Summary:
Raincross High (Continuation) is a public high school in Riverside, California, serving grades 9-12 with a student population of 238. As a continuation high school, it typically serves students who are at risk of not graduating or have fallen behind in their studies.
Raincross High (Continuation) faces significant challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 10-15% of California high schools over the past decade. The school struggles across all student subgroups, with particularly low rankings for White students, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities. Raincross High (Continuation) has had a wide range of 4-year graduation rates, from a low of 68.4% to a high of 88.1%, and its dropout rates have fluctuated from 1.1% to 10.1% over the past 5 years. The school also has extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 51.0% to 86.6%, more than double the district and state averages. Academically, Raincross High (Continuation) students perform poorly on standardized tests, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Math, and Science that are 30-50 percentage points below the district and state averages.
The challenges faced by Raincross High (Continuation) are not unique, as other continuation high schools in the Riverside area, such as Riverside County Community and Abraham Lincoln Continuation, also struggle with low academic performance. In contrast, Polytechnic High, a comprehensive high school in the Riverside Unified District, consistently ranks in the top 25% of California high schools and outperforms the district and state averages. The high poverty rates at Raincross High (Continuation), with 84-87% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, may be a significant factor contributing to the school's poor performance.
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Detail:
Public 9-12
District:
Riverside Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
2084th of 2,323 California High Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,710
Student/teacher ratio: 20.7
Number of students: 238
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
77.7%
White:
10.1%
African American:
5.9%
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Two or more races:
4.2%
Asian:
0.8%
Not Specified:
0.8%
American Indian:
0.4%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 84.5%
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