Patricia Beatty Elementary School

This school is behind in education. After transferring to RUSD, my son struggled to keep up with the rest of the students. I regret keeping him at Ina for 5 years. He was one of the top in his class at Ina and now he needs extra tutoring. His new Riverside teacher said that he has 3rd grade education. He is in 5th. I do not recommend this school.

I moved my knids in the middle of there 1st and 4th grade year, they were so far behind at there old school and thanks to West Riverside School and all there grate teachers, my kids have learned so much. Proud Parent Of Emily & Guillermo Maravilla

This school changed a lot in recent years. I know that the pandemic affected many schools. I heard that after schools reopened this school lost almost 40% of their student body. Before the pandemic there were a lot of community activities (after school classes, Friday events that included parents, and musical performances). Those have all stopped during the past few years (2021-2023). I understand it is hard to ramp those things back up. More concerning to me is that my child’s classroom this past year seemed pretty out of control. She would tell me stories about kids who were acting out, cursing out the principal and things like that. Again, I realize that some of these might be global problems due to schools closing and causing developmental problems for kids. But overall, it seems like a different school than it was 5 years ago.

UPDATED REVIEW 2022.We love this school, teachers are great. My daughter has shown major improvement. I can't wait for my son to start school here.

In love with this school and so are my kids! Great teachers and principal.

Unfortunately, this school has been closed permanently. My child attended before we moved and loved this school. Unfortunately, it was attempted to expand this school too fast without sufficient and steady levels of enrollment and finances. It makes me sad that this school is no more, it was a little gem among many mediocre schools in Riverside.

We've had a really great experience at St Francis. We are new this year and have received a warm welcome, and our kids are doing great and really enjoy attending, the teachers and admins have been nothing short of exceptional. One of my sons goes to speech therapy and they've been very accommodating with his therapies, and when he's struggled in subjects they've offered him tutoring to help. The small class sizes is one of the main reasons I chose this school besides the faith-based learning which aligns with my family's values. If anyone is on the fence about enrolling, I'd encourage them to give it a try. After we toured the school we immediately enrolled and I'm very pleased with our decision to do so.