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Enrollment
971
Middle
DISTRICT 832 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063513012300
Gale Ranch Middle
6400 Main Branch Rd., San Ramon, CA 94582 · (925) 479-1500 · Contra Costa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL971 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of California public middle schools
- A+Test 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.
- B-Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
95 students
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 290 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 313 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 368 | 38% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
84.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.7pp since 2014
Math
79.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 50.2% | 34.5% | 9.8% | 5.5% |
| Math | 60.9% | 18.4% | 12.0% | 8.7% |
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 | 84.7% | 79.3% |
| 2023-24 | 82.3% | 73.1% |
| 2022-23 | 84.2% | 74.3% |
| 2021-22 | 83.8% | 75.0% |
| 2018-19 | 84.5% | 79.6% |
| 2017-18 | 82.5% | 77.9% |
| 2016-17 | 82.0% | 79.7% |
| 2015-16 | 85.0% | 79.0% |
| 2014-15 | 84.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
79.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Gale Ranch Middle
Gale Ranch Middle's state test result (79.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Ranch Middle this school | 971 | 9.8% | 79.9% |
| Windemere Ranch Middle San Ramon | 1,011 | 8.2% | 83.3% |
| John F. Kennedy Middle Cupertino | 880 | 15.7% | 90.8% |
| Chaboya Middle San Jose | 815 | 16.4% | 78.2% |
| Sam H. Lawson Middle Cupertino | 841 | 15.2% | 87.1% |
| Joaquin Miller Middle San Jose | 1,067 | 13.5% | 91.7% |
Matched among California middle 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 Gale Ranch Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #37 of 1,224 | #3 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #37 of 1,227 ▲ 24 | #4 of 42 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.7% | #30 of 1,227 ▲ 11 | #3 of 42 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #557 of 1,214 | #23 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 971 | #226 of 1,377 | #9 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #937 of 1,279 | #24 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #801 of 1,278 | #39 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.8% | #1,298 of 1,329 | #30 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #262 of 930 | #7 of 35 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
971
-171 (-15%) vs 2020
+39% since 2010-11, when it was 698
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 25.4:1
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 | 971 | 42.7 | 22.7:1 | 10% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 1,047 | 43.5 | 24.1:1 | 9% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 1,075 | 41.3 | 26.1:1 | 9% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 1,142 | 45 | 25.4:1 | 6% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 1,257 | 48.6 | 25.9:1 | 8% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 1,178 | 45 | 26.2:1 | 7% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | N/A | N/A | 7% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gale Ranch Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (1,257 to 971); teachers down 12% (48.6 to 42.7).
About Gale Ranch Middle
Gale Ranch Middle is a mid-sized middle school with an address in San Ramon, California. It reports enrollment of 971 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in California enroll around 659, and this school is 47% above that mark.
San Ramon Valley Unified runs Gale Ranch Middle along with 35 other schools, enrolling 28,554 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Gale Ranch Middle is 75% Asian. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic, 8% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Contra Costa County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at Gale Ranch Middle are from different groups.
Gale Ranch Middle reported 42.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 22.7:1. Middle schools in California average 20.7:1, 2.0 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 95 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 10% of enrollment. Public schools in Contra Costa County average 45%.
Gale Ranch Middle earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 92% of California public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Gale Ranch Middle is +6.1 points: 79.9% actual, 73.8% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Contra Costa County show that median household income comes to about $127,229, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Contra Costa County counts 280 public schools with about 167,423 students.
Del Amigo High (Continuation) is the nearest public school to Gale Ranch Middle, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Gale Ranch Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Gale Ranch Middle is ahead of the 79.5% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
Federal data place Gale Ranch Middle in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment fell by 15% across 4 years, from 1,142 in 2020-21 to 971 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 25.4:1 to 22.7:1.
This page is set up for the Gale Ranch Middle community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Ramon Valley Unified
- Dougherty Valley HighHigh · 3,039 students
- California HighHigh · 2,894 students
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 2,042 students
- San Ramon Valley HighHigh · 2,036 students
- Windemere Ranch MiddleMiddle · 1,011 students
- Pine Valley MiddleMiddle · 973 students
Other schools in San Ramon
- Dougherty Valley HighHigh · 3,039 students
- California HighHigh · 2,894 students
- Windemere Ranch MiddleMiddle · 1,011 students
- Pine Valley MiddleMiddle · 973 students
- Iron Horse MiddleMiddle · 939 students
- Quail Run ElementaryElementary · 744 students
Nearby schools
- Del Amigo High (Continuation)0.4 mi · 34
- Venture (Alternative)0.4 mi · 61
- Quail Run Elementary0.5 mi · 744
- Dougherty Valley High0.5 mi · 3,039
- Hidden Hills Elementary1.0 mi · 486
- Coyote Creek Elementary1.1 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Gale Ranch MiddleHow large is Gale Ranch Middle?
Gale Ranch Middle enrolls approximately 971 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Gale Ranch Middle serve?
Gale Ranch Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Gale Ranch Middle?
Approximately 22.7:1 students per teacher at Gale Ranch Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gale Ranch Middle?
At Gale Ranch Middle, the student body is approximately 8% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 75% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Gale Ranch Middle public or private?
Gale Ranch Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Ramon Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.