Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA MESA-SPRING VALLEY·NCES 062025002442
Rancho Elementary
8845 Noeline Ave., Spring Valley, CA 91977 · (619) 668-5885 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
270 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 71 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 54% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
27.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -13.4pp since 2014
Math
17.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -19.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.6% | 17.1% | 13.0% | 59.4% |
| Math | 7.2% | 10.4% | 25.6% | 56.8% |
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 | 27.6% | 17.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.9% | 18.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.9% | 20.2% |
| 2021-22 | 41.7% | 19.2% |
| 2018-19 | 51.7% | 34.8% |
| 2017-18 | 51.1% | 25.8% |
| 2016-17 | 39.0% | 23.7% |
| 2015-16 | 45.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Elementary
Rancho Elementary's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Elementary this school | 324 | 83.3% | 22.0% |
| Bel Air Elementary Bay Point | 328 | 81.1% | 13.1% |
| Wilson Elementary Stockton | 346 | 85.5% | 15.5% |
| Ernie Pyle Elementary Bellflower | 341 | 80.9% | 39.6% |
| Calvert Charter for Enriched Studies Woodland Hills | 324 | 82.4% | 31.0% |
| Lemon Grove Academy Elementary Lemon Grove | 399 | 83.2% | 34.9% |
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 Rancho Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #4,389 of 5,151 | #353 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #4,510 of 5,172 ▼ 124 | #354 of 393 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #4,211 of 5,172 ▲ 103 | #340 of 393 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.8pp | #233 of 5,116 | #16 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #4,534 of 5,915 | #358 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,891 of 5,352 | #100 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #2,371 of 5,354 | #243 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.3% | #1,847 of 5,625 | #85 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #1,997 of 3,837 | #149 of 279 |
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
324
+15 (+5%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 324 | 15 | 21.6:1 | 83% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 16 | 22.3:1 | 72% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 14 | 24.7:1 | 79% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 12 | 25.8:1 | 78% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 15 | 25.5:1 | 75% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 15 | 26.3:1 | 80% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 364 | N/A | N/A | 75% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 567 | 29 | 19.6:1 | 52% (297) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 23 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rancho Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (382 to 324); teachers unchanged (15 to 15).
About Rancho Elementary
Among the schools in Spring Valley, California, is Rancho Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school. A total of 324 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 30% lower.
Rancho Elementary is one of 22 schools in La Mesa-Spring Valley, which enrolls 10,491 students in total.
Roughly 65% of students at Rancho Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups make up 11% Black, 8% White, 8% multiracial, and 6% Asian. County-wide, 35% of San Diego County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 21.6:1, with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 0.7 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 83% of enrollment. On average, public schools in San Diego County report 54%.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Rancho Elementary's results are 8.7 points below predicted: 22.0% against 30.7%.
San Diego County has about 3,288,774 residents, and the median household income is $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Rancho Elementary, San Diego County has 765 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Freese Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Rancho Elementary at 8th of 9.
Locale data from NCES put Rancho Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment has grown by 15 students since 2020-21, to 324. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 21.6:1, from 25.8:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 La Mesa-Spring Valley
- La Mesa Arts AcademyMiddle · 1,059 students
- Parkway Sports and Health Science AcademyMiddle · 897 students
- Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La PresaMiddle · 800 students
- Murdock ElementaryElementary · 608 students
- Spring Valley AcademyMiddle · 597 students
- Fletcher Hills ElementaryElementary · 540 students
Other schools in Spring Valley
- Steele Canyon HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 1,543 students
- Mount Miguel HighHigh · 1,539 students
- Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La PresaMiddle · 800 students
- Spring Valley AcademyMiddle · 597 students
- Kempton Street Literacy AcademyElementary · 480 students
Other Rancho Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Rancho Elementary. Rancho Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Rancho ElementaryTemecula, CA · 484 students
- Rancho ElementaryNovato, CA · 387 students
Nearby schools
- Freese Elementary0.7 mi · 280
- Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa0.8 mi · 800
- Kempton Street Literacy Academy0.9 mi · 480
- Audubon K-81.0 mi · 495
- Avondale Elementary1.0 mi · 291
- Mount Miguel High1.3 mi · 1,539
Frequently asked questions
About Rancho ElementaryHow large is Rancho Elementary?
Rancho Elementary enrolls approximately 324 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Rancho Elementary serve?
Rancho Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rancho Elementary?
Approximately 21.6:1 students per teacher at Rancho Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rancho Elementary?
At Rancho Elementary, the student body is approximately 8% White, 65% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Rancho Elementary?
Rancho Elementary is overseen by La Mesa-Spring Valley in San Diego County.
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