El Rancho High

As a high-enrollment 9-12 campus in Pico Rivera, California, El Rancho High teaches 1,995 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by El Rancho Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 138% above the state mean of about 838.

El Rancho High is one of 13 schools operated by El Rancho Unified, a district that hosts 6,716 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, El Rancho High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, El Rancho High shows 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting El Rancho High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), El Rancho High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), El Rancho High is one campus in the mix.

Ruben Salazar Continuation is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, El Rancho High comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 39.2%.

El Rancho High operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at El Rancho High has declined 18%, going from 2,433 students in 2018 to 1,995 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 today.

On this page, members of the El Rancho High community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.