Summary:
Zip code 92507 in Riverside, California, contains one public middle school, University Heights Middle, which serves grades 7 and 8 within the Riverside Unified School District.
This school serves a community with significant economic need, with over 91% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Academically, University Heights Middle faces considerable challenges, with student proficiency rates in English, math, and science falling below both the district and state averages. The most pronounced gap is in mathematics, where proficiency is roughly half the state average, and in 8th-grade science, where only about 15% of students are proficient.
Despite these academic hurdles, the school has shown a positive trend in its statewide ranking over the past three years, moving from the 22nd to the 35th percentile. A major area of concern is chronic absenteeism, which at 27.3% is notably higher than average and is a significant barrier to learning. The school's per-student spending is above the California average, indicating substantial resources are available to support its students and address these ongoing challenges.
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