Rio Americano High

Summary:

Rio Americano High is a public high school located in Sacramento, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,884 students. The school is part of the San Juan Unified School District, which is ranked 923 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Rio Americano High consistently ranks among the top 500 high schools in California, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance on standardized tests is significantly higher than the district and state averages, with 52.37% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 44.31% in the district and 55.73% statewide. In mathematics, 32% of 11th-grade students at Rio Americano High were proficient or better, compared to 23.08% in the district and 27.9% statewide. The school's performance on science assessments (CAST) is also above the district and state averages. Additionally, Rio Americano High has consistently maintained high four-year graduation rates, ranging from 88.9% to 96.6% over the past five years, and relatively low dropout rates, ranging from 2.1% to 7.5% during the same period.

When compared to nearby schools in the San Juan Unified School District, such as Encina Preparatory High and San Juan Choices Charter, Rio Americano High outperforms them in terms of academic performance, graduation rates, and dropout rates. However, when compared to schools in other districts, such as Cordova High in the Folsom-Cordova Unified School District, Rio Americano High's performance is more comparable, with Cordova High also demonstrating strong academic results and graduation rates. The school has also experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 12.6% in 2018-2019 to 30.0% in 2021-2022, which is higher than the state average and may warrant further investigation.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 4540 American River Dr.
       Sacramento, CA  95864-6104


(916) 971-7494

District: San Juan Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
506th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,828 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  24.6 Help
Number of students:  1,884

Racial breakdown:

White:
60.4%
Hispanic:
18.7%
Asian:
9.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  28% Help


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Compare Details Rio Americano High ranks better than 78.2% of high schools in California. It also ranks 4th among 13 ranked high schools in the San Juan Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 68.34. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Rio Americano High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (60.4%), Hispanic (18.7%), Asian (9.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 28% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Rio Americano High is 24.6, which is the highest among 15 high schools in the San Juan Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Rio Americano High is $6,828, which is the lowest among 15 high schools in the San Juan Unified School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Rio Americano High:

SchoolDigger ranks Rio Americano High 506th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Rio Americano High in the ranking list.)

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San Juan Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks San Juan Unified 923rd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Rio Americano High

