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Riverside Unified Schools
Riverside Unified is a public school district in California, based in Riverside County (Riverside). SchoolGrade grades 48 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Riverside Unified on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Riverside Unified
11 of 48 schools in Riverside Unified carry a SchoolGrade (37 have too little test data to grade). Grade distribution:
D: 10F: 1
Best schools in Riverside Unified
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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- D+ Emerson Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- D+ Frank Augustus Miller Middle (Middle school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D+ Highland Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- D+ Jackson Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- D+ John F Kennedy Elementary (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)
- D+ Mark Twain Elementary (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)
- D+ Matthew Gage Middle (Middle school, meets expectations)
- D+ Pachappa Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- D+ Victoria Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- D+ Washington Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
Every school in Riverside Unified
High schools (5)
- Arlington High, Riverside
- John W North High, Riverside
- Polytechnic High, Riverside
- Raincross High Continuation, Riverside
- Ramona High, Riverside
Middle and junior high schools (8)
- Amelia Earhart Middle, Riverside
- Central Middle, Riverside
- Chemawa Middle, Riverside
- D+ Frank Augustus Miller Middle, Riverside
- Martin Luther King JR High, Riverside
- D+ Matthew Gage Middle, Riverside
- F Sierra Middle, Riverside
- University Heights Middle, Riverside
Elementary and primary schools (29)
- Adams Elementary, Riverside
- Alcott Elementary, Riverside
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary, Riverside
- Bryant Elementary, Riverside
- Castle View Elementary, Riverside
- D+ Emerson Elementary, Riverside
- Fremont Elementary, Riverside
- Harrison Elementary, Riverside
- Hawthorne Elementary, Riverside
- Highgrove Elementary, Riverside
- D+ Highland Elementary, Riverside
- D+ Jackson Elementary, Riverside
- Jefferson Elementary, Riverside
- D+ John F Kennedy Elementary, Riverside
- Lake Mathews Elementary, Riverside
- Liberty Elementary, Riverside
- Longfellow Elementary, Riverside
- Madison Elementary, Riverside
- Magnolia Elementary, Riverside
- D+ Mark Twain Elementary, Riverside
- Monroe Elementary, Riverside
- Mountain View Elementary, Riverside
- D+ Pachappa Elementary, Riverside
- Patricia Beatty Elementary, Riverside
- Tomas Rivera Elementary, Riverside
- D+ Victoria Elementary, Riverside
- D+ Washington Elementary, Riverside
- William Howard Taft Elementary, Riverside
- Woodcrest Elementary, Riverside
Other schools and academies (6)
- Abraham Lincoln Continuation, Riverside
- Opportunity Program, Riverside
- Riverside Stem Academy, Riverside
- Riverside Virtual, Riverside
- Summit View Independent Study, Riverside
- Sunshine Special Education, Riverside
Where Riverside Unified schools are
Cities and towns served (1)
- Riverside (48)
About this district
- State: Best schools in California
- County: Riverside County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: large city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 38,855 students with 1,676 full-time-equivalent teachers and 3,906 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 0633150
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Alvord Unified (23 schools, 6 mi)
- Jurupa Unified (24 schools, 8 mi)
- Colton Joint Unified (27 schools, 9 mi)
- Val Verde Unified (21 schools, 9 mi)
- Moreno Valley Unified (38 schools, 9 mi)
- Corona-Norco Unified (52 schools, 11 mi)
- Perris Elementary (8 schools, 11 mi)
- Perris Union High (9 schools, 11 mi)
Questions about Riverside Unified
How many schools are in Riverside Unified?
SchoolGrade grades 48 public schools in Riverside Unified, across 1 city or town. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Riverside Unified serve?
The largest by graded schools: Riverside.
How good are the schools in Riverside Unified?
Across the 11 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is D+, with 23.2% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 27.8%. 64% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Riverside Unified?
38,855 students were enrolled in Riverside Unified in the 2023-24 school year, about 23.2 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Riverside Unified?
Riverside Unified is in California, based in Riverside County, with its district office in Riverside. Its boundary covers about 89.2 sq mi.