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Riverside Unified School District
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District details
School board members: 5
Students: 39,425 (2022-2023)
Schools: 49 (2022-2023)
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Riverside Unified School District is a school district in California (Riverside County). During the 2023 school year, 39,425 students attended one of the district's 49 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 2

General election

General election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 2

Incumbent Dale Kinnear defeated Karen Coleman in the general election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 2 on November 5, 2024.

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Dale Kinnear (Nonpartisan)
 
51.1
 
8,017
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Karen Coleman (Nonpartisan)
 
48.9
 
7,668

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Total votes: 15,685
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Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 3

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General election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 3

Amanda Vickers defeated Chani Beeman in the general election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 3 on November 5, 2024.

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Amanda Vickers (Nonpartisan)
 
54.5
 
8,039
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Chani Beeman (Nonpartisan)
 
45.5
 
6,716

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Total votes: 14,755
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Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 4

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General election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 4

Jesse Tweed defeated Marcelle Williams, Lynna Gernertt, and Marla Matime in the general election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 4 on November 5, 2024.

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Jesse Tweed (Nonpartisan)
 
49.6
 
8,479
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Marcelle Williams (Nonpartisan)
 
36.4
 
6,227
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Lynna Gernertt (Nonpartisan)
 
8.0
 
1,372
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Marla Matime (Nonpartisan)
 
6.0
 
1,020

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Total votes: 17,098
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Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 1

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General election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 1

Noemi Hernandez Alexander defeated Duffy Atkinson, Andrew Woodard, and Azin Mobasher in the general election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 1 on November 8, 2022.

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Noemi Hernandez Alexander (Nonpartisan)
 
37.2
 
6,066
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Duffy Atkinson (Nonpartisan)
 
28.6
 
4,662
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Andrew Woodard (Nonpartisan)
 
25.9
 
4,216
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Azin Mobasher (Nonpartisan)
 
8.3
 
1,349

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Total votes: 16,293
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Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 5

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General election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 5

Incumbent Brent Lee defeated Paula Truelock in the general election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 5 on November 8, 2022.

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Brent Lee (Nonpartisan)
 
66.1
 
6,478
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Paula Truelock (Nonpartisan)
 
33.9
 
3,317

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Total votes: 9,795
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Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 2

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General election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 2

Dale Kinnear defeated Kathleen Barth in the general election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 2 on November 3, 2020.

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Dale Kinnear (Nonpartisan)
 
52.5
 
9,419
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Kathleen Barth (Nonpartisan)
 
47.5
 
8,534

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Total votes: 17,953
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Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 3

General election

The general election was canceled. Angelo Farooq (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 4

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General election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 4

Incumbent Tom Hunt defeated Darlene Trujillo-Elliot and Christina Ziembowicz in the general election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 4 on November 3, 2020.

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Tom Hunt (Nonpartisan)
 
55.6
 
10,586
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Darlene Trujillo-Elliot (Nonpartisan)
 
31.6
 
6,022
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Christina Ziembowicz (Nonpartisan)
 
12.7
 
2,423

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Total votes: 19,031
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Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 1

General election

The general election was canceled. Kathy Y. Allavie (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 5

General election

The general election was canceled. Brent Lee (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 2

General election

General election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 2

Incumbent Patricia Lock Dawson won election in the general election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 2 on November 3, 2015.

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Patricia Lock Dawson (Nonpartisan)

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Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 3

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General election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 3

Incumbent Angelo Farooq won election in the general election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 3 on November 3, 2015.

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Angelo Farooq (Nonpartisan)

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Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 4

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General election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 4

Incumbent Tom Hunt won election in the general election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 4 on November 3, 2015.

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Tom Hunt (Nonpartisan)

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Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 1

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General election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 1

Incumbent Kathy Y. Allavie won election in the general election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 1 on November 5, 2013.

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Kathy Y. Allavie (Nonpartisan)

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Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 5

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General election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 5

Incumbent Brent Lee won election in the general election for Riverside Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 5 on November 5, 2013.

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Brent Lee (Nonpartisan)

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About the district

School board

The Riverside Unified School District consists of five members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
NameSeatYear assumed officeYear term ends
Jesse TweedTrustee Area 420242028
Amanda VickersTrustee Area 320242028
Dale KinnearTrustee Area 220202028
Noemi Hernandez AlexanderTrustee Area 120222026
Brent LeeTrustee Area 520132026

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Overlapping state house districts

Riverside Unified School District
Office NameCurrent OfficeholderParty% School District Covered% Other District Covered
California State Assembly District 63Natasha JohnsonRepublican Party 51% 13%
California State Assembly District 58Leticia CastilloRepublican Party 43% 30%
California State Assembly District 60Corey JacksonDemocratic Party 5% 1%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[1]

Revenue, 2020-2021
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $86,399,000 $2,190 13%
Local: $161,398,000 $4,092 25%
State: $408,556,000 $10,358 62%
Total: $656,353,000 $16,641
Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $657,759,000 $16,676
Total Current Expenditures: $550,273,000 $13,951
Instructional Expenditures: $345,820,000 $8,767 53%
Student and Staff Support: $54,225,000 $1,374 8%
Administration: $59,509,000 $1,508 9%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $90,719,000 $2,300 14%
Total Capital Outlay: $88,083,000 $2,233
Construction: $82,636,000 $2,095
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $4,299,000 $108
Interest on Debt: $14,890,000 $377

