Summary
Foothill Elementary is a K–5 school in Riverside, California, serving 451 students in Alvord Unified. In 2025–26, 24% of students were proficient in ELA, 19% in math, and 16% in science. The most important finding is that Foothill’s results are below both state and district results in all three subjects; its ELA performance is particularly weak compared with nearby schools.
Foothill’s 2025–26 scores trail California’s by 26 percentage points in ELA, 19 in math, and 20 in science, and trail Alvord Unified by 15, 6, and 12 points, respectively. Compared with the nine nearby schools, Foothill is below the averages in ELA (31%), math (24%), and science (20%) by 8, 5, and 4 points. ELA and math are each second-lowest among the ten schools; in ELA, only one nearby school scores lower. Fifth grade is an added concern: ELA proficiency is 19%, the second-lowest nearby result, and math is 13%, the third-lowest.
Scores have risen since 2022–23: ELA increased by 3 percentage points, math by 4, and science by 2. However, the state gap in science widened by 4 points over that period. Chronic absenteeism is a positive trend, falling from 37% in 2021–22 to 13% in 2025–26, below the district’s 19% and state’s 18%. SchoolDigger ranked Foothill at the 11th percentile with 1 star in 2025–26, up from the 6th percentile the year before. Its 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 22.2, below the nearby average of 23.3, and 93% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. One relative bright spot in SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings is Special Education Students: the group ranked at the 36th percentile in 2025–26, compared with Foothill’s overall 11th percentile.
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