S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary

S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in Riverside, California, one of the schools within Alvord Unified, works with 508 students in grades K through 5.

S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary is one of 23 schools operated by Alvord Unified, a district that teaches 16,432 students overall.

Looking at the student body, S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school records 10% White, 9% Asian, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at school resources, S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.6%; this one delivers 37.5%.

In the broader community, Riverside County reports that the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: La Sierra High, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.2%.

S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 32%: 750 students in 2018 compared to 508 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 16% to 10% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 in 2025.

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