Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED·NCES 063255005056
Riverside Elementary
1300 Amador St., Richmond, CA 94806 · (510) 231-1409 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
229 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 71 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 42% larger than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
18.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.9pp since 2014
Math
12.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.4% | 9.6% | 23.5% | 58.4% |
| Math | 4.2% | 8.3% | 26.2% | 61.3% |
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 | 18.1% | 12.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.9% | 17.4% |
| 2022-23 | 25.5% | 16.0% |
| 2021-22 | 24.1% | 19.0% |
| 2018-19 | 28.5% | 23.7% |
| 2017-18 | 29.4% | 28.1% |
| 2016-17 | 29.9% | 31.6% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Riverside Elementary
Riverside Elementary's state test result (18.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Elementary this school | 343 | 66.8% | 18.9% |
| Highland Elementary Richmond | 377 | 70.8% | 18.6% |
| Tara Hills Elementary San Pablo | 317 | 67.5% | 19.0% |
| Bryant Elementary Long Beach | 364 | 70.6% | 42.9% |
| East Avenue Elementary Hayward | 407 | 66.8% | 28.6% |
| Sheldon Elementary Richmond | 318 | 67.9% | 19.1% |
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 Riverside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #4,659 of 5,151 | #123 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #4,924 of 5,172 ▼ 475 | #136 of 153 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #4,945 of 5,172 ▼ 930 | #131 of 153 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.3pp | #378 of 5,116 | #17 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #4,353 of 5,915 | #139 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,867 of 5,352 | #56 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #1,850 of 5,354 | #108 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.8% | #3,133 of 5,625 | #57 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #2,366 of 3,837 | #60 of 107 |
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
343
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 343
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 343 | 15.9 | 21.6:1 | 67% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 16 | 21.6:1 | 68% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 15 | 20.6:1 | 70% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 17 | 21.3:1 | 88% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 15 | 26.1:1 | 89% (350) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 17 | 23.6:1 | 90% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | N/A | N/A | 80% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 21 | 16.5:1 | 76% (263) |
| 1990-91 | 343 | 12 | 28.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (392 to 343); teachers up 6% (15 to 15.9).
About Riverside Elementary
Riverside Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Richmond, California. The school teaches kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 343 students. It has 26% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
In West Contra Costa Unified, 52 schools enroll a combined 25,133 students.
The student body at Riverside Elementary is 60% Hispanic. It is also 14% Asian, 13% Black, 6% White, and 6% multiracial. Contra Costa County's residents are about 28% Hispanic, 32 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 21.6:1 is based on 15.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 67%. Public schools in Contra Costa County average 45%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Riverside Elementary is -21.5 points, in the bottom 10% of California. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 18.9%, and the predicted rate is 40.4%.
The county, Contra Costa County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $127,229, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 280, with about 167,423 students.
Ford Elementary is about 0.8 miles from Riverside Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Riverside Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Riverside Elementary had a net loss of 19 students, or 5%.
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Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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Other Riverside Elementary schools
43 other US public schools in 25 states are named Riverside Elementary. Riverside Elementary is the 31st largest of the 44.
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRESTVIEW, FL · 1,032 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolSuwanee, GA · 919 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 842 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolRIVERSIDE, NJ · 768 students
- Riverside ElementaryAlexandria, VA · 741 students
Nearby schools
- Ford Elementary0.8 mi · 371
- Michelle Obama Elementary0.9 mi · 431
- Helms Middle1.0 mi · 558
- Mira Vista Elementary1.0 mi · 510
- Richmond High1.1 mi · 1,280
- Vista Independent Study / Virtual Academy1.1 mi · 420
Frequently asked questions
About Riverside ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Riverside Elementary?
Riverside Elementary enrolls approximately 343 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Riverside Elementary serve?
Riverside Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverside Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverside Elementary is approximately 21.6:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Riverside Elementary?
Student demographics at Riverside Elementary are roughly 6% White, 60% Hispanic, 13% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Riverside Elementary in?
Riverside Elementary is part of West Contra Costa Unified.
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