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Arlanza Elementary

Public Grades K-5
5417th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,817 California Elementary Schools
Better than 7% of California elementary schools
Summary

Arlanza Elementary serves 431 students in grades K–5 in Riverside, California, as part of Alvord Unified. In 2025–2026, 24% of students were proficient in ELA, 15% in math and 8% in science. The most important concern is that proficiency remains low across all three subjects, with science the lowest.

Arlanza trails both the state and district in all three subjects: its ELA proficiency was 25 points below the state and 15 below the district; math was 24 and 11 points lower; and science was 28 and 19 points lower. Compared with six nearby Alvord K–5 schools, Arlanza was third-lowest in ELA and lowest in math and science. Those schools averaged 30% in ELA, 22% in math and 22% in science, putting Arlanza 6, 7 and 14 points below those averages, respectively. Fourth-grade ELA was a particular local weakness at 17%, the lowest among nearby schools’ fourth-grade results; Arlanza’s math proficiency was 10% in grade 4 and 8% in grade 5, also below every nearby school’s result at those grades.

There are encouraging signs in attendance and recent test changes: chronic absenteeism fell from 36% in 2021–2022 to 11% in 2025–2026, 7 points below both the state and district rates. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose 8 points and math 5, while science fell 4; over the longer period, the state gaps narrowed slightly in ELA but widened in math and science. SchoolDigger ranked Arlanza in the 7th percentile statewide and gave it 0 stars in 2025–2026, the lowest standing among nearby schools with rank data. Its student–teacher ratio was 23.2 in 2024–2025, near the nearby average of 22.9; 97% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, the highest figure among nearby schools. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings show stronger relative standing for Homeless Students, at the 48th percentile versus 7th overall in 2025–2026, and for English Language Learner Students, at the 32nd percentile versus 14th overall in 2023–2024.

431
Students ?
23.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$24,404
Per pupil spending ?
97.0%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
95%
Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)
Exemptions: 1% (any vaccine)
 5891 Rutland Ave.
       Riverside, CA  92505-1741

(951) 358-1600

District: Alvord Unified


Students who attend Arlanza Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Wells Middle
High:    Norte Vista High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
96.5%
White:
1.4%
African American:
0.9%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 10th percentile in 2015 → 7th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (18% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)
!Science scores 28 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school18%
District avg31%
California avg42%
5,417th of 5,817
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 7%▼ down 2 pts since 2016
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SchoolDigger rating ?
14th of 14Elementary Schools in the Alvord Unified
1117th of 1,530Alvord Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202612.75417 of 58176.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.85698 of 58572.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.85048 of 586914.0%★☆☆☆☆
202314.55350 of 58598.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.75386 of 58838.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.55035 of 578913.0%★☆☆☆☆
201820.04679 of 566217.4%★☆☆☆☆
201719.24768 of 569216.2%★☆☆☆☆
201614.15123 of 56148.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201515.45060 of 56119.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20138.15371 of 55302.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201213.45050 of 53906.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201115.24943 of 53778.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201022.24445 of 531416.4%★☆☆☆☆
200925.14062 of 519321.8%★☆☆☆☆
200811.24863 of 51134.9%☆☆☆☆☆
200715.34624 of 51139.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200619.14062 of 481815.7%★☆☆☆☆
200516.54206 of 482212.8%★☆☆☆☆
200414.24397 of 48098.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
201918.12441 of 25855.6%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202435.52142 of 316232.3%★★☆☆☆
202340.21804 of 324544.4%★★☆☆☆
202231.52496 of 331124.6%★☆☆☆☆
201938.81853 of 327543.4%★★☆☆☆
201853.41106 of 324665.9%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202615.75013 of 558110.2%★☆☆☆☆
202510.15424 of 55973.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.04964 of 561211.5%★☆☆☆☆
202314.85154 of 56098.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.25172 of 56358.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.44761 of 549213.3%★☆☆☆☆
201819.34599 of 541315.0%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202615.84693 of 50947.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.04939 of 51073.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202423.74211 of 510717.5%★☆☆☆☆
202320.44458 of 508712.4%★☆☆☆☆
202220.34480 of 508411.9%★☆☆☆☆
201923.74129 of 496316.8%★☆☆☆☆
201827.33734 of 483022.7%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202645.8191 of 36647.8%★★☆☆☆
202523.9380 of 42911.4%★☆☆☆☆
202332.5249 of 33525.7%★☆☆☆☆
202229.6280 of 35621.3%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202616.24954 of 54238.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202510.45303 of 54602.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202423.44504 of 551718.4%★☆☆☆☆
202320.44670 of 536312.9%★☆☆☆☆
202221.64523 of 526414.1%★☆☆☆☆
201925.44198 of 517318.8%★☆☆☆☆
201829.53810 of 508425.1%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202611.85316 of 56035.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.05479 of 56282.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202420.64659 of 564317.4%★☆☆☆☆
202316.05068 of 563810.1%★☆☆☆☆
202215.65164 of 56638.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.94825 of 551012.4%★☆☆☆☆
201822.24376 of 543119.4%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202621.22614 of 292710.7%★☆☆☆☆
202323.61982 of 242018.1%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Homeless (2026)48th percentile+41 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)32nd percentile+18 vs school
Special Education (2026)11th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2026)10th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)9th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)8th percentile~ school
Disabled (2019)6th percentile-7 vs school
Male (2026)5th percentile~ school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy24%-25 vs state
Mathematics15%-24 vs state
Science8%-28 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, July 13, 2017

Open Quote My kids go to Arlanza and I'm so happy with the way they teach. But most of all proud to be part of the Arlanza family. Close Quote





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Frequently Asked Questions about Arlanza Elementary

In the 2024-25 school year, 431 students attended Arlanza Elementary.

Students at Arlanza Elementary are 97% Hispanic, 1% White.

Students who attend Arlanza Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Wells Middle
High : Norte Vista High

Arlanza Elementary ranks in the bottom 6.9% of California elementary schools.

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Latest California data All new data »
2024–25 school spending data (updated)NewNov 2, 2026
2013–14 through 2024–25 immunization rates (updated)Oct 19, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresOct 15, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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