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Enrollment
1,995
High
DISTRICT 1,087 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL RANCHO UNIFIED·NCES 061218001372
El Rancho High
6501 South Passons Blvd., Pico Rivera, CA 90660 · (562) 801-7500 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,995 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of California public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
90 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
1,474 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 510 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 512 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 468 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 505 | 25% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
61.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.5pp since 2014
Math
28.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.0% | 33.6% | 22.1% | 16.3% |
| Math | 11.5% | 17.4% | 18.1% | 53.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.5% | 28.9% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 27.4% |
| 2022-23 | 58.7% | 20.5% |
| 2021-22 | 61.8% | 21.8% |
| 2020-21 | 61.6% | 37.3% |
| 2018-19 | 56.3% | 30.6% |
| 2017-18 | 59.5% | 29.9% |
| 2016-17 | 62.2% | 33.7% |
| 2015-16 | 67.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 56.0% | 25.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like El Rancho High
El Rancho High's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Rancho High this school | 1,995 | 73.9% | 46.0% |
| Central Union High El Centro | 2,006 | 72.6% | 38.2% |
| Southwest High El Centro | 1,846 | 72.1% | 36.9% |
| Brawley Union High Brawley | 1,863 | 70.7% | 44.0% |
| Dinuba High Dinuba | 2,115 | 76.5% | 43.6% |
| Santa Fe High Santa Fe Springs | 1,865 | 77.6% | 56.0% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where El Rancho High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #390 of 1,052 | #87 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #454 of 1,056 ▼ 35 | #107 of 229 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #436 of 1,056 ▼ 122 | #98 of 229 ▼ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #436 of 1,044 | #125 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,995 | #292 of 2,093 | #59 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #906 of 1,352 | #264 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.9% | #1,293 of 1,351 | #326 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.9% | #779 of 1,575 | #269 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #213 of 802 | #86 of 227 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,995
-310 (-13%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 2,765
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 24.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,995 | 89.6 | 22.3:1 | 74% (1,474) |
| 2023-24 | 2,104 | 87.5 | 24.1:1 | 79% (1,655) |
| 2022-23 | 2,244 | 91.7 | 24.5:1 | 73% (1,647) |
| 2020-21 | 2,305 | 94 | 24.5:1 | 65% (1,493) |
| 2017-18 | 2,433 | 102.2 | 23.8:1 | 66% (1,612) |
| 2015-16 | 2,635 | 107 | 24.6:1 | 74% (1,958) |
| 2010-11 | 3,180 | N/A | N/A | 58% (1,832) |
| 2000-01 | 2,952 | 134 | 22.0:1 | 52% (1,542) |
| 1990-91 | 2,765 | 118 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for El Rancho High.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (2,433 to 1,995); teachers down 12% (102.2 to 89.6).
About El Rancho High
Among the schools in Pico Rivera, California, is El Rancho High, a large high school. School enrollment was 1,995 students in 2024-25, in grades 9 through 12. The average among high schools in California is roughly 838 students; this school is 138% larger than that.
The El Rancho Unified system has 13 schools and 6,716 students.
At El Rancho High, Hispanic students make up 97% of the student body. Los Angeles County's residents are about 48% Hispanic, 49 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at El Rancho High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 6%.
El Rancho High's 89.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 22.3:1. That ratio is over the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 74%.
allk12 grades El Rancho High an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
El Rancho High posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.0%, compared with a predicted 36.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Los Angeles County show that median household income is about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. El Rancho High is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
The closest public school to El Rancho High is Ruben Salazar Continuation, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of El Rancho High, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, El Rancho High ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes El Rancho High as Suburb: Large.
El Rancho High had 2,305 students in 2020-21 and 1,995 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease. The ratio of students to teachers went from 24.5:1 to 22.3:1 over the same years.
The El Rancho High community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in El Rancho Unified
- Rivera MiddleMiddle · 544 students
- STEAM Academy @ BurkeMiddle · 534 students
- North Park Academy of the ArtsMiddle · 512 students
- Rivera ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Valencia Academy of the ArtsElementary · 398 students
- Magee Academy of Arts & SciencesElementary · 376 students
Other schools in Pico Rivera
- Rivera MiddleMiddle · 544 students
- STEAM Academy @ BurkeMiddle · 534 students
- North Park Academy of the ArtsMiddle · 512 students
- Rivera ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Valencia Academy of the ArtsElementary · 398 students
- Magee Academy of Arts & SciencesElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Ruben Salazar Continuation0.3 mi · 178
- Valencia Academy of the Arts0.4 mi · 398
- Rio Vista Elementary0.5 mi · 370
- Rivera Middle0.6 mi · 544
- Rivera Elementary0.7 mi · 473
- South Ranchito Dual Language Academy0.9 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About El Rancho HighHow many students attend El Rancho High?
El Rancho High enrolls approximately 1,995 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does El Rancho High serve?
El Rancho High serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at El Rancho High?
Approximately 22.3:1 students per teacher at El Rancho High.
How diverse is El Rancho High?
El Rancho High reports a student body of 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees El Rancho High?
El Rancho High is overseen by El Rancho Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.