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What advice would you give to incoming students at Los Ranchos Elementary?
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Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN LUIS COASTAL UNIFIED·NCES 063480005874
Los Ranchos Elementary
5785 Los Ranchos Rd., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 · (805) 596-4075 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
123 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 113 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 98% larger than its 6th grade class (57).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Los Ranchos Elementary→Laguna Middle
Based on grade levels within San Luis Coastal Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
67.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.8pp since 2014
Math
66.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.6% | 27.2% | 16.9% | 15.3% |
| Math | 38.9% | 27.2% | 18.1% | 15.8% |
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 | 67.8% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.4% | 69.3% |
| 2022-23 | 70.1% | 73.9% |
| 2021-22 | 64.7% | 70.8% |
| 2020-21 | 65.8% | 59.7% |
| 2018-19 | 81.2% | 81.2% |
| 2017-18 | 79.1% | 77.1% |
| 2016-17 | 69.5% | 76.3% |
| 2015-16 | 70.0% | 72.0% |
| 2014-15 | 66.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
68.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Los Ranchos Elementary
Los Ranchos Elementary's state test result (68.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Ranchos Elementary this school | 521 | 23.6% | 68.6% |
| Round Meadow Elementary Calabasas | 513 | 22.2% | 70.4% |
| Mariners Elementary Newport Beach | 573 | 21.6% | 72.2% |
| Hesby Oaks Leadership Charter Encino | 494 | 22.3% | 73.6% |
| John Malcom Elementary Laguna Niguel | 553 | 24.6% | 66.9% |
| Magnolia Elementary Carlsbad | 488 | 21.1% | 80.3% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Los Ranchos Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #718 of 5,151 | #5 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #776 of 5,172 ▼ 132 | #3 of 37 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #868 of 5,172 ▼ 228 | #8 of 37 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #1,554 of 5,116 | #9 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #2,191 of 5,915 | #7 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,721 of 5,352 | #21 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #2,852 of 5,354 | #26 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.6% | #5,018 of 5,625 | #36 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.0% | #392 of 1,139 | #4 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
521
+149 (+40%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 521 | 23 | 22.6:1 | 24% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 22 | 22.8:1 | 21% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 19 | 23.7:1 | 20% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 17 | 21.9:1 | 19% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 19 | 24.1:1 | 19% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 19 | 25.4:1 | 16% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | N/A | N/A | 13% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 25 | 19.6:1 | 7% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 523 | 20 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Ranchos Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (457 to 521); teachers up 21% (19 to 23).
About Los Ranchos Elementary
Los Ranchos Elementary is a public medium-sized elementary school in San Luis Obispo, California. The school reports 521 students in kindergarten through 6.
San Luis Coastal Unified includes 16 schools. Together they enroll 7,653 students.
White students account for 69% of enrollment at Los Ranchos Elementary. Smaller groups are 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 5% Asian. For comparison, San Luis Obispo County is about 69% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Los Ranchos Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
Its teaching staff equals 23 full-time positions, a ratio of 22.6:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 24%. That rate is below the 54% average among public schools in San Luis Obispo County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Los Ranchos Elementary receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Los Ranchos Elementary is 2.9 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 68.6% actual, 65.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
San Luis Obispo County has these Census figures: median household income is about $97,446, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Los Ranchos Elementary is among the 83 public schools in San Luis Obispo County.
The closest public school to Los Ranchos Elementary is Sinsheimer Elementary, about 3.6 miles away. Within five miles of Los Ranchos Elementary, there are 6 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Los Ranchos Elementary is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
Los Ranchos Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Small.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 521 was 40% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 372.
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San Luis Obispo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,555
Census ACS
Median income
$97,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
33,339 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Luis Coastal Unified
- San Luis Obispo HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Laguna MiddleMiddle · 780 students
- Morro Bay HighHigh · 751 students
- C L Smith ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- Los Osos MiddleMiddle · 494 students
- Pacheco ElementaryElementary · 488 students
Other schools in San Luis Obispo
- San Luis Obispo HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Laguna MiddleMiddle · 780 students
- C L Smith ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- Pacheco ElementaryElementary · 488 students
- Hawthorne ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Sinsheimer ElementaryElementary · 401 students
Other Los Ranchos Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Los Ranchos Elementary. Los Ranchos Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- LOS RANCHOS ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUE, NM · 194 students
Nearby schools
- Sinsheimer Elementary3.6 mi · 401
- Hawthorne Elementary4.1 mi · 437
- Pacific Beach High4.4 mi · 62
- PEEP - PREPARE4.6 mi · 25
- San Luis Obispo High4.7 mi · 1,678
- C L Smith Elementary4.8 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Los Ranchos ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Los Ranchos Elementary?
Los Ranchos Elementary enrolls approximately 521 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Los Ranchos Elementary serve?
Los Ranchos Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Los Ranchos Elementary have?
Los Ranchos Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Los Ranchos Elementary?
Student demographics at Los Ranchos Elementary are roughly 69% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Los Ranchos Elementary public or private?
Los Ranchos Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Luis Coastal Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.