | #29 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #2,490 of 5,354 | #7 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.2% | #3,372 of 5,625 | #27 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #3,153 of 3,837 | #17 of 22 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
445
+85 (+24%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 445 | 19 | 23.5:1 | 62% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 19.5 | 22.2:1 | 62% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 17.5 | 22.4:1 | 56% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 20 | 18.0:1 | 54% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 19.5 | 24.4:1 | 49% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 20 | 24.6:1 | 44% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 549 | N/A | N/A | 33% (183) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rivergold Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (475 to 445); teachers down 3% (19.5 to 19).
About Rivergold Elementary
Rivergold Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Coarsegold, California. The school has 445 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 8.
Rivergold Elementary is one school in a 7-school district, Yosemite Unified, which enrolls 1,387 students.
The student body at Rivergold Elementary is 64% White. Other reported shares: 22% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Native American. Madera County's residents are about 38% White, 26 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rivergold Elementary is 23.5:1, based on 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. Rivergold Elementary counts 62% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Madera County is 81%.
Rivergold Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 19% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.1% for Rivergold Elementary. The school posts 30.2%, 12.9 points below the prediction.
In the wider Madera County area, the median household earns about $76,627 a year, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Rivergold Elementary shares Madera County with 80 other public schools.
Rivergold Elementary is about 4.8 miles from Coarsegold Elementary, its nearest public school. Within ten miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Rivergold Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Rivergold Elementary had a net gain of 85 students, or 24%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.0:1 in 2020-21, and 23.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Madera County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,940
Census ACS
Median income
$76,627
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
32,251 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yosemite Unified
- Yosemite HighHigh · 542 students
- Coarsegold ElementaryElementary · 290 students
- Evergreen HighHigh · 46 students
- Ahwahnee HighHigh · 35 students
- Yosemite Falls Education CenterCombined · 25 students
- Raymond Granite HighHigh · 4 students
Other schools in Coarsegold
- Coarsegold ElementaryElementary · 290 students
- Meadowbrook Community DayMiddle
Nearby schools
- Coarsegold Elementary4.8 mi · 290
- Chawanakee Academy Charter6.5 mi · 187
- Cedar Continuation High6.5 mi · 10
- Minarets Charter High6.5 mi · 165
- Minarets High6.5 mi · 265
- Raymond Granite High6.9 mi · 4
Frequently asked questions
About Rivergold ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Rivergold Elementary?
Rivergold Elementary enrolls approximately 445 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Rivergold Elementary serve?
Rivergold Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Rivergold Elementary have?
Rivergold Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Rivergold Elementary?
Student demographics at Rivergold Elementary are roughly 64% White, 22% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Rivergold Elementary in?
Rivergold Elementary is part of Yosemite Unified.
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