Riverside County Special Education

Riverside County Special Education operates as a mid-sized all-grades campus in Riverside, California, run under Riverside County Office of Education. Current enrollment sits at 584 students spanning grades K through 12.

Riverside County Special Education is one of 4 schools operated by Riverside County Office of Education, a district that instructs 1,481 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Riverside County Special Education lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder looks like 12% White, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Riverside County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Riverside County put median household income runs about $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Riverside County Special Education is one campus in the mix.

Riverside County Community is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Riverside County Special Education's enrollment has contracted 35% since 2018, when it stood at 901 (now 584). Hispanic enrollment moved from 65% to 77% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.