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Jefferson Elementary

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Jefferson Elementary ranks 4007 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

4007^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 32% of California elementary schools

Summary

Jefferson Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 886 students in the Riverside Unified School District, consistently ranking in the lower third of California elementary schools with academic proficiency below state and district averages.

The school serves a high-need population but has made remarkable progress in improving student attendance, with its chronic absenteeism rate of 15.1% now better than both the district and state averages and lower than most nearby schools like Jackson and Madison Elementary. However, this improved attendance has not yet translated into stronger test scores. Academically, Jefferson performs in the middle compared to local schools, doing better than Liberty Elementary but significantly behind higher-performing schools like Magnolia and Pachappa Elementary.

An interesting finding is that Jefferson operates with the lowest per-student spending among its Riverside Unified peers, yet achieves comparable academic results. Performance varies widely by grade, with 4th-grade math being a particular concern. The school has also seen a notable decline in performance for special education students in recent years. While facing challenges, Jefferson's success in boosting attendance demonstrates a key strength that could be a foundation for future academic growth.

886

Students ?

25.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,296

Per pupil spending ?

86.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4285 Jefferson St.
Riverside, CA 92504-2423

(951) 352-8218

District: Riverside Unified

Students who attend Jefferson Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Sierra Middle
High:	Ramona High
	Riverside STEM Academy

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

86.8%

White:

4.4%

African American:

4.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 40th percentile in 2013 → 32nd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (29% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 8 percentile points since 2013

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school29%

District avg38%

California avg41%

4,007^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 32%▼ down 20 pts since 2015

From top 48% (2015) to bottom 32% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

21^st 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	29.4	4007 of 5857	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.6	4057 of 5869	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.2	4042 of 5859	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.7	4082 of 5883	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.2	3919 of 5789	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.5	2857 of 5662	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2017	41.5	3005 of 5692	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2016	40.0	3077 of 5614	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2015	45.4	2717 of 5611	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	40.3	3299 of 5530	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2012	39.0	3328 of 5390	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2011	40.8	3190 of 5377	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2010	37.8	3308 of 5314	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2009	37.2	3227 of 5193	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	30.4	3549 of 5113	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2007	30.0	3572 of 5113	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2006	32.5	3138 of 4818	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2005	37.8	2843 of 4822	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2004	30.8	3194 of 4809	33.6%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	42.3	1006 of 2227	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	48.4	1027 of 2585	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.0	982 of 2128	53.9%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	38.1	1954 of 3162	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	52.8	1060 of 3245	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	33.5	2319 of 3311	30.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.0	2335 of 3275	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.9	2136 of 3246	34.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.6	3883 of 5597	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.2	3861 of 5612	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.1	4123 of 5609	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.3	4279 of 5635	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.2	3890 of 5492	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	47.0	2659 of 5413	50.9%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.9	3255 of 5107	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.6	3212 of 5107	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.3	3121 of 5087	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.9	3229 of 5084	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.2	2949 of 4963	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	57.6	1754 of 4830	63.7%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.0	371 of 429	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.3	328 of 364	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.2	3408 of 5460	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.6	3567 of 5517	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.3	3363 of 5363	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.6	3372 of 5264	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.2	3034 of 5173	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	55.0	2035 of 5084	60.0%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.7	3888 of 5628	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.2	3903 of 5643	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.3	3658 of 5638	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.9	3634 of 5663	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.8	3632 of 5510	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.1	2912 of 5431	46.4%	★★☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	12.5	110 of 118	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	28.6	99 of 140	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.1	2185 of 2847	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.5	1797 of 2635	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.7	1127 of 2420	53.4%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	32.7	1918 of 2661	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.3	2245 of 2834	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	41.9	1764 of 2737	35.5%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Disabled (2022)55th percentile+24 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)38th percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)38th percentile+6 vs school

Hispanic (2025)36th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)31st percentile~ school

Female (2025)31st percentile~ school

White (2023)28th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)23rd percentile-8 vs school

Homeless (2025)14th percentile-18 vs school

Military Connected (2024)7th percentile-24 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy37%-12 vs state

Mathematics23%-14 vs state

Science22%-11 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Saturday, September 4, 2010

The principal is lacking and more interested in passing the STAR test then actually educating. She prioritizes Spanish Speaking students prior to the children as a whole. She doesn't stand for what she advocates. She portrays herself as a healthy impact on this school. In reality she placates the teachers, the parents and the children telling each and all what they want to hear. She does not follow through with her own rules and regulations. She is lucky to still have her position. I wish the district would look more closely at what she does. The school might have a large hispanic population but there is a large amount of people there that do not speak spanish. It is insulting and politically incorrect for everything to be in spanish with the shortened courtesy version in english. This goes for both her, her employees, her teachers, and her students. Close Quote

