The district boundaries include the western portion of the City of Riverside, the eastern portion of the city of Corona, and segments of unincorporated parts of Riverside County, including Home Gardens. The district was established in 1896. The first elementary school is now Alvord Continuation High School. The district office moved in February 2016 to 9 KPC Parkway in Corona. The Instructional Materials Center, Warehouse, Nurses Office and Maintenance facilities remain at 10365 Keller Avenue in Riverside, California.
Southern California Railway Time Table No. 5 by Southern California Railway Employee Timetable 1890
Pacific Electric Corporate History 1885 – 1911 by Orange Empire Railway Museum
Pacific Electric Railway Names and Locations of Stops, Cross Streets and Important Points of Interest by O.A. Smith, Passenger Traffic Manager
Riverside County, California, Place Names Their Origins and Their Stories by Jane Davies Gunther 1984
Landmarks of Riverside and the Stories Behind Them by Tom Patterson 1964
Lech, Steve (2004). Along the Old Roads: A History of the Portion of Southern California that became Riverside County: 1772–1893. Riverside, CA: Steve Lech. p. 30. OCLC56035822.
A Colony for California: Riverside’s First Hundred Years by Tom Patterson 1971