Wilson C. Riles Middle

Set in Roseville, California, Wilson C. Riles Middle is a mid-sized middle school, operated by Center Joint Unified. It instructs 682 students across grades 7 through 8.

Center Joint Unified comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,593 students; Wilson C. Riles Middle is among them.

On demographics, Wilson C. Riles Middle logs that 32% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 30% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 13% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Placer County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Wilson C. Riles Middle reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.0:1. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Placer County's rate of about 33%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wilson C. Riles Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.1%; actual is 28.0%, a gap of -18.1 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Placer County put median household earnings sit near $115,998, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Placer County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students), of which Wilson C. Riles Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Oak Hill Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wilson C. Riles Middle comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.

Wilson C. Riles Middle operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilson C. Riles Middle has climbed 6%, going from 646 students in 2018 to 682 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 45% to 32% over that span.

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