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Rank History for all students at Rio Americano High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 76.31 101st 1653 93.9%
2005 75.26 160th 1901 91.6%
2006 76.43 173rd 1968 91.2%
2007 74.65 196th 2063 90.5%
2008 73.81 208th 2117 90.2%
2009 74.13 201st 2238 91.0%
2010 69.43 307th 2281 86.5%
2011 66.73 357th 2367 84.9%
2012 74.64 226th 2354 90.4%
2013 63.03 457th 2426 81.2%
2015 77.04 421st 1994 78.9%
2016 84.74 292nd 2039 85.7%
2017 85.55 303rd 2021 85.0%
2018 83.11 347th 2017 82.8%
2019 79.51 371st 2133 82.6%
2021 72.47 322nd 1290 75.0%
2022 77.11 427th 2123 79.9%
2023 81.98 298th 2348 87.3%
2024 68.34 506th 2323 78.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Rio Americano High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.48 297th 366 18.9%
2019 37.33 284th 422 32.7%
2022 59.98 207th 515 59.8%
2023 46.80 361st 786 54.1%
2024 57.06 282nd 804 64.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Rio Americano High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 39.06 479th 941 49.1%
2021 88.48 32nd 467 93.1%
2022 42.28 469th 1044 55.1%
2023 41.46 437th 1323 67.0%
2024 49.34 270th 1350 80.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Rio Americano High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 66.12 250th 1547 83.8%
2024 47.93 540th 1534 64.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Rio Americano High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.23 565th 1862 69.7%
2019 59.20 698th 1937 64.0%
2021 42.82 661st 1126 41.3%
2022 54.65 753rd 1943 61.2%
2023 65.62 509th 2247 77.3%
2024 59.85 603rd 2235 73.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Rio Americano High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.46 343rd 1760 80.5%
2019 79.19 339th 1833 81.5%
2021 71.52 270th 1054 74.4%
2022 78.03 351st 1858 81.1%
2023 86.00 207th 2118 90.2%
2024 65.05 515th 2098 75.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Rio Americano High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.11 169th 1052 83.9%
2019 54.54 351st 1117 68.6%
2021 68.84 103rd 555 81.4%
2022 54.45 342nd 1161 70.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Rio Americano High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.25 319th 1834 82.6%
2019 74.00 425th 1880 77.4%
2021 67.39 315th 1122 71.9%
2022 72.09 454th 1916 76.3%
2023 74.05 402nd 2207 81.8%
2024 67.45 483rd 2172 77.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Rio Americano High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.10 364th 581 37.3%
2019 29.93 436th 582 25.1%
2022 8.09 535th 581 7.9%
2023 18.03 618th 731 15.5%
2024 11.71 621st 712 12.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Rio Americano High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.89 94th 582 83.8%
2019 66.50 146th 592 75.3%
2022 44.49 243rd 522 53.4%
2023 60.77 215th 720 70.1%
2024 47.34 324th 721 55.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Rio Americano High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.93 533rd 1742 69.4%
2019 71.39 410th 1814 77.4%
2022 80.29 262nd 1861 85.9%
2023 87.48 144th 2142 93.3%
2024 68.98 409th 2125 80.8%
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Rank History for White students at Rio Americano High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.44 353rd 1173 69.9%
2019 64.26 429th 1222 64.9%
2022 60.45 456th 1204 62.1%
2023 68.59 325th 1434 77.3%
2024 45.24 673rd 1406 52.1%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Rio Americano High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1214 33 85 42 9 n/a n/a 0 1383
1989 1058 46 100 49 9 n/a n/a 0 1262
1990 967 27 127 31 2 n/a n/a 0 1154
1991 1169 15 48 28 10 n/a n/a 0 1270
1992 1138 17 81 38 9 n/a n/a 0 1283
1993 1141 21 110 56 20 n/a n/a 0 1348
1994 1192 37 132 65 10 n/a n/a 0 1436
1995 1354 38 204 84 27 n/a n/a 0 1707
1996 1354 38 204 84 27 n/a n/a 0 1707
1997 1488 40 227 86 29 n/a n/a 0 1870
1998 1557 38 239 85 27 n/a n/a 0 1946
1999 1564 36 264 95 28 n/a n/a 0 1987
2000 1504 34 249 90 34 n/a n/a 0 1911
2001 1459 44 236 94 36 n/a n/a 0 1869
2002 1443 54 220 107 33 n/a n/a 0 1857
2003 1443 54 220 107 33 n/a n/a 0 1857
2004 1418 60 206 118 31 n/a n/a 0 1833
2005 1414 82 198 119 28 n/a n/a 0 1841
2006 1348 79 190 128 24 n/a n/a 0 1769
2007 1313 89 176 154 24 n/a n/a 3 1759
2008 1278 98 163 156 15 n/a n/a 0 1710
2009 1207 82 166 183 19 9 1 0 1667
2010 1177 84 177 193 23 8 1 0 1663
2011 1183 72 179 187 22 14 6 0 1663
2012 1141 71 161 186 24 11 9 0 1603
2013 1082 63 160 196 21 15 20 0 1557
2014 1042 70 145 234 20 18 42 0 1571
2015 1047 75 142 246 17 16 48 0 1591
2016 1065 83 135 259 16 17 23 0 1598
2017 1135 73 124 254 17 21 61 0 1685
2018 1244 69 138 274 18 9 68 0 1820
2019 1180 65 126 339 13 6 146 0 1875
2020 1250 78 131 370 14 8 101 1 1953
2021 1214 71 146 366 13 6 128 1 1945
2022 1169 62 162 378 9 4 137 2 1923
2023 1137 67 182 352 6 2 134 4 1884

