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Riverway Elementary

Visalia Unified Visalia Tulare County 93291
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,944 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
859 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
25:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
62%
Teachers
34 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 74.5%
White 6.2%
Asian 6.9%
Black 1.4%
Other 11.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Riverway Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard19.1%
Met Standard23.1%
Below Standard57.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "42% proficient" for Riverway Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

19.1% of students exceeded standard while 23.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.6 points above the Visalia Unified district average of 16.4%. Compared to the 11 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 3.4 points higher (vs 15.7% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 20.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 20.2%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
19.1%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
42.1%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-20.4pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
20.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
2.9%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,944
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 114 29.8% 25.4% 22.8% 21.9% 55.3%
4th 136 30.1% 19.1% 18.4% 32.4% 49.3%
5th 127 16.5% 24.4% 29.9% 29.1% 40.9%
6th 109 12.8% 33.9% 21.1% 32.1% 46.8%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 114 20.2% 30.7% 26.3% 22.8% 50.9%
4th 136 16.2% 25.7% 37.5% 20.6% 41.9%
5th 127 11.0% 13.4% 32.3% 43.3% 24.4%
6th 109 15.6% 11.9% 26.6% 45.9% 27.5%