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Emerson Elementary

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Emerson Elementary ranks 4224 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

4224^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 28% of California elementary schools

Summary

Emerson Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 669 students in the Riverside Unified district, located on Ottawa Avenue, which has experienced a notable decline in its statewide academic ranking over the past decade.

Academically, Emerson performs below both district and state averages, with only about a third of students proficient in English and less than a quarter proficient in math. The school faces a significant challenge with chronic absenteeism, at 25.2%, which is higher than the district average and most nearby schools like Castle View Elementary and Magnolia Elementary. While Emerson serves a student population with high economic need, its per-student funding is comparable to some higher-performing schools, indicating that factors beyond resources are influencing outcomes.

When compared to neighboring schools, a clear performance pattern emerges: schools like Pachappa Elementary and Magnolia achieve significantly higher test scores, while Emerson falls into a group with Harada Elementary and Longfellow Elementary that struggle with similar challenges. Interestingly, the nearby REACH Leadership STEAM Academy charter school, with a similar student population, performs much better, suggesting different educational approaches can yield different results. Emerson does show relative strengths in supporting specific student groups, such as students in special education.

669

Students ?

22.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,827

Per pupil spending ?

84.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4660 Ottawa Ave.
Riverside, CA 92507-5823

(951) 788-7462

District: Riverside Unified

Students who attend Emerson Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	University Heights Middle
High:	John W. North High
	Riverside STEM Academy

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

76.2%

African American:

10.9%

White:

5.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 42nd percentile in 2013 → 28th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (28% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 14 percentile points since 2013

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school28%

District avg38%

California avg41%

4,224^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 28%▼ down 12 pts since 2015

From bottom 39% (2015) to bottom 28% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

23^rd of 29Elementary Schools in the Riverside Unified

755^th of 1,543Riverside 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.0	4224 of 5857	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.0	4205 of 5869	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.6	4209 of 5859	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.9	4261 of 5883	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.6	3722 of 5789	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.5	3706 of 5662	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2017	38.4	3211 of 5692	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2016	30.6	3728 of 5614	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2015	34.0	3398 of 5611	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2013	41.6	3210 of 5530	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2012	48.2	2733 of 5390	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2011	41.0	3168 of 5377	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2010	38.3	3278 of 5314	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2009	38.1	3170 of 5193	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2008	42.0	2827 of 5113	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2007	55.4	2049 of 5113	59.9%	★★★☆☆
2006	49.2	2227 of 4818	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2005	65.2	1534 of 4822	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2004	53.3	1995 of 4809	58.5%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	54.3	211 of 569	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.7	317 of 663	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.7	319 of 747	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.9	224 of 700	68.0%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	20.7	1981 of 2227	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.7	2254 of 2585	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.9	1307 of 2128	38.6%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	23.9	2901 of 3162	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	32.6	2347 of 3245	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.8	2218 of 3311	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.0	1722 of 3275	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.8	1887 of 3246	41.9%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.2	4237 of 5597	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.4	4207 of 5612	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.8	4155 of 5609	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.8	3951 of 5635	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.7	3694 of 5492	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	26.2	4070 of 5413	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.8	3323 of 5107	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.1	3493 of 5107	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.0	3944 of 5087	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.7	3723 of 5084	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.8	3040 of 4963	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.0	3341 of 4830	30.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.5	3542 of 5460	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.1	3611 of 5517	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.3	3693 of 5363	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.6	3541 of 5264	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.4	3318 of 5173	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.5	3359 of 5084	33.9%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.8	3871 of 5628	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.7	3844 of 5643	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.3	3940 of 5638	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.8	4255 of 5663	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.3	3443 of 5510	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.8	3176 of 5431	41.5%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	39.2	1491 of 2847	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.8	1566 of 2635	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.4	1140 of 2420	52.9%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	67.8	871 of 2661	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.1	1577 of 2737	42.4%	★★☆☆☆

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)

White (2023)67th percentile+39 vs school

African American (2025)63rd percentile+35 vs school

Special Education (2025)48th percentile+20 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)35th percentile+7 vs school

Hispanic (2025)35th percentile+7 vs school

Male (2025)31st percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)24th percentile-4 vs school

Disabled (2022)11th percentile-17 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)8th percentile-20 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy33%-16 vs state

