Summary:
The 92507 zip code area of Riverside, California is home to 9 schools, including 5 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 3 high schools, all part of the Riverside Unified School District. While the district as a whole is ranked 774 out of 1,568 districts in California, the standout school in this area is the Riverside STEM Academy, a public high school serving grades 5-12 that consistently ranks among the top 5% of high schools in the state with exceptional academic performance.
Another high-performing school in the area is John W. North High, a large public high school that outperforms the district and state averages in many areas, including a 46.59% 11th-grade English Language Arts/Literacy proficiency rate compared to the district's 57.22% and California's 55.73%. However, the data also reveals concerning trends across the schools, such as high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 10% at Riverside STEM Academy to 77.1% at Abraham Lincoln Continuation High School, as well as elevated dropout rates, particularly at the alternative and continuation high school.
The wide performance gap between the top-performing Riverside STEM Academy and the lower-performing schools highlights the need for more equitable resource allocation and targeted interventions to support struggling schools. Additionally, addressing the root causes of student disengagement, as evidenced by the high chronic absenteeism and dropout rates, should be a priority for the district. The relatively strong performance of John W. North High and the charter school, REACH Leadership STEAM Academy, suggest that the district may have some effective practices that could be scaled to other schools.
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