Is Riverway Elementary a good school?

Riverway Elementary ranks 2937 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Riverway Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 859 students attended Riverway Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Riverway Elementary?

Students at Riverway Elementary are 75% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 8% Asian, 6% White, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Riverway Elementary attend?

Students who attend Riverway Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Green Acres Middle High : Redwood High

Riverway Elementary

Summary:

Riverway Elementary is a public elementary school in Visalia, California, serving 850 students in grades K-6. It is part of the Visalia Unified School District, which is ranked 894 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Riverway Elementary faces several challenges, including lower academic performance compared to the district and state averages across various grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts/Literacy ranged from 30.28% to 50.79%, while the district's rates were 41.24% to 45.28% and the state's were 42.8% to 47.04%. In Mathematics, Riverway's proficiency rates ranged from 16.51% to 46.83%, compared to the district's 28.57% to 39.4% and the state's 34.31% to 45.64%. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate, rising from 8.4% in 2018-2019 to 20.2% in 2022-2023, which may be impacting its academic performance.

Riverway Elementary's performance varies among different student subgroups, with English Language Learner students and Hispanic students generally performing better than the school's overall performance, while White students and students with disabilities tend to perform worse. Compared to nearby schools within the Visalia Unified School District, such as Conyer Elementary, Elbow Creek Elementary, and Manuel F. Hernandez, Riverway Elementary's academic performance is generally lower. However, the school outperforms some of the lower-performing nearby schools, such as Four Creeks Elementary and Highland Elementary, in certain subject areas and grade levels.

Detail:

Public K-6

1341 Glendale Ave.
Visalia, CA 93291

(559) 931-8020

District: Visalia Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2937^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,920

Students who attend Riverway Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Green Acres Middle
High:	Redwood High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.9

Number of students: 859

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

74.5%

Two or more races:

9.1%

Asian:

7.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 62.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Riverway Elementary ranks worse than 50.1% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 9^th among 27 ranked elementary schools in the Visalia Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 43.72. (See more...)

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

Compare Details Riverway Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Visalia Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (74.5%), two or more races (9.1%), Asian (7.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 62.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Riverway Elementary is 24.9. 22 elementary schools in the Visalia Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Riverway Elementary employs 34.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Riverway Elementary is $8,920, which is the 5^th highest among 27 elementary schools in the Visalia Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Riverway Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Riverway Elementary 2937^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Riverway Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Visalia Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Visalia Unified 894^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Riverway Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Riverway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	12.51	4515^th	4809	6.1%
2005	12.31	4498^th	4822	6.7%
2006	19.64	4024^th	4818	16.5%
2007	12.81	4786^th	5113	6.4%
2008	11.90	4825^th	5113	5.6%
2009	12.71	4869^th	5193	6.2%
2010	11.50	5085^th	5314	4.3%
2011	13.13	5060^th	5377	5.9%
2012	16.24	4882^nd	5390	9.4%
2013	14.74	5064^th	5530	8.4%
2015	27.50	3895^th	5611	30.6%
2016	28.01	3933^rd	5614	29.9%
2017	26.42	4131^st	5692	27.4%
2018	42.48	2999^th	5662	47.0%
2019	42.06	3064^th	5789	47.1%
2021	54.17	594^th	1417	58.1%
2022	35.20	3445^th	5883	41.4%
2023	39.97	3134^th	5874	46.6%
2024	43.72	2937^th	5862	49.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Riverway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	19.16	577^th	669	13.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Riverway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	54.89	1041^st	3246	67.9%
2019	72.57	466^th	3275	85.8%
2022	53.60	1018^th	3311	69.3%
2023	67.27	570^th	3250	82.5%
2024	57.15	828^th	3160	73.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Riverway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	25.28	1893^rd	2420	21.8%
2024	26.27	2041^st	2634	22.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Riverway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	49.40	2405^th	5084	52.7%
2019	53.78	2152^nd	5173	58.4%
2021	75.55	182^nd	1110	83.6%
2022	41.17	2894^th	5264	45.0%
2023	41.35	2957^th	5374	45.0%
2024	44.35	2785^th	5511	49.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Riverway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.17	3008^th	5413	44.4%
2019	44.52	2836^th	5492	48.4%
2022	37.59	3153^rd	5635	44.0%
2023	36.96	3226^th	5617	42.6%
2024	45.49	2687^th	5605	52.1%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Riverway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	27.95	1594^th	2227	28.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Riverway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	43.10	2841^st	5431	47.7%
2019	38.87	3119^th	5510	43.4%
2021	46.16	614^th	1272	51.7%
2022	33.62	3494^th	5663	38.3%
2023	42.43	2900^th	5650	48.7%
2024	42.00	2943^rd	5636	47.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Riverway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	51.30	2150^th	4830	55.5%
2019	51.51	2190^th	4963	55.9%
2022	40.90	2832^nd	5084	44.3%
2023	46.71	2443^rd	5098	52.1%
2024	52.21	2111^th	5102	58.6%

