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Riverside Virtual
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CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 21 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Riverside Virtual
Riverside Virtual, a medium-sized combined-grade school in Riverside, California, run under Riverside Unified, serves 524 students, covering grades K through 12.
Riverside Unified comprises 48 schools with combined enrollment of 38,002 students; Riverside Virtual is among them.
Demographically, Riverside Virtual reports that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 14% White, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Riverside Virtual shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Riverside County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Riverside County put median household earnings sit near $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Riverside Virtual is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).
Nearest neighbor: Gateway College and Career Academy, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 376%: 110 students in 2018 compared to 524 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 14% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.
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