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Enrollment
1,705
Middle
DISTRICT 880 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWEETWATER UNION HIGH·NCES 063864007348
Rancho del Rey Middle
1174 East J St., Chula Vista, CA 91910 · (619) 397-2500 · San Diego County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,705 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of California public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
474 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 905 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 800 | 47% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
69.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.7pp since 2014
Math
49.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 31.7% | 38.0% | 17.7% | 12.6% |
| Math | 27.5% | 21.6% | 24.7% | 26.3% |
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 | 69.7% | 49.1% |
| 2023-24 | 62.3% | 49.2% |
| 2022-23 | 63.9% | 42.7% |
| 2021-22 | 66.5% | 43.6% |
| 2020-21 | 71.0% | 51.4% |
| 2018-19 | 69.1% | 51.6% |
| 2017-18 | 67.7% | 50.4% |
| 2016-17 | 67.5% | 48.8% |
| 2015-16 | 66.0% | 47.0% |
| 2014-15 | 65.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 del Rey Middle
Rancho del Rey Middle's state test result (57.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho del Rey Middle this school | 1,705 | 27.8% | 57.6% |
| Eastlake Middle Chula Vista | 1,613 | 25.4% | 54.9% |
| Etiwanda Intermediate Etiwanda | 1,181 | 32.9% | 57.0% |
| Heritage Intermediate Fontana | 1,175 | 32.9% | 54.3% |
| Ramona Middle San Dimas | 1,371 | 30.8% | 68.3% |
| Day Creek Intermediate Etiwanda | 1,326 | 19.8% | 77.0% |
Matched among California middle 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 del Rey Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #252 of 1,224 | #26 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #277 of 1,227 ▼ 13 | #26 of 92 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #186 of 1,227 ▲ 77 | #20 of 92 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #375 of 1,214 | #21 of 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,705 | #5 of 1,377 | #1 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #1,018 of 1,279 | #81 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #241 of 1,278 | #26 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #1,162 of 1,329 | #83 of 102 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #930 of 930 | #73 of 73 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,705
-17 (-1%) vs 2020
+31% since 2000-01, when it was 1,298
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 26.1:1
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 | 1,705 | 72.6 | 23.5:1 | 28% (474) |
| 2023-24 | 1,625 | 66 | 24.6:1 | 28% (459) |
| 2022-23 | 1,606 | 61.8 | 26.0:1 | 25% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 1,722 | 66 | 26.1:1 | 27% (460) |
| 2017-18 | 1,708 | 68.6 | 24.9:1 | 30% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 1,746 | 65 | 26.9:1 | 29% (504) |
| 2010-11 | 1,633 | N/A | N/A | 26% (420) |
| 2000-01 | 1,298 | 54 | 24.0:1 | 13% (170) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rancho del Rey Middle.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,708 to 1,705); teachers up 6% (68.6 to 72.6).
About Rancho del Rey Middle
Chula Vista, California, is home to Rancho del Rey Middle, a large middle school. The school counts 1,705 students across grades 7 through 8. The school's enrollment is 159% above the 659 average for middle schools in California.
A total of 28 schools make up Sweetwater Union High, with 33,517 students enrolled.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Rancho del Rey Middle. The largest is Hispanic students, at 49%. Other students are 27% Asian, 8% White, 7% multiracial, and 7% Black. That is higher than the 35% Hispanic share among all San Diego County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Rancho del Rey Middle operates with 72.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 23.5:1. That is higher than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. About 28% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County is 26 points.
Rancho del Rey Middle is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 69% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Rancho del Rey Middle is 5.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (57.6% versus 63.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Among San Diego County residents, the median household income is $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Rancho del Rey Middle is one of 766 public schools in the county.
Casillas (Joseph) Elementary is located about 0.1 miles from Rancho del Rey Middle. The five-mile area around Rancho del Rey Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 56.6%, lower than Rancho del Rey Middle's 57.6%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 1,705, starting from 1,722. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 23.5:1, from 26.1:1.
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San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sweetwater Union High
- Eastlake HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Otay Ranch Senior HighHigh · 2,440 students
- Sweetwater HighHigh · 2,290 students
- Olympian HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Bonita Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,960 students
- San Ysidro HighHigh · 1,941 students
Other schools in Chula Vista
- Eastlake HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Otay Ranch Senior HighHigh · 2,440 students
- Olympian HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Bonita Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,960 students
- Chula Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,864 students
- Hilltop Senior HighHigh · 1,771 students
Nearby schools
- Casillas (Joseph) Elementary0.1 mi · 431
- Chula Vista Hills Elementary0.6 mi · 430
- Heritage Elementary0.7 mi · 732
- Discovery Charter1.0 mi · 945
- Hedenkamp (Anne and William) Elementary1.0 mi · 855
- Otay Ranch Senior High1.2 mi · 2,440
Frequently asked questions
About Rancho del Rey MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Rancho del Rey Middle?
Rancho del Rey Middle enrolls approximately 1,705 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Rancho del Rey Middle serve?
Rancho del Rey Middle serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Rancho del Rey Middle?
Approximately 23.5:1 students per teacher at Rancho del Rey Middle.
How diverse is Rancho del Rey Middle?
Rancho del Rey Middle reports a student body of 8% White, 49% Hispanic, 7% Black, 27% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Rancho del Rey Middle?
Rancho del Rey Middle is overseen by Sweetwater Union High in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.