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Riverbend Elementary — Rating & test scores

301 Stewart Road, Yuba City · 914 students · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 73

DevelopingScope Score · 38th percentile. Higher than 38 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 43% and 37% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 212 in English, 213 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Tests ↓

Overview

Is Riverbend a good elementary school?

Developing. Riverbend is lower than most California elementary schools on math test results, progress in both subjects and attendance. Riverbend is in the middle on English test results.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced5043%
Math, Proficient or Advanced4837%
English, Advanced4919%
Math, Advanced4815%

Progress in a year, 2025

English26−4 pts
Math7−15 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance4716 in 100
Riverbend’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Yuba City Unified’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

16.7% of students (179 of 1,073) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Each bar is Riverbend’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 1,073. District and California figures are averages of school rates (13 Yuba City Unified schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Riverbend say about itself?

We haven’t read Riverbend’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open riverbend.ycusd.k12.ca.us (opens in a new tab)

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, about the same. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 4 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 15 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−4

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income425−3 points
Hispanic or Latino269−6 points
English learners179−5 points
White130−7 points
Asian103+2 points

Math

−15

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income424−15 points
Hispanic or Latino269−15 points
English learners179−16 points
White129−13 points
Asian103−16 points

Grades 4–8, 2025, 557 students in English, 556 in math with scores in both years. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 4 points below that expected score, and in math 15 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 46th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

2 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Riverbend. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 3.1 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. LincolnNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7445th
  2. BarryNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7340th
  3. RiverbendScope Score 7338th
  4. LincrestNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7229th
  5. Yuba City CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 6915th
  6. OlivehurstMarysville Joint Unified · by addressScope Score 6914th
  7. Park AvenueNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6810th
  8. Cedar LaneMarysville Joint Unified · by addressScope Score 662nd
Yuba City UnifiedA neighborhood school in another districtCharter

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%0%25%50%75%100%

6 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Riverbend compare with schools like it?

Riverbend’s Scope Score is 73. 1,064 California elementary schools, counting Riverbend, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 73. Riverbend’s result is higher than 560 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 1,064

  1. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 72%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 91st percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 90th percentile

1,064 California public elementary schools where 70% to 82% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 70% to 82% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Riverbend’s share. The count includes Riverbend. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

English results were similar to 2025; math results were higher. English went from 41% to 43% and math from 31% to 37%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 3–5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202642%48%46%CaliforniaCalifornia43%RiverbendRiverbend38%Yuba City UnifiedDistrict

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202630%34%42%CaliforniaCalifornia37%RiverbendRiverbend32%Yuba City UnifiedDistrict

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Yuba City Unified’s line combines its 13 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Yuba City Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringRiverbendYuba City UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201748%42%45%271
201851%46%49%255
201953%47%50%256
202238%36%45%234
202342%37%44%219
202444%39%45%200
202541%38%46%216
202643%38%46%212
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringRiverbendYuba City UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201734%30%40%271
201834%32%42%257
201938%35%44%256
202232%30%38%234
202336%33%40%219
202435%33%41%199
202531%33%41%216
202637%32%42%213

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in English; below it in math.

English

43%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

33242419
Yuba City Unified38%California46%

Math

37%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

38252215
Yuba City Unified32%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 43% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 37% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

How do the middle grades do?

Well below California in both subjects. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 28% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 11% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 1st percentile (Needs Support) among California’s middle schools.

English

28%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

432924
Yuba City Unified38%California49%

Math

11%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

65247
Yuba City Unified26%California37%
Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced43%37%51%
Advanced28%10%21%
Proficient15%27%30%
Developing level29%22%22%
Minimal28%41%27%
Tested607973
California44%46%49%
Difference−1−9+2
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced30%24%29%
Advanced6%3%4%
Proficient24%21%25%
Developing level26%27%32%
Minimal44%49%39%
Tested178156188
California48%51%49%
Difference−18−27−20

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced51%30%32%
Advanced26%8%12%
Proficient25%22%20%
Developing level16%32%26%
Minimal33%38%42%
Tested617973
California47%42%37%
Difference+4−12−5
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced16%9%9%
Advanced4%3%5%
Proficient12%6%4%
Developing level22%24%25%
Minimal62%67%66%
Tested178159191
California37%38%36%
Difference−21−29−27

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school19%24%24%33%212
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Yuba City Unified17%21%23%39%2,680
Math, grades 3–5 · This school15%22%25%38%213
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Yuba City Unified14%18%27%41%2,706
English, grades 6–8 · This school4%24%29%43%522
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Yuba City Unified12%26%24%38%2,671
Math, grades 6–8 · This school4%7%24%65%528
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Yuba City Unified12%14%22%52%2,688

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 212 tested in English, 213 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 45% of students. 169 of 1,030 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

16in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (169 of 1,030 students).

At the average Yuba City Unified elementary school: 14 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 16.7% of students were suspended at least once (179 of 1,073). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

914

students in grades TK–8.

