Rancho Elementary

Rancho Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Temecula, California, operated by Temecula Valley Unified. Current enrollment sits at 484 students spanning grades K through 5.

Across the 30 schools in Temecula Valley Unified (26,274 students total), Rancho Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Rancho Elementary reports that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 41% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, Rancho Elementary lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Rancho Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, Rancho Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.4%, the actual is 54.3%, a residual of -6.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Riverside County shows median household income runs about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Rancho Elementary is one.

Margarita Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rancho Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rancho Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 53.3%.

Rancho Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 514 students in 2018 compared to 484 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 42% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, members of the Rancho Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.