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Riverside, California - 4 schools
1,357
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
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Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Riverside County Office of Education operates 4 public schools serving 1,357 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Riverside County.
The funding mix is 48.2% local, 29.8% state, and 22.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 285:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 59.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.6% African American, 9.8% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Riverside County Juvenile Court, with a diversity index of 46.9/100.
Its largest campus is Come Back Kids, enrolling 612 students (41% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Riverside County Juvenile Court, at 104 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Come Back Kids accounts for 41.3% of all Riverside County Office of Education student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Riverside County Office of Education-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Riverside County Office of Education school enrollment varies 5.9× across entities
Riverside County Office of Education school enrollment ranges from 104 students (lowest) to 612 students (highest), a spread of 508 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Riverside County Office of Education has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 70.3% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Riverside County Office of Education student-counselor ratio is 285:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Riverside County Office of Education is typically wider than the Riverside County Office of Education-aggregate figure suggests.
Riverside County Office of Education chronic absenteeism rate is 59.5% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Riverside County Office of Education's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Riverside County Office of Education?
Riverside County Office of Education has 4 schools, including 1 high, 3 combined. Total enrollment is 1,357 students.
What is the demographic composition of Riverside County Office of Education?
Riverside County Office of Education students are 74.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.6% African American, 9.8% White, 1.3% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.