North Ranchito Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 18% |
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.0% | 23.2% | 18.7% | 38.1% |
| Math | 10.3% | 25.8% | 24.5% | 39.4% |
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 36.1% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 27.4% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 24.7% |
| 2021-22 | 30.3% | 26.0% |
| 2018-19 | 46.5% | 39.5% |
| 2017-18 | 43.5% | 34.8% |
| 2016-17 | 38.8% | 28.3% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 18.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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%.
Where North Ranchito Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #2,870 of 5,151 | #714 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #2,630 of 5,172 | #669 of 1,129 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #2,623 of 5,172 | #636 of 1,129 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #435 of 5,116 | #167 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #4,587 of 5,915 | #1,010 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,819 of 5,352 | #719 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.9% | #5,200 of 5,354 | #1,163 of 1,214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.8% | #702 of 3,837 | #291 of 947 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 319 | 14 | 22.8:1 | 85% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 334 | 14.5 | 23.0:1 | 87% (292) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 15.5 | 23.7:1 | 86% (314) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 18 | 24.6:1 | 82% (362) |
About North Ranchito Elementary
North Ranchito Elementary, located in Pico Rivera, California, is a small elementary school. The school enrolls 319 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
El Rancho Unified enrolls 6,716 students in 13 schools, including North Ranchito Elementary.
Most students at North Ranchito Elementary are Hispanic: 97% of enrollment. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at North Ranchito Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 5%.
The school reports 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 22.8 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 85% of students. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
A school with North Ranchito Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 29.6%. North Ranchito Elementary scores 36.0%, 6.4 points above that line.
Los Angeles County has about 9,808,667 residents, and median household income is about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
The closest other public school is Montebello Gardens Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, North Ranchito Elementary is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 319, 28% below the 442 of 2017-18. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 22.8:1, from 24.6:1.
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