Hispanic or Latino 45%White 24%Asian 19%Two or more races 4%Not reported 4%Black or African American 2%Filipino 1%

Family income

76%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 697 of 914. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

50

teachers, with 15 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

91% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

52%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (91 of 175 students).

Yuba City Unified: 45%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
14 in 100 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent (50 of 354).
Grades 7–8
18 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (70 of 381).

Our records hold no figure for Grades TK–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino45%
White24%
Asian19%
Two or more races4%
Not reported4%
Black or African American2%
Filipino1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 48.6 of 53.4 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Seven student groups scored below the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Asian129 tested43%California 74%
  • White175 tested38%California 61%
  • Low-income573 tested28%California 37%
  • Hispanic or Latino339 tested25%California 38%
  • Two or more races42 tested24%California 62%
  • Students with disabilities103 tested8%California 16%
  • English learners112 tested3%California 10%

43% of Asian students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–8, spring 2026), against 74% for the same group across California. White, Hispanic or Latino and low-income students, students of two or more races, English learners and students with disabilities also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–8 English, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Yuba City Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 573 tested in English, 580 in math
English28%−331%−937%
Math16%−723%−1228%
Hispanic or Latino · 339 tested in English, 342 in math
English25%−227%−1338%
Math13%−619%−1528%
White · 175 tested
English38%−543%−2361%
Math25%−732%−2853%
Asian · 129 tested in English, 132 in math · grades 4–8 only
English43%−447%−3174%
Math23%−1033%−4770%
Two or more races · 42 tested · grades 6–8 only
English24%−529%−3862%
Math10%−1020%−4050%
English learners · 112 tested in English, 117 in math · grades 4–8 only
English3%−36%−710%
Math0%−66%−1010%
Students with disabilities · 103 tested · grades 4–8 only
English8%−19%−816%
Math2%−24%−1012%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Yuba City Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Riverbend. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Riverbend has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

47

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

Money

How much is spent on each student here?

$19,002 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student.

$19,002

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$9,708
The school’s share of district office costs
$9,294
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,392
  • Riverbend$19,002
  • Yuba City Unified elementary schools$18,797
  • California elementary schools$20,288

The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 5,053 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

The neighborhood

What is the area around Riverbend like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95991. They are not figures for the families at Riverbend.

Typical household income in a year

$70,590

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 95991.

Typical home value
$406,800
People who live in this ZIP code
42,579
Typical age
33.7 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
19%

What you can do

Who can act on Riverbend’s results?

The state took Riverbend out of extra targeted support; Yuba City Unified’s board decides its plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

What has the state flagged?

The state took the school off the list for 2025–26. The school was on the list in 2024–25.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Yuba City Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for students with disabilities on three measures: English, math and graduation. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Yuba City Unified: CDE’s assistance status files for the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 5 questions to Riverbend. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?16.7% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (179 of 1,073 students); average California elementary school: 1.6%
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?15 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4–8, 2025 (556 students)
  3. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Riverbend, and how do I get in?

Riverbend runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Yuba City Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Grades TK–8 · this school
    Riverbend Elementary
    Scope Score 73Developing · 38th percentile
  2. High
    Yuba City High
    Scope Score 70Needs Support · 23rd percentile · 2025Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Barry Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

High-school links

  • Yuba City Independence Academy

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder · Check how it admits students.

  • Yuba City High

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 23rd percentile · high · 2025

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Where the path ends: Yuba City High
Yuba City HighScope Score 70 · Needs Support · 23rd percentile · 2025estimated path

The road from this school ends at Yuba City High. UC records 17 enrollees from Yuba City High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 16 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Yuba City High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 67% of the students who finished high school at Yuba City High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

17 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 16 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Yuba City High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Riverbend?

Address
301 Stewart Road, Yuba City 95991Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Robert PogueAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated July 9, 2025.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Riverbend runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Yuba City Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Riverbend a good school?

Riverbend Elementary has a Scope Score of 73. It scored higher than 38 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Developing, 38th percentile, spring 2026).

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 1 in 100 California middle schools we score (1st percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026)

See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 16 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 14 in 100 at the average Yuba City Unified elementary school. 16.7% of students (179 of 1,073) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, about the same. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 4 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 15 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 557 students in English, 556 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 28% of low-income students in grades 3–8 at Riverbend Elementary in Yuba City scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 37% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

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Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #3,522 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #7 of 13 in Yuba City Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math18%4642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math41%4823%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+74 scale-score pts4620%
Chronically absent16 in 100515%
Suspension rate16.7% (179 of 1,073)05%
English learners: top level16%495%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267338#3522California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–1911 in 1005.3% (70 of 1,329)−3
2021–22not on filenot on file−16
2022–23not on filenot on file−3
2023–2420 in 1007.0% (72 of 1,023)−20
2024–2517 in 10011.5% (117 of 1,016)+6
2025–2616 in 10016.7% (179 of 1,073)−6