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Rank History for White students at Riverway Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	34.03	1900^th	2726	30.3%
2024	17.39	2275^th	2647	14.1%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Riverway Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	276	32	42	357	7	n/a	n/a	714
1989	278	20	56	426	9	n/a	n/a	789
1990	272	17	51	461	7	n/a	n/a	808
1991	281	14	42	493	9	n/a	n/a	839
1992	297	10	72	551	6	n/a	n/a	936
1993	248	26	67	581	7	n/a	n/a	929
1994	221	15	62	667	5	n/a	n/a	970
1995	144	17	95	528	11	n/a	n/a	795
1996	144	17	95	528	11	n/a	n/a	795
1997	121	8	119	530	6	n/a	n/a	784
1998	118	14	115	520	4	n/a	n/a	771
1999	99	16	87	499	9	n/a	n/a	710
2000	120	13	73	498	5	n/a	n/a	709
2001	115	12	60	515	5	n/a	n/a	707
2002	92	11	63	570	2	n/a	n/a	738
2003	92	11	63	570	2	n/a	n/a	738
2004	77	11	57	585	4	n/a	n/a	734
2005	62	13	51	511	4	n/a	n/a	641
2006	51	13	60	528	4	n/a	n/a	656
2007	50	17	66	488	12	n/a	n/a	633
2008	38	14	67	508	14	n/a	n/a	641
2009	47	10	71	475	10	0	0	613
2010	40	4	64	460	9	0	1	578
2011	31	4	64	478	7	0	4	588
2012	12	3	67	488	3	0	6	579
2013	13	7	56	499	5	0	9	589
2014	23	5	53	485	4	0	17	587
2015	14	6	58	470	4	0	12	564
2016	8	8	52	448	2	0	6	524
2017	20	4	49	470	1	0	9	553
2018	46	14	68	455	1	0	14	598
2019	67	12	70	539	1	0	28	717
2020	63	12	67	582	5	0	47	776
2021	57	14	69	543	3	0	75	761
2022	59	12	72	553	2	0	79	777
2023	60	8	77	624	1	2	78	850
2024	53	12	68	640	2	6	78	859

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 Riverway Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	714	28.0	25.5	n/a
1989	789	30.0	26.3	n/a
1990	808	31.0	26.0	n/a
1991	839	32.0	26.2	n/a
1992	936	32.5	28.8	65.3
1993	929	35.0	26.5	66.2
1994	970	34.0	28.5	71.2
1995	795	31.0	25.6	87.5
1996	795	31.0	25.6	87.5
1997	784	37.5	20.9	82.9
1998	771	37.5	20.6	86
1999	710	36.1	19.7	85.8
2000	709	36.1	19.6	87.4
2001	707	37.7	18.8	83.7
2002	738	40.0	18.5	79.5
2003	738	40.0	18.5	79.5
2004	734	35.0	21.0	76.8
2005	641	29.0	22.1	95.2
2006	656	29.0	22.6	84.6
2007	633	31.0	20.4	92.9
2008	641	31.0	20.7	67.2
2009	613	27.0	20.4	79.4
2010	578	26.0	22.1	88.8
2011	588	n/a	n/a	86.9
2012	579	22.0	26.2	n/a
2013	589	20.0	29.3	99.2
2014	587	21.0	27.8	77
2015	564	20.0	28.2	78
2016	524	20.0	26.2	74.6
2017	553	20.0	27.6	91.3
2018	598	19.0	31.4	83.1
2019	717	26.7	26.8	78.2
2020	776	n/a	n/a	75.4
2021	761	30.3	25.0	71.9
2022	777	31.0	25.0	69.8
2023	850	31.3	27.1	69.3
2024	859	34.4	24.9	62.2

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 Riverway Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	714	28.0	25.5	n/a
1989	789	30.0	26.3	n/a
1990	808	31.0	26.0	n/a
1991	839	32.0	26.2	n/a
1992	936	32.5	28.8	65.3
1993	929	35.0	26.5	66.2
1994	970	34.0	28.5	71.2
1995	795	31.0	25.6	87.5
1996	795	31.0	25.6	87.5
1997	784	37.5	20.9	82.9
1998	771	37.5	20.6	86
1999	710	36.1	19.7	85.8
2000	709	36.1	19.6	87.4
2001	707	37.7	18.8	83.7
2002	738	40.0	18.5	79.5
2003	738	40.0	18.5	79.5
2004	734	35.0	21.0	76.8
2005	641	29.0	22.1	95.2
2006	656	29.0	22.6	84.6
2007	633	31.0	20.4	92.9
2008	641	31.0	20.7	67.2
2009	613	27.0	20.4	79.4
2010	578	26.0	22.1	88.8
2011	588	n/a	n/a	86.9
2012	579	22.0	26.2	n/a
2013	589	20.0	29.3	99.2
2014	587	21.0	27.8	77
2015	564	20.0	28.2	78
2016	524	20.0	26.2	74.6
2017	553	20.0	27.6	91.3
2018	598	19.0	31.4	83.1
2019	717	26.7	26.8	78.2
2020	776	n/a	n/a	75.4
2021	761	30.3	25.0	71.9
2022	777	31.0	25.0	69.8
2023	850	31.3	27.1	69.3
2024	859	34.4	24.9	62.2

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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