The top reported proficiency rate is 12% in Social studies. The lowest is 0% in Science.
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This is California School for the Deaf-Riverside, a school district serving a small student population across kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district operates a single school, California School for the Deaf-Riverside, enrolling a student body that is majority Hispanic, with a substantial share of white students and smaller populations of Asian, Black, and multiracial students. The student body is composed entirely of deaf students, which defines the school's academic pathway, peer environment, and instructional approach.
State assessment data in the 2024-25 school year show proficiency rates that are exceptionally low across mathematics, English language arts, and science. In mathematics, proficiency ranges from essentially zero in grades three through five and eighth grade to single-digit rates in grades six and seven. In English language arts, proficiency is zero through grade six, then in the single digits in grades seven and eight. In science, no students achieved proficiency in grades five or eight. These results fall in the bottom quartile among Riverside County's districts on overall proficiency. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, as it is important to understand what instructional supports, curriculum adaptations, and assessment accommodations are in place for deaf students, and how the school's results reflect both the population it serves and its academic program.
A social studies assessment from 2012-13, the most recent available, showed similarly low proficiency rates. More recent trend data are not available; state testing data for this district are limited, and the single year of current-year assessment results does not permit trend analysis.
The school does not report a graduation rate or completion data in the sources available. The district's chronic absenteeism rate is below the midpoint among Riverside County's districts, suggesting attendance is a relative strength.
The district has been shaped by two significant Measure O bond-funded construction projects. A new Casa Blanca Elementary School opened for the 2025-26 school year as the district's first facility designed with STEAM integration as a foundational concept, featuring project-based learning, learning labs, and open terrace spaces. A second elementary school, the Ofelia Valdez-Yeager Eastside Elementary, broke ground in September 2025 and is scheduled to open in fall 2028; when it does, substantial attendance boundary changes will redirect elementary students across the district. A planned expansion of the Riverside STEM Academy high school, in development for roughly a decade, was shelved in May 2026 following a state audit; the audit found the district's use of bond funds was legal but lacked transparency, and facility deficiencies at the existing STEM Academy campus remain unresolved. The district is also implementing California's Proposition 28 arts and music funding to expand arts programs across all grade levels, with staffing expansion required.
Families enrolling in this district are choosing a school that serves deaf students exclusively. Understanding the school's specialized curricula, communication approaches, accessibility features, and student outcomes requires direct conversation with the school itself, as the broad academic metrics available do not capture the school's specific mission or the outcomes most relevant to deaf student achievement.
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