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."[2]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 <=5 <50 <50 <=5 PS <=20
2018-2019 36 67 28 28 35-39 51 53
2017-2018 35 67 27 27 30-34 53 51
2016-2017 34 67 26 26 25-29 53 49
2015-2016 35 66 27 27 25-29 48 51
2014-2015 33 64 24 25 30-34 46 47
2013-2014 67 80-84 55-59 60 <50 80-89 79
2012-2013 61 82 51 55 45-49 67 72
2011-2012 61 83 53 55 50-54 65-69 71
2010-2011 59 82 50 52 50-54 55-59 70

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 6-9 <50 <50 <=5 PS <=20
2018-2019 51 76 45 44 45-49 71 66
2017-2018 49 75 42 42 45-49 70 63
2016-2017 47 74 41 40 30-34 62 63
2015-2016 48 73 42 40 45-49 61 63
2014-2015 44 69 36 36 35-39 57 59
2013-2014 60 70-74 50-54 53 >=50 60-69 74
2012-2013 58 77 54 50 45-49 67 73
2011-2012 60 79 56 53 55-59 60-64 74
2010-2011 57 77 54 48 55-59 60-64 72

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2019-2020 95 >=95 >=95 95 >=50 >=95 95
2018-2019 95 >=95 90-94 95 >=50 >=95 95
2017-2018 91 90-94 90-94 90 >=50 90-94 92
2016-2017 91 >=95 >=95 89 >=50 >=90 93
2015-2016 89 >=95 85-89 87 >=50 >=90 93
2014-2015 89 >=95 85-89 88 >=50 80-89 91
2013-2014 87 90-94 80-84 86 >=50 80-89 90
2012-2013 85 >=95 86 83 >=80 85-89 87
2011-2012 82 >=95 82 78 >=50 80-89 85
2010-2011 80 90-94 77 77 60-79 >=80 84

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[3]

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023 39,425 -0.5
2021-2022 39,626 0.5
2020-2021 39,443 -1.9
2019-2020 40,204 -1.3
2018-2019 40,708 -4.2
2017-2018 42,428 -0.8
2016-2017 42,769 0.7
2015-2016 42,462 0.3
2014-2015 42,339 -0.6
2013-2014 42,587 0.1
2012-2013 42,560 0.4
2011-2012 42,406 -0.3
2010-2011 42,532 -0.4
2009-2010 42,696 -1.5
2008-2009 43,336 -0.5
2007-2008 43,560 0.2
2006-2007 43,464 0.9
2005-2006 43,052 1.2
2004-2005 42,521 1.2
2003-2004 42,012 2.7
2002-2003 40,888 2.9
2001-2002 39,688 3.9
2000-2001 38,124 1.4
1999-2000 37,597 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2022-2023
RACE Riverside Unified School District (%) California K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.3 0.0
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 4.9 0.0
Black 5.8 0.0
Hispanic 68.3 0.0
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.3 0.0
Two or More Races 3.3 0.0
White 17.0 0.0

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[4]

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Riverside Unified School District had 1,663.30 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 23.7.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 0.00
Kindergarten: 164.17
Elementary: 937.93
Secondary: 561.20
Total: 1,663.30

Riverside Unified School District employed 29.00 district administrators and 100.90 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 29.00
District Administrative Support: 31.30
School Administrators: 100.90
School Administrative Support: 404.47
Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 188.39
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 36.00
Total Guidance Counselors: 65.60
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 32.20
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 30.40
Librarians/Media Specialists: 3.00
Library/Media Support: 0.00
Student Support Services: 96.30
Other Support Services: 975.53

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[5]

The Riverside Unified School District operates 49 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Abraham Lincoln Continuation1689-12
Adams Elementary479KG-6
Alcott Elementary664KG-6
Amelia Earhart Middle7987-8
Arlington High1,9579-12
Benjamin Franklin Elementary812KG-6
Bryant Elementary334KG-6
Castle View Elementary705KG-6
Central Middle5847-8
Chemawa Middle7987-8
Educational Options Center State Preschool0
Emerson Elementary636KG-6
Frank Augustus Miller Middle8317-8
Fremont Elementary574KG-6
Harrison Elementary522KG-6
Hawthorne Elementary647KG-6
Highgrove Elementary780KG-6
Highland Elementary692KG-6
Jackson Elementary667KG-6
Jefferson Elementary920KG-6
John F. Kennedy Elementary851KG-6
John W. North High2,1739-12
Lake Mathews Elementary789KG-6
Liberty Elementary602KG-6
Longfellow Elementary696KG-6
Madison Elementary625KG-6
Magnolia Elementary555KG-6
Mark Twain Elementary1,019KG-6
Martin Luther King Jr. High2,9019-12
Matthew Gage Middle8857-8
Monroe Elementary583KG-6
Mountain View Elementary840KG-6
Opportunity Program487-12
Pachappa Elementary680KG-6
Patricia Beatty Elementary486KG-6
Polytechnic High2,6609-12
Raincross High (Continuation)2389-12
Ramona High2,2209-12
Riverside Stem Academy6695-12
Riverside Virtual1,200KG-12
Sierra Middle8307-8
Summit View Independent Study145KG-12
Sunshine Special Education54KG-12
Tomas Rivera Elementary715KG-6
University Heights Middle8047-8
Victoria Elementary500KG-6
Washington Elementary801KG-6
William Howard Taft Elementary592KG-6
Woodcrest Elementary651KG-6

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    1. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    2. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
    3. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    4. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    5. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
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