Riverview STEM Elementary

Riverview STEM Elementary is a compact K-5 school in Rancho Cordova, California, part of Folsom-Cordova Unified. The school serves 357 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Riverview STEM Elementary sits 23% leaner than that benchmark.

Folsom-Cordova Unified runs 35 schools in total, collectively educating 21,699 students. Riverview STEM Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Riverview STEM Elementary reports that 34% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 29% White, 19% Hispanic, 15% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Riverview STEM Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.9:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Riverview STEM 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 69.8%; Riverview STEM Elementary posts 85.8%, +15.9 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Sacramento County shows median household earnings sit near $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Riverview STEM Elementary is one.

Williamson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Riverview STEM Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 25.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Riverview STEM Elementary has climbed 11%, going from 323 students in 2018 to 357 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 35% to 29%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 today.

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