Riverview Elementary

Riverview Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community in Parlier, California, one of the schools within Kings Canyon Joint Unified. The school instructs 509 students in grades K through 8.

Within Kings Canyon Joint Unified, which oversees 21 schools and 9,696 students, Riverview Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Riverview Elementary lists that 80% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 16% White, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Riverview Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 69% of students at Riverview Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Riverview Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 38.3%; Riverview Elementary posts 55.1%, +16.8 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Fresno County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Riverview Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Reedley Middle College High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Riverview Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.5%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 7%: 474 students in 2018 compared to 509 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 71% to 80% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 23.7:1 today.

On this page, the feed for Riverview Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.