Riverside

Best Riverside suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·60 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Temecula City Hall located in Old Town Temecula.
Temecula$680k median · 36.3 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living C+Residents inactive
64
Schools score
overall 60 C
2
Murrieta City Hall
Murrieta$640k median · 37.4 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living CResidents inactive
63
Schools score
overall 57 C−
3
Chino Airport's three runways (which are 3/21, 8L/26R, 8R, 26L) can be seen in the center of the image. In the immediate foreground (right) and adjacent to the
Chino$683k median · 33.1 min commute
Schools CCost of living C+Residents inactive
62
Schools score
overall 52 D+
4
The Chino Hills (landform) and skyline of Chino Hills (city) — with the Pomona Valley beyond and the San Gabriel Mountains rising in the background. Located in
Chino Hills$875k median · 36.1 min commute
Schools CCost of living CResidents inactive
61
Schools score
overall 49 D+
5
French Valley, California. This image was captured in the Inland Valleys EPA Level IV Ecoregion (85k) and faces the Inland Hills EPA Level IV Ecoregion (85l), b
French Valley$680k median · 41.4 min commute
Schools CCost of living D+Residents inactive
61
Schools score
overall 54 C−
6
Lake Norconian Pavilion and Norconian Hotel, Norco, California This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Place
Norco$782k median · 36.5 min commute
Schools CCost of living C+Residents inactive
60
Schools score
overall 53 C−
7
Virginia Dare Winery Office Park
Rancho Cucamonga$740k median · 32.3 min commute
Schools CCost of living B−Residents inactive
59
Schools score
overall 60 C
8
(1 in a multiple picture album) I take a lot of pictures of this chapel because . . . I like it.
Redlands$619k median · 24.9 min commute
Schools CCost of living C+Residents inactive
59
Schools score
overall 62 C
9
A View of Corona, California, view looking north-northwest. The Interstate 15 and California State Route 91 interchange is picture in the foreground (bottom lef
Corona$701k median · 34.3 min commute
Schools CCost of living C+Residents inactive
59
Schools score
overall 57 C−
10
Upland City Hall (left) and Upland Public Library (right). The statue of en:George Chaffey is visible on the far left. Taken June 18, 2006.
Upland$739k median · 31.1 min commute
Schools C−Cost of living B−Residents inactive
57
Schools score
overall 60 C
This list's weighting
Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Temecula (Davishan99 · CC BY-SA 3.0); Murrieta (Z3lvs · CC0); Chino (Platinummedia · CC BY-SA 4.0); Chino Hills (Ab189 · CC BY-SA 3.0); French Valley (Z3lvs · CC0); Norco (Rdt8888 · Public domain); Rancho Cucamonga (Jordan W. · CC BY-SA 3.0); Redlands (Don Graham from Redlands, CA, USA - God bless it! · CC BY-SA 2.0); Corona (FredBren · Public domain); Upland (Rockero · CC BY-SA 3.0).