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What's the most underrated thing about Marengo Ranch Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 444 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALT JOINT UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061479007238
Marengo Ranch Elementary
1000 Elk Hills Dr., Galt, CA 95632 · (209) 745-5470 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
223 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (79).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Marengo Ranch Elementary→Robert L. McCaffrey Middle
Based on grade levels within Galt Joint Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
56.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.2pp since 2014
Math
43.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.3% | 34.0% | 23.8% | 20.0% |
| Math | 17.0% | 26.0% | 34.7% | 22.3% |
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 | 56.2% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.2% | 44.1% |
| 2022-23 | 52.9% | 49.3% |
| 2021-22 | 53.7% | 42.6% |
| 2018-19 | 55.9% | 38.9% |
| 2017-18 | 51.2% | 38.4% |
| 2016-17 | 38.6% | 34.6% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Marengo Ranch Elementary
Marengo Ranch Elementary's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marengo Ranch Elementary this school | 448 | 49.8% | 50.3% |
| Lake Canyon Elementary Galt | 466 | 51.1% | 49.6% |
| Waggoner Elementary Winters | 406 | 51.0% | N/A |
| Tree of Life International Charter Anderson | 402 | 51.2% | N/A |
| Pacheco Elementary San Luis Obispo | 488 | 47.7% | 54.6% |
| Zamora Elementary Woodland | 409 | 52.1% | 56.4% |
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 Marengo Ranch Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #1,704 of 5,151 | #61 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #2,062 of 5,172 ▼ 181 | #75 of 217 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #1,597 of 5,172 ▼ 117 | #59 of 217 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #2,828 of 5,116 | #104 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #3,055 of 5,915 | #131 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #2,515 of 5,352 | #75 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #2,078 of 5,354 | #195 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #3,921 of 5,625 | #169 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #1,747 of 3,837 | #49 of 145 |
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
448
-77 (-15%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 757
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 448 | 20 | 22.4:1 | 50% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 21 | 22.6:1 | 51% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 19 | 23.6:1 | 44% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 27 | 19.4:1 | 41% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 25.2 | 21.4:1 | 41% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 25 | 22.5:1 | 42% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 657 | N/A | N/A | 51% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 757 | 39 | 19.4:1 | 28% (212) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marengo Ranch Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (541 to 448); teachers down 21% (25.2 to 20).
About Marengo Ranch Elementary
Marengo Ranch Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Galt, California. It enrolls 448 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 6.
Marengo Ranch Elementary belongs to Galt Joint Union Elementary, a district of 7 schools and 3,441 students.
More than half of enrollment at Marengo Ranch Elementary is Hispanic: 55%. The next largest groups are 34% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 31 points above the 24% share among Sacramento County residents. The diversity index for Marengo Ranch Elementary is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Marengo Ranch Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1, with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 50% at Marengo Ranch Elementary. Among public schools in Sacramento County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Marengo Ranch Elementary is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 50.3% actual, 50.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Sacramento County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $92,175 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Sacramento County number 387, with about 259,342 students.
Robert L. McCaffrey Middle is about 0.3 miles from Marengo Ranch Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Marengo Ranch Elementary comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Marengo Ranch Elementary as Town: Fringe.
Enrollment was 448 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 525. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 19.4:1 in 2020-21 to 22.4:1 in 2024-25.
The Marengo Ranch Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Sacramento County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,594,006
Census ACS
Median income
$92,175
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
387
259,342 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Galt Joint Union Elementary
- Robert L. McCaffrey MiddleMiddle · 779 students
- Vernon E. Greer ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Valley Oaks ElementaryElementary · 541 students
- River Oaks ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Lake Canyon ElementaryElementary · 466 students
- Fairsite ElementaryElementary · 160 students
Other schools in Galt
- Galt HighHigh · 959 students
- Liberty Ranch HighHigh · 899 students
- Robert L. McCaffrey MiddleMiddle · 779 students
- Vernon E. Greer ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Valley Oaks ElementaryElementary · 541 students
- River Oaks ElementaryElementary · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Robert L. McCaffrey Middle0.3 mi · 779
- Liberty Ranch High0.5 mi · 899
- Lake Canyon Elementary0.6 mi · 466
- River Oaks Elementary0.6 mi · 505
- Estrellita Continuation High0.9 mi · 76
- Galt High1.9 mi · 959
Frequently asked questions
About Marengo Ranch ElementaryHow many students attend Marengo Ranch Elementary?
Marengo Ranch Elementary enrolls approximately 448 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Marengo Ranch Elementary serve?
Marengo Ranch Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Marengo Ranch Elementary?
Approximately 22.4:1 students per teacher at Marengo Ranch Elementary.
How diverse is Marengo Ranch Elementary?
Marengo Ranch Elementary reports a student body of 34% White, 55% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Marengo Ranch Elementary?
Marengo Ranch Elementary is overseen by Galt Joint Union Elementary in Sacramento County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.