Terrace Elementary

Located at 6601 Rutland St., in Riverside, California, Terrace Elementary is a sprawling K-5 school that serves 740 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Alvord Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 59% above typical.

Alvord Unified runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 16,432 students. Terrace Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Terrace Elementary logs that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 4% White. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Terrace Elementary logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Terrace Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Riverside County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Terrace Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.6%; this one delivers 28.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Riverside County put the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Terrace Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Norte Vista High, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Terrace Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 22.4%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Terrace Elementary has ticked up 12%, going from 659 students in 2018 to 740 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 in 2025.

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