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Jefferson Elementary	Public	K-6	4285 Jefferson St.	Riverside	92504	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 352-8218	886	35	25.6	86.5%	39 (4.4%)	38 (4.3%)	769 (86.8%)	8 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	27 (3.0%)	29.4	4007^th of 5857 public elementary schools	31.6%		28.6	4057^th of 5869 public elementary schools	30.9%	50	21.9	21.9	34.4	30.4	42.7	39.7	36.9	38.7	14.5	21.0	18.8	23.3	96.2				97.5		$16,296	$1,091	$15,205
Adams Elementary	Public	K-6	8362 Colorado Ave.	Riverside	92504	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 352-6709	487	20	24.3	84.4%	31 (6.4%)	16 (3.3%)	426 (87.5%)	8 (1.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	34.3	3631^st of 5857 public elementary schools	38.0%		39	3235^th of 5869 public elementary schools	44.9%	396	19.2	19.2	48.1	32.9	39.1	48.2	41.2	45.3	31.0	15.1	16.7	26.3							$18,663	$1,548	$17,115
Monroe Elementary	Public	K-6	8535 Garfield Ave.	Riverside	92504	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 352-8241	596	25	23.8	88.9%	35 (5.9%)	17 (2.9%)	508 (85.2%)	12 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.0%)	42.7	3028^th of 5857 public elementary schools	48.3%		31.9	3793^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	35.4%	765	19.0	19.0	57.3	45.7	32.9	36.7	43.4	49.4	38.3	29.1	23.3	35.1							$16,912	$1,360	$15,552
Madison Elementary	Public	K-6	3635 Madison St.	Riverside	92504	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 352-8236	675	27	25.0	86.7%	66 (9.8%)	38 (5.6%)	535 (79.3%)	18 (2.7%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	14 (2.1%)	41.7	3094^th of 5857 public elementary schools	47.2%		42.9	3004^th of 5869 public elementary schools	48.8%	90	22.5	22.5	41.2	34.5	30.2	56.1	40.4	46.6	34.8	19.3	40.2	36.0	91.4	97.1	98.1	97.1	93.3	98.1	$17,011	$1,421	$15,590
Mountain View Elementary	Public	K-6	6180 Streeter Ave.	Riverside	92504	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7433	851	35	24.3	82.8%	51 (6.0%)	25 (2.9%)	728 (85.5%)	15 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.8%)	24 (2.8%)	38.9	3291^st of 5857 public elementary schools	43.8%		32.7	3720^th of 5869 public elementary schools	36.6%	429	23.2	23.2	37.8	37.6	43.2	52.7	42.5	40.2	28.8	24.8	28.2	30.6	90.7	92.3	96.9	94.6	92.3	95.4	$17,029	$1,141	$15,888
Jackson Elementary	Public	K-6	4585 Jackson St.	Riverside	92503	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 352-8211	657	27	23.9	90.0%	45 (6.8%)	31 (4.7%)	556 (84.6%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	12 (1.8%)	25	4404^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.8%		24.2	4437^th of 5869 public elementary schools	24.4%	33	16.7	16.7	33.0	25.6	33.3	36.8	32.1	35.2	19.3	21.9	19.5	24.0	96.5	97.4		96.5	97.4	97.4	$17,780	$1,277	$16,503
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
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
Peralta Elementary	Public	K-6	6450 Peralta Pl.	Jurupa Valley	92509	Riverside County	Jurupa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 222-7701	443	21	21.4	81.5%	32 (7.2%)	8 (1.8%)	380 (85.8%)	10 (2.3%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.0%)	28.4	4099^th of 5857 public elementary schools	30.0%		30.1	3920^th of 5869 public elementary schools	33.2%	179	20.3	20.3	22.2	28.2	44.3	40.8	35.4	30.4	20.8	24.1	22.1	23.7							$22,787	$2,071	$20,716
Liberty Elementary	Public	K-6	9631 Hayes St.	Riverside	92503	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 352-8225	651	26	25.5	90.8%	28 (4.3%)	32 (4.9%)	549 (84.3%)	14 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.0%)	21.4	4713^th of 5857 public elementary schools	19.5%		27.4	4163^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	29.1%	550	18.7	18.7	27.2	25.7	28.6	26.0	26.9	33.0	28.4	18.7	14.6	23.6	97.0	97.0	98.0	98.0	97.0		$17,367	$1,240	$16,127

Frequently Asked Questions about Jefferson Elementary

What district is Jefferson Elementary in?

Riverside Unified

Is Jefferson Elementary a good school?

Jefferson Elementary ranks 4007^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Jefferson Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 886 students attended Jefferson Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Jefferson Elementary attend?

Students who attend Jefferson Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Sierra Middle
High : Ramona High
High : Riverside STEM Academy

What is the racial makeup of Jefferson Elementary?

Students at Jefferson Elementary are 87% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% African American, 3% Two or more races.

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