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Foothill Elementary

Public Grades K-5
5160th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 11% of California elementary schools
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.

451
Students ?
22.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$32,946
Per pupil spending ?
93.3%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 8230 Wells Ave.
       Riverside, CA  92505-2559

(951) 358-1610

District: Alvord Unified


Students who attend Foothill Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Wells Middle
High:    La Sierra High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
90.5%
Asian:
3.8%
White:
2.2%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 21st percentile in 2015 → 11th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (21% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 10 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school21%
District avg31%
California avg42%
5,160th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 11%▼ down 19 pts since 2016
From bottom 30% (2016) to bottom 11% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
12th of 14Elementary Schools in the Alvord Unified
725th of 968Alvord 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
202615.55160 of 580411.1%★☆☆☆☆
202511.75527 of 58575.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.75424 of 58697.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.95226 of 585910.8%★☆☆☆☆
202221.44705 of 588320.0%★☆☆☆☆
201921.74649 of 578919.7%★☆☆☆☆
201825.74180 of 566226.2%★☆☆☆☆
201730.63787 of 569233.5%★★☆☆☆
201627.93941 of 561429.8%★☆☆☆☆
201522.24417 of 561121.3%★☆☆☆☆
201326.04339 of 553021.5%★☆☆☆☆
201222.44484 of 539016.8%★☆☆☆☆
201118.04800 of 537710.7%★☆☆☆☆
201015.94855 of 53148.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200920.74368 of 519315.9%★☆☆☆☆
200818.24454 of 511312.9%★☆☆☆☆
200718.74396 of 511314.0%★☆☆☆☆
200623.63754 of 481822.1%★☆☆☆☆
200517.04173 of 482213.5%★☆☆☆☆
200419.23993 of 480917.0%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202228.41569 of 222729.5%★☆☆☆☆
201919.72365 of 25858.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201821.81878 of 212811.7%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202437.42012 of 316236.4%★★☆☆☆
202324.42915 of 324510.2%★☆☆☆☆
202234.22264 of 331131.6%★★☆☆☆
201936.52027 of 327538.1%★★☆☆☆
201859.4874 of 324673.1%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202613.55160 of 55697.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.35502 of 55971.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.85373 of 56124.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.84907 of 560912.5%★☆☆☆☆
202224.54268 of 563524.3%★☆☆☆☆
201925.84167 of 549224.1%★☆☆☆☆
201837.33256 of 541339.8%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202620.04421 of 508513.1%★☆☆☆☆
202515.34735 of 51077.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.24515 of 510711.6%★☆☆☆☆
202321.74345 of 508714.6%★☆☆☆☆
202230.43672 of 508427.8%★☆☆☆☆
201930.83639 of 496326.7%★☆☆☆☆
201838.42967 of 483038.6%★★☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202628.5296 of 36619.1%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202619.24737 of 541212.5%★☆☆☆☆
202514.25105 of 54606.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.54970 of 55179.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.74724 of 536311.9%★☆☆☆☆
202231.03752 of 526428.7%★☆☆☆☆
201929.23913 of 517324.4%★☆☆☆☆
201837.43207 of 508436.9%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202621.14600 of 559017.7%★☆☆☆☆
202516.94970 of 562811.7%★☆☆☆☆
202416.65026 of 564310.9%★☆☆☆☆
202315.65104 of 56389.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.84731 of 566316.5%★☆☆☆☆
201919.94669 of 551015.3%★☆☆☆☆
201818.94670 of 543114.0%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202633.71858 of 292036.4%★★☆☆☆
202521.82486 of 284712.7%★☆☆☆☆
202425.12104 of 263520.2%★☆☆☆☆
202328.51720 of 242028.9%★☆☆☆☆
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)
Special Education (2026)36th percentile+25 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)36th percentile+29 vs school
Disabled (2022)30th percentile+10 vs school
Homeless (2026)19th percentile+8 vs school
Male (2026)18th percentile+7 vs school
Hispanic (2026)13th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)12th percentile~ school
Female (2026)7th percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy24%-26 vs state
Mathematics19%-19 vs state
Science16%-20 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Foothill Elementary

Students who attend Foothill Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Wells Middle
High : La Sierra High

In the 2024-25 school year, 451 students attended Foothill Elementary.

Students at Foothill Elementary are 90% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% White, 2% African American, 2% Two or more races.

Foothill Elementary ranks in the bottom 11.1% of California elementary schools.

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Latest California data All new data »
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 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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