Tomas Rivera Elementary

As a sprawling primary school in Riverside, California, Tomas Rivera Elementary hosts 699 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within Riverside Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 50% larger than typical.

Across the 48 schools in Riverside Unified (38,002 students total), Tomas Rivera Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tomas Rivera Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% White, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Tomas Rivera Elementary logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Tomas Rivera Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Riverside County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Tomas Rivera Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.9%, the actual is 51.3%, a residual of +4.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Riverside County shows the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Tomas Rivera Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Amelia Earhart Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tomas Rivera Elementary. On composite proficiency, Tomas Rivera Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 726 students in 2018 compared to 699 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 37% to 28% over that span.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.