Rancho del Rey Middle

Set in Chula Vista, California, Rancho del Rey Middle is an expansive middle-grades school, one of the schools within Sweetwater Union High. It hosts 1,705 students across grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 159% above the state mean of about 659.

Sweetwater Union High runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 33,517 students. Rancho del Rey Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Rancho del Rey Middle shows that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% Asian, 8% White, 7% multiracial, 7% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Rancho del Rey Middle logs 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Rancho del Rey Middle higher than the state norm the norm. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Rancho del Rey Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.0%, the actual is 55.8%, a residual of -7.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (San Diego County) records that median household earnings sit near $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Rancho del Rey Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Casillas (Joseph) Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rancho del Rey Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rancho del Rey Middle has held roughly steady, going from 1,708 students in 2018 to 1,705 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 today.

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