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Enrollment
3,221
High
DISTRICT 2,004 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAFFEY JOINT UNION HIGH·NCES 060816001122
Rancho Cucamonga High
11801 Lark Dr., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701 · (909) 989-1600 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,221 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of California public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
128 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
1,849 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 782 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 850 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 820 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 769 | 24% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
74.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.3pp since 2014
Math
43.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 75 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 down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 44.7% | 30.0% | 14.4% | 10.8% |
| Math | 21.6% | 21.6% | 26.1% | 30.7% |
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 | 74.7% | 43.2% |
| 2023-24 | 73.5% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.6% | 41.7% |
| 2021-22 | 74.2% | 38.7% |
| 2020-21 | 81.7% | 57.6% |
| 2018-19 | 81.6% | 52.2% |
| 2017-18 | 77.2% | 46.9% |
| 2016-17 | 79.4% | 46.7% |
| 2015-16 | 84.0% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 81.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Rancho Cucamonga High
Rancho Cucamonga High's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Cucamonga High this school | 3,221 | 57.4% | 57.4% |
| Etiwanda High Etiwanda | 3,446 | 54.5% | 60.0% |
| Polytechnic High Long Beach | 3,890 | 59.2% | 40.0% |
| Wilson High Long Beach | 3,349 | 55.7% | 34.5% |
| Liberty High Winchester | 2,537 | 53.4% | 40.1% |
| C. K. McClatchy High Sacramento | 2,569 | 50.3% | 34.8% |
Matched among California high 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 Rancho Cucamonga High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #213 of 1,052 | #6 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #233 of 1,056 ▲ 47 | #9 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #170 of 1,056 ▲ 8 | #6 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #489 of 1,044 | #41 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,221 | #16 of 2,093 | #2 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.1:1 | #1,220 of 1,352 | #66 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #54 of 1,351 | #1 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.4% | #1,080 of 1,575 | #78 of 84 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #685 of 802 | #37 of 46 |
Ranked against other public high 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
3,221
-223 (-6%) vs 2020
+9% since 2000-01, when it was 2,949
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
was 25.9:1
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 | 3,221 | 128.3 | 25.1:1 | 57% (1,849) |
| 2023-24 | 3,343 | 128.2 | 26.1:1 | 37% (1,249) |
| 2022-23 | 3,264 | 132.3 | 24.7:1 | 32% (1,051) |
| 2020-21 | 3,444 | 133 | 25.9:1 | 42% (1,430) |
| 2017-18 | 3,339 | 135.7 | 24.6:1 | 42% (1,392) |
| 2015-16 | 3,444 | 125 | 27.6:1 | 43% (1,468) |
| 2010-11 | 3,153 | N/A | N/A | 28% (888) |
| 2000-01 | 2,949 | 115 | 25.6:1 | 9% (257) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rancho Cucamonga High.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (3,339 to 3,221); teachers down 5% (135.7 to 128.3).
About Rancho Cucamonga High
Rancho Cucamonga High is a large high school in California, located in Rancho Cucamonga. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 3,221 students. Statewide, high schools in California average about 838 students each.
The 11 schools in Chaffey Joint Union High enroll 22,040 students altogether, Rancho Cucamonga High among them.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Rancho Cucamonga High. The largest is Hispanic students, at 43%. The remaining shares are 20% White, 16% Asian, 14% Black, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of San Bernardino County's population at about 55%. Rancho Cucamonga High's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 128.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 25.1:1. That is 6.9 students per teacher above the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Rancho Cucamonga High is 57%. The rate at public schools in San Bernardino County averages 74%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Rancho Cucamonga High an A. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Rancho Cucamonga High posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.4%, compared with a predicted 45.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for San Bernardino County show that the median household income is $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rancho Cucamonga High is one of 583 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Rancho Cucamonga High. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Rancho Cucamonga High ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is down 6% from 2020-21, when Rancho Cucamonga High had 3,444 students, to 2024-25, when it had 3,221.
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San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chaffey Joint Union High
- Etiwanda HighHigh · 3,446 students
- Chaffey HighHigh · 3,127 students
- Los Osos HighHigh · 2,759 students
- Montclair HighHigh · 2,515 students
- Alta Loma HighHigh · 2,386 students
- Colony HighHigh · 2,109 students
Other schools in Rancho Cucamonga
- Los Osos HighHigh · 2,759 students
- Ruth Musser MiddleMiddle · 941 students
- Terra Vista ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Coyote Canyon ElementaryElementary · 817 students
- Rancho Cucamonga MiddleMiddle · 770 students
- Cucamonga MiddleMiddle · 662 students
Nearby schools
- Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary0.4 mi · 878
- Caryn Elementary0.7 mi · 553
- Windrows Elementary0.8 mi · 593
- Terra Vista Elementary1.0 mi · 855
- Los Osos High1.1 mi · 2,759
- Victoria Groves Elementary1.1 mi · 452
Frequently asked questions
About Rancho Cucamonga HighHow large is Rancho Cucamonga High?
Rancho Cucamonga High enrolls approximately 3,221 students in grades 09-12.
Is Rancho Cucamonga High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rancho Cucamonga High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rancho Cucamonga High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rancho Cucamonga High is approximately 25.1:1 (128 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rancho Cucamonga High?
At Rancho Cucamonga High, the student body is approximately 20% White, 43% Hispanic, 14% Black, 16% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Rancho Cucamonga High?
Rancho Cucamonga High is overseen by Chaffey Joint Union High in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.