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Enrollment
682
Middle
DISTRICT 747 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MT. DIABLO UNIFIED·NCES 062637003969
Riverview Middle
205 Pacifica Ave., Bay Point, CA 94565 · (925) 458-3216 · Contra Costa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL682 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
609 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 205 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 236 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 241 | 35% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
21.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.0pp since 2014
Math
9.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 3.9% | 17.1% | 24.0% | 55.1% |
| Math | 3.6% | 5.8% | 15.4% | 75.2% |
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 | 21.0% | 9.3% |
| 2023-24 | 16.9% | 8.7% |
| 2022-23 | 19.7% | 9.8% |
| 2021-22 | 24.2% | 9.1% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 10.2% |
| 2018-19 | 24.9% | 10.0% |
| 2017-18 | 20.2% | 9.2% |
| 2016-17 | 19.1% | 9.3% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 11.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
13.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Riverview Middle
Riverview Middle's state test result (13.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview Middle this school | 682 | 89.3% | 13.9% |
| March Middle Moreno Valley | 686 | 87.2% | 22.5% |
| Hawthorne Middle Hawthorne | 761 | 90.4% | 35.1% |
| Clark Middle San Diego | 696 | 92.2% | 21.9% |
| Fred L. Thompson Junior High Bakersfield | 714 | 91.6% | 19.9% |
| Hamilton Middle Long Beach | 748 | 84.6% | 25.7% |
Matched among California middle 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 Riverview Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #1,165 of 1,224 | #36 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.3% | #1,156 of 1,227 ▼ 12 | #37 of 42 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,149 of 1,227 ▲ 30 | #38 of 42 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #239 of 1,214 | #7 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 682 | #628 of 1,377 | #27 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #663 of 1,279 | #10 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #733 of 1,278 | #36 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #302 of 1,329 | #2 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #344 of 930 | #9 of 35 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
682
-63 (-8%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 614
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
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 | 682 | 32.1 | 21.2:1 | 89% (609) |
| 2023-24 | 751 | 27.4 | 27.4:1 | 81% (612) |
| 2022-23 | 766 | 30.2 | 25.3:1 | 76% (585) |
| 2020-21 | 745 | 35 | 21.3:1 | 74% (548) |
| 2017-18 | 852 | 42.4 | 20.1:1 | 88% (747) |
| 2015-16 | 771 | 42 | 18.4:1 | 89% (685) |
| 2010-11 | 741 | N/A | N/A | 84% (620) |
| 2000-01 | 880 | 40 | 22.0:1 | 59% (519) |
| 1990-91 | 614 | 32 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverview Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (852 to 682); teachers down 24% (42.4 to 32.1).
About Riverview Middle
Riverview Middle is a mid-sized middle school that serves part of Bay Point, California. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 682 students.
Within Mt. Diablo Unified, Riverview Middle is one of 50 schools. The district enrolls 29,210 students.
About 72% of the student body at Riverview Middle is Hispanic. Other groups make up 11% Black, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 3% White. County-wide, 28% of Contra Costa County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 46%.
On staff are 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.2:1. It is about the same as the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. About 89% of students at Riverview Middle are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Riverview Middle would score about 27.2%. It scores 13.9%, 13.3 points below that figure.
In Contra Costa County, home to about 1,165,012 people, the median household earns about $127,229 a year, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Riverview Middle shares Contra Costa County with 279 other public schools.
Shore Acres Elementary sits about 0.3 miles from Riverview Middle. Riverview Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 21.2% proficiency; Riverview Middle posts 13.9%.
The federal government classifies Riverview Middle's location as Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 8%.
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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
Other schools in Mt. Diablo Unified
- College Park HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Northgate HighHigh · 1,546 students
- Mt. Diablo HighHigh · 1,397 students
- Concord HighHigh · 1,137 students
- Ygnacio Valley HighHigh · 1,059 students
- Foothill MiddleMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in Bay Point
- Rio Vista ElementaryElementary · 431 students
- Shore Acres ElementaryElementary · 398 students
- Bel Air ElementaryElementary · 328 students
Other Riverview Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 2 states are named Riverview Middle. Riverview Middle is the largest of the 5.
- Riverview MiddleRio Vista, CA · 160 students
- Riverview MiddleHelendale, CA · 141 students
- Riverview MiddlePlymouth, WI · 555 students
- Riverview MiddleBarron, WI · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Shore Acres Elementary0.3 mi · 398
- Rio Vista Elementary0.4 mi · 431
- Delta View Elementary1.5 mi · 656
- Bel Air Elementary1.8 mi · 328
- Willow Cove Elementary2.3 mi · 592
- Rancho Medanos Junior High3.2 mi · 812
Frequently asked questions
About Riverview MiddleHow many students attend Riverview Middle?
Riverview Middle enrolls approximately 682 students in grades 06-08.
Is Riverview Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Riverview Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Riverview Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Riverview Middle is approximately 21.2:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Riverview Middle?
Student demographics at Riverview Middle are roughly 3% White, 72% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Riverview Middle in?
Riverview Middle is part of Mt. Diablo Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.