Science26%-7 vs state

Mathematics23%-14 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)						Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)						% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Emerson Elementary	Public	K-6	4660 Ottawa Ave.	Riverside	92507	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7462	669	29	22.9	84.3%	38 (5.7%)	73 (10.9%)	510 (76.2%)	27 (4.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.8%)	27	4224^th of 5857 public elementary schools	27.9%		27	4205^th of 5869 public elementary schools	28.4%	19	26.0	26.0	30.4	26.2	38.5	37.2		33.1	20.4	23.8	25.0	23.1		23.0	97.1	98.1	98.1	98.1	97.1		$17,827	$1,388	$16,439
Longfellow Elementary	Public	K-6	3610 Eucalyptus Ave.	Riverside	92507	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7335	701	30	23.3	93.0%	15 (2.1%)	17 (2.4%)	633 (90.3%)	11 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	21 (3.0%)	17.6	5047^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.8%		22.8	4597^th of 5869 public elementary schools	21.7%	450	8.4	8.4	26.1	28.9	25.0	30.1		27.5	35.2	17.5	7.4	13.3		18.2	79.1	88.6	92.4	87.6	87.6	88.6	$16,941	$1,123	$15,818
Alcott Elementary	Public	K-6	2433 Central Ave.	Riverside	92506	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7451	603	23	26.1	62.5%	153 (25.4%)	34 (5.6%)	371 (61.5%)	13 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	27 (4.5%)	38.5	3314^th of 5857 public elementary schools	43.4%		49.3	2590^th of 5869 public elementary schools	55.9%	724	34.7	34.7	27.3	37.4	41.2	36.7		35.8	47.2	29.3	31.6	26.7		33.5							$17,045	$1,216	$15,829
REACH Leadership STEAM Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	3422 Rustin Ave.	Riverside	92507	Riverside County	REACH Leadership STEAM Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 275-8820	645	23	28.0	57.1%	93 (14.4%)	106 (16.4%)	345 (53.5%)	38 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	57 (8.8%)	53	2435^th of 5857 public elementary schools	58.4%		56.2	2225^th of 5869 public elementary schools	62.1%	210	32.6	32.6	43.7	55.7	43.0	52.2	70.0	49.9	51.1	39.8	31.4	33.3	35.0	38.7	97.4	97.4					$16,042	$1,385	$14,657
Victoria Elementary	Public	K-6	2910 Arlington Ave.	Riverside	92506	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7441	488	22	22.1	81.6%	49 (10.0%)	13 (2.7%)	402 (82.4%)	12 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.3%)	41.2	3138^th of 5857 public elementary schools	46.4%		40.4	3157^th of 5869 public elementary schools	46.2%	19	17.0	17.0	30.7	44.1	34.0	51.7		40.3	25.8	33.8	49.1	38.3		36.2							$20,321	$1,725	$18,596
Harada Elementary	Public	K-6	700 Highlander Dr.	Riverside	92507	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7292	603	27	22.1	89.9%	46 (7.6%)	75 (12.4%)	421 (69.8%)	31 (5.1%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (3.8%)	13.8	5363^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	8.4%		17.1	5113^th of 5869 public elementary schools	12.9%	250	8.1	8.1	9.2	24.1	30.7	30.5		22.8	11.2	18.4	12.2	15.9		14.4	92.9	94.9	95.9	93.9	92.9	94.9	$17,469	$1,427	$16,042
Castle View Elementary	Public	K-6	6201 Shaker Dr.	Riverside	92506	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7460	684	31	22.0	52.9%	118 (17.3%)	34 (5.0%)	475 (69.4%)	24 (3.5%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	28 (4.1%)	63.5	1902^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	67.5%		63.9	1884^th of 5869 public elementary schools	67.9%	18	36.1	36.1	47.7	52.8	52.9	54.0		51.9	49.4	43.8	47.1	49.5		47.5	91.7	96.2	97.7	94.7	94.7	95.5	$17,216	$1,061	$16,155
Pachappa Elementary	Public	K-6	6200 Riverside Ave.	Riverside	92506	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7355	676	28	23.8	76.9%	108 (16.0%)	29 (4.3%)	475 (70.3%)	17 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (6.7%)	66.1	1786^th of 5857 public elementary schools	69.5%		63	1927^th of 5869 public elementary schools	67.2%	141	48.0	48.0	55.8	50.5	59.2	52.6		54.3	57.5	39.8	49.3	37.2		46.2	98.2						$18,409	$1,314	$17,095
Bryant Elementary	Public	K-6	4324 Third St.	Riverside	92501	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7453	332	14	23.7	81.0%	41 (12.3%)	26 (7.8%)	241 (72.6%)	8 (2.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.2%)	44.9	2893^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	50.6%		48.1	2661^st of 5869 public elementary schools	54.7%	232	24.5	24.5	44.7	31.6	36.7	72.7		46.6	40.4	23.7	24.5	47.7		34.3							$18,073	$1,075	$16,998
Magnolia Elementary	Public	K-6	3975 Maplewood Pl.	Riverside	92506	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7274	535	21	25.1	73.1%	111 (20.7%)	16 (3.0%)	375 (70.1%)	14 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	16 (3.0%)	66.3	1773^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	69.7%		62.5	1958^th of 5869 public elementary schools	66.6%	185	43.8	43.8	55.6	54.2	60.3	69.9		60.1	46.0	37.5	37.0	46.0		41.5	95.2				95.2		$17,289	$1,318	$15,971

Frequently Asked Questions about Emerson Elementary

What district is Emerson Elementary in?

Riverside Unified

What is the racial makeup of Emerson Elementary?

Students at Emerson Elementary are 76% Hispanic, 11% African American, 6% White, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

How many students attend Emerson Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 669 students attended Emerson Elementary.

Is Emerson Elementary a good school?

Emerson Elementary ranks 4224^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Emerson Elementary attend?

Students who attend Emerson Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : University Heights Middle
High : John W. North High
High : Riverside STEM Academy

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