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What's the most underrated thing about Rancho Romero Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063513005956
Rancho Romero Elementary
180 Hemme Ave., Alamo, CA 94507 · (925) 855-5700 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
30 students
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 125 | 27% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 87% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
54%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
78.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.6pp since 2014
Math
79.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 46.0% | 32.4% | 13.6% | 8.0% |
| Math | 49.3% | 30.5% | 14.1% | 6.1% |
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 | 78.4% | 79.8% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 74.6% |
| 2022-23 | 76.2% | 80.8% |
| 2021-22 | 77.7% | 82.1% |
| 2018-19 | 75.9% | 77.0% |
| 2017-18 | 73.8% | 77.8% |
| 2016-17 | 77.0% | 78.1% |
| 2015-16 | 77.0% | 78.0% |
| 2014-15 | 79.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
75.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Romero Elementary
Rancho Romero Elementary's state test result (75.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Romero Elementary this school | 469 | 6.4% | 75.7% |
| Montair Elementary Danville | 484 | 6.6% | 63.7% |
| Green Valley Elementary Danville | 484 | 3.1% | 73.8% |
| Vista Grande Elementary Danville | 544 | 4.4% | 74.5% |
| Pacific Elementary Manhattan Beach | 510 | 4.3% | 86.3% |
| Sleepy Hollow Elementary Orinda | 399 | 5.0% | 85.0% |
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 Romero Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #399 of 5,151 | #26 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #241 of 5,172 ▲ 184 | #20 of 153 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #341 of 5,172 ▲ 304 | #22 of 153 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #1,555 of 5,116 | #62 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #2,817 of 5,915 | #87 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #4,234 of 5,352 | #131 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #2,478 of 5,354 | #125 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.4% | #5,555 of 5,625 | #143 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #3,