At Home in Riverside

Riverside Unified School District

3380 Fourteenth Street
Riverside, California 92501
(951) 788‐7135

Superintendent of Schools Dr. David Hansen

Board of Education

• Dr. Angelov Farooq
• Brent Lee
• Kathy Allavie
• Tom Hunt
• Patricia Lock-Dawson

Website: www.riversideunified.org

District Facts:

• RUSD is a leader in Innovation in Education, offering online learning through the Riverside Virtual School and state-of-the art technology in classrooms throughout the district.
• RUSD was among the first districts in California to include digital textbooks as supplemental learning materials.
• The Riverside Unified School District includes 48 schools and also offers a comprehensive adult education program.
• RUSD is the 15th largest district in California and encompasses approximately 92 square miles.
• Total enrollment is approximately 42,000 K-12 students and nearly 7,000 Adult Education students.
• RUSD‘s 47 schools include 30 elementary schools, 1 special education preschool, 6 middle schools (grades 7-8), 5 comprehensive high schools, 2 continuation high schools, 2 alternative schools and the Riverside Virtual School.
• RUSD maintains one of the largest Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) programs in the nation.
• RUSD students have garnered numerous regional, state and national awards in Mock Trial, Science Fair, History Day, and Envirothon competitions.
• RUSD employs approximately 5,000 classified and certificated employees.
• In 1965, Riverside Unified was the first district in the nation to voluntarily integrate its schools
• More than 40 languages are spoken by RUSD students and their families.

Things You Should Know About Riverside Unified:

• RUSD schools have innumerable State and National academic titles and athletic championships.
• 26 RUSD schools have been honored as California Distinguished Schools. Some schools have been honored multiple times.
• 3 RUSD schools have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools.
• 79 percent of 2008 graduates who participated in a postgraduation survey (a total of 1,962 students) reported that they were enrolled in college.