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English7348%32%
2026 · Math7417%18%
2025 · English72811%35%
2025 · Math7277%18%
2024 · English74011%36%
2024 · Math7397%22%
2023 · English75312%38%
2023 · Math75310%26%
2022 · English77810%36%
2022 · Math7809%25%
2019 · English94115%46%
2019 · Math94211%29%
2018 · English87314%46%
2018 · Math88211%29%
2017 · English90515%46%
2017 · Math90711%30%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English7636%
2025 · Grade 4 · English7246%
2025 · Grade 5 · English6841%
2025 · Grade 6 · English15630%
2025 · Grade 7 · English18631%
2025 · Grade 8 · English17036%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math7624%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math7239%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math6829%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math1556%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math18615%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math17017%
2024 · Grade 3 · English6248%
2024 · Grade 4 · English6644%
2024 · Grade 5 · English7240%
2024 · Grade 6 · English19131%
2024 · Grade 7 · English16731%
2024 · Grade 8 · English18237%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math6250%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math6638%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math7118%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math19116%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math16716%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math18218%
2023 · Grade 3 · English6743%
2023 · Grade 4 · English6832%
2023 · Grade 5 · English8450%
2023 · Grade 6 · English18235%
2023 · Grade 7 · English18140%
2023 · Grade 8 · English17132%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math6645%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math6930%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math8432%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math18223%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math18123%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math17118%
2022 · Grade 3 · English6941%
2022 · Grade 4 · English8541%
2022 · Grade 5 · English8032%
2022 · Grade 6 · English19538%
2022 · Grade 7 · English17132%
2022 · Grade 8 · English17833%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math6942%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math8538%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math8019%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math19723%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math17124%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math17817%
2019 · Grade 3 · English9148%
2019 · Grade 4 · English9049%
2019 · Grade 5 · English7563%
2019 · Grade 6 · English22646%
2019 · Grade 7 · English22846%
2019 · Grade 8 · English23138%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math9144%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math9043%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math7523%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math22726%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math22829%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math23123%
2018 · Grade 3 · English8152%
2018 · Grade 4 · English6949%
2018 · Grade 5 · English10552%
2018 · Grade 6 · English21942%
2018 · Grade 7 · English22850%
2018 · Grade 8 · English17136%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math8241%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math6932%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math10630%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math22126%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math23231%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math17225%
2017 · Grade 3 · English6948%
2017 · Grade 4 · English10443%
2017 · Grade 5 · English9854%
2017 · Grade 6 · English23244%
2017 · Grade 7 · English20645%
2017 · Grade 8 · English19647%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math6846%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math10531%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math9830%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math23528%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math20530%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math19625%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide2635%13%55%27%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income57328%−3−9
Hispanic or Latino33925%−2−13
White17538%−5−23
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−4557Average−15556Moderate
Low-income−3425Average−15424Moderate
English-only students−7341not categorized−16340not categorized
Hispanic or Latino−6269Moderate−15269Moderate
English learners−5179Average−16179Moderate
White−7130Moderate−13129Moderate
Asian+2103Average−16103Moderate
English learners only−1790not categorized−1390not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+289not categorized−1889not categorized
Students with disabilities−1476Moderate−275Average
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−1853Moderate−1353Moderate
Two or more races−1226Moderate−2626Minimal

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
23%
exceeded standard · 48% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 62 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
21%
Advanced · 51% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 73 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 62 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−4 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–8

557 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math−15 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–8

556 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −15 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 17 in 100 → 2025–26 · 16 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 11.5% (117 of 1,016) → 2025–26 · 16.7% (179 of 1,073) · +5.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female11 in 10015 in 100+4 in 100
Male12 in 10018 in 100+6 in 100
Asian4 in 10011 in 100+7 in 100
Black or African American7 of 228 of 20—
Hispanic or Latino13 in 10018 in 100+5 in 100
Two or more races12 of 807 of 46—
White12 in 10017 in 100+5 in 100
Students with disabilities15 in 10024 in 100+9 in 100
English learners10 in 10018 in 100+8 in 100
Foster youth0 of 8——
Homeless3 of 1715 of 33—
Military families3 of 466 of 41—
Low-income13 in 10019 in 100+6 in 100
All students11 in 10016 in 100+5 in 100
Filipino—3 of 11—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,758 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 11,993 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$1,024 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 914

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,368 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 914

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,585 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 61%Instruction support 11%Student services 9%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$124,988,79661.14%61%
Instruction support$23,374,60011.43%11%
Student services$18,633,1399.12%9%
Administration$13,501,9866.61%7%
Buildings & maintenance$22,072,99510.80%11%
Other$1,843,5750.90%1%
Total$204,415,091100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $204,415,091 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$12,758 per pupil
2020$12,704 per pupil
2019$13,243 per pupil
2018$11,581 per pupil
2017$10,333 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders1.9%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 95991 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95991 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$70,590
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)19%
ZIP-area population42,579
Median age33.7 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 95991 →

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