Summary:
University Heights Middle is a public middle school located in Riverside, California, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 804 students. The school is part of the Riverside Unified School District, which is ranked 774 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
University Heights Middle consistently ranks in the bottom half of California middle schools, with a ranking between 1,694 and 2,171 out of around 2,800 schools over the past several years. The school's performance on standardized tests is significantly below the Riverside Unified district and California state averages across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 33.79% of University Heights Middle students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 45.48% for the Riverside Unified district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate at University Heights Middle was just 18.67%, compared to 31.57% for the district and 35.54% for the state. The school's performance on the CAST Science assessment was also low, with only 15.67% of students proficient or better, compared to 26.59% for the district and 30.7% for the state. University Heights Middle has also experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 10% in 2018-2019 to 25.5% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the district and state averages.
When compared to other middle schools in the Riverside Unified district, such as Sierra Middle, Matthew Gage Middle, and Central Middle, University Heights Middle performs significantly worse, with higher academic performance and lower chronic absenteeism rates. Similarly, when compared to middle schools in the neighboring Colton Joint Unified and Moreno Valley Unified districts, University Heights Middle still performs below average, with the nearby schools, such as Vista Heights Middle and Terrace Hills Middle, also struggling academically.
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Detail:
Public 7-8
District:
Riverside Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
1881st of 2,777 California Middle Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,160
Students who attend University Heights Middle usually attend:
Feeder schools for University Heights Middle:
Student/teacher ratio: 22.2
Number of students: 834
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
78.5%
African American:
7.4%
White:
6.4%
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Asian:
4.0%
Two or more races:
2.6%
American Indian:
0.6%
Pacific Islander:
0.4%
Not Specified:
0.1%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 62%
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