Gale Ranch Middle

Gale Ranch Middle operates as a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in San Ramon, California, operated by San Ramon Valley Unified. Current enrollment sits at 971 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Gale Ranch Middle sits 47% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 36 schools in San Ramon Valley Unified (28,554 students total), Gale Ranch Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Gale Ranch Middle logs that the largest single group is Asian, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 8% Hispanic, 8% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Gale Ranch Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Contra Costa County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gale Ranch Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Contra Costa County indicate median household earnings sit near $127,229, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Gale Ranch Middle is one of 280 public schools in Contra Costa County (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students).

Venture (Alternative) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gale Ranch Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gale Ranch Middle at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 80.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Gale Ranch Middle's enrollment has fell 23% since 2018, when it stood at 1,257 (now 971). White enrollment moved from 16% to 8% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 today.

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