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Riverside STEM Academy

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
616 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
659 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
26:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
24%
Teachers
25 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic43.7%
White24.0%
Asian18.7%
Black3.5%
Other10.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Riverside STEM Academy
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard41.9%
Met Standard33.6%
Below Standard24.5%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "75% proficient" for Riverside STEM Academy and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

41.9% of students exceeded standard while 33.6% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 24.5 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 25.6 points above the Riverside Unified district average of 16.2%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 15.3 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 9.3%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
41.9%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
75.5%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+15.3pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
9.3%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.6%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
616
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
5th10347.6%41.8%7.8%2.9%89.3%
6th10335.9%33.0%20.4%10.7%68.9%
7th10025.0%49.0%22.0%4.0%74.0%
8th10545.7%42.9%9.5%1.9%88.6%
11th5787.7%12.3%0.0%0.0%100.0%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
5th10355.3%22.3%18.4%3.9%77.7%
6th10345.6%29.1%16.5%8.7%74.8%
7th10035.0%26.0%31.0%8.0%61.0%
8th10563.8%21.9%9.5%4.8%85.7%
11th5773.7%26.3%0.0%0.0%100.0%

Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score