NCES CCD 2024-25 14 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Pico Rivera, CA

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14 public K-12 schools in Pico Rivera from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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14
Schools
6,946
Students
26.4/100
Avg Resource Index
21.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Pico Rivera has more public-school enrollment than 69% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Pico Rivera's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

9 of Pico Rivera's 14 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 3 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 44-point gap between Ruben Salazar Continuation and Rivera Elementary shows the range hidden by Pico Rivera's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 31%
School count
Top 25%
Resource Index average
6th percentile
Teacher staffing
9th percentile

El Rancho High accounts for 28.7% of all Pico Rivera public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Pico Rivera-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Pico Rivera school enrollment varies 11× across entities

Pico Rivera school enrollment ranges from 178 students (lowest) to 1,995 students (highest), a spread of 1,817 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Pico Rivera reports 65.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Pico Rivera student-teacher ratio is 21.8:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Ruben Salazar Continuation 54
2. El Rancho High 45
3. Montebello Gardens Elementary 45
4. Steam Academy @ Burke 41
5. North Park Academy of the Arts 40
6. Rivera Middle 34
7. Rio Vista Elementary 17
8. South Ranchito Dual Language Academy 17
9. Durfee Elementary 15
10. North Ranchito Elementary 15
11. Valencia Academy of the Arts 13
12. Birney Tech Academy 13
13. Rivera Elementary 10
14. Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences 10

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Which Pico Rivera school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Ruben Salazar Continuation has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Pico Rivera schools in this federal-data comparison at 54/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Pico Rivera, CA? ▼

Pico Rivera has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,946 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.