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Rio Americano High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1383 54.4 25.4 n/a
1989 1262 49.1 25.7 n/a
1990 1154 47.8 24.1 n/a
1991 1270 48.4 26.2 n/a
1992 1283 49.2 26.0 3.9
1993 1348 50.2 26.9 4.5
1994 1436 56.7 25.3 5
1995 1707 66.0 25.9 7.9
1996 1707 66.0 25.9 7.9
1997 1870 72.6 25.8 9.3
1998 1946 76.2 25.5 8
1999 1987 80.6 24.7 7
2000 1911 72.4 26.4 6.8
2001 1869 79.8 23.4 5.2
2002 1857 72.6 25.6 3.4
2003 1857 72.6 25.6 3.4
2004 1833 72.6 25.2 5.9
2005 1841 70.3 26.2 6.6
2006 1769 66.9 26.4 7.7
2007 1759 65.8 26.7 10.8
2008 1710 74.6 22.9 13.4
2009 1667 64.0 23.4 14.9
2010 1663 65.8 25.2 18.3
2011 1663 n/a n/a 20.4
2012 1603 66.0 24.2 n/a
2013 1557 62.9 24.7 19
2014 1571 62.3 25.2 20.2
2015 1591 62.0 25.6 21.5
2016 1598 61.0 26.1 20.9
2017 1685 65.8 25.5 19.9
2018 1820 71.2 25.5 23.8
2019 1875 78.3 23.9 21.2
2020 1953 n/a n/a 23.5
2021 1945 78.4 24.7 20.3
2022 1923 78.1 24.6 22.9
2023 1884 76.3 24.6 28

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Rio Americano High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1383 54.4 25.4 n/a
1989 1262 49.1 25.7 n/a
1990 1154 47.8 24.1 n/a
1991 1270 48.4 26.2 n/a
1992 1283 49.2 26.0 3.9
1993 1348 50.2 26.9 4.5
1994 1436 56.7 25.3 5
1995 1707 66.0 25.9 7.9
1996 1707 66.0 25.9 7.9
1997 1870 72.6 25.8 9.3
1998 1946 76.2 25.5 8
1999 1987 80.6 24.7 7
2000 1911 72.4 26.4 6.8
2001 1869 79.8 23.4 5.2
2002 1857 72.6 25.6 3.4
2003 1857 72.6 25.6 3.4
2004 1833 72.6 25.2 5.9
2005 1841 70.3 26.2 6.6
2006 1769 66.9 26.4 7.7
2007 1759 65.8 26.7 10.8
2008 1710 74.6 22.9 13.4
2009 1667 64.0 23.4 14.9
2010 1663 65.8 25.2 18.3
2011 1663 n/a n/a 20.4
2012 1603 66.0 24.2 n/a
2013 1557 62.9 24.7 19
2014 1571 62.3 25.2 20.2
2015 1591 62.0 25.6 21.5
2016 1598 61.0 26.1 20.9
2017 1685 65.8 25.5 19.9
2018 1820 71.2 25.5 23.8
2019 1875 78.3 23.9 21.2
2020 1953 n/a n/a 23.5
2021 1945 78.4 24.7 20.3
2022 1923 78.1 24.6 22.9
2023 1884 76.3 24.6 28

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Rio Americano High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $6,828

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Rio Americano High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 371st of 2133 High schoolsRanks 298th of 2348 High schools
 4.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Rio Americano High)59.269.6
 10.5%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (San Juan Unified)52.455.2
 2.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Rio Americano High)42.541.8
 0.8%
   11th Grade Mathematics (San Juan Unified)31.127.1
 4%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
12th Grade Science (Rio Americano High)40.141.6
 1.5%
   12th Grade Science (San Juan Unified)28.331.9
 3.5%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students18751884
 0.5%
African American6567
 3.1%
American Indian136
 53.8%
Asian126182
 44.4%
Hispanic339352
 3.8%
Pacific Islander62
 66.7%
White11801137
 3.6%
Two or More Races146134
 8.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients21.2%28%
 6.8%


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Rio Americano High ranks 506th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,884 students attended Rio Americano High.

Students at Rio Americano High are 60% White, 19% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more races, 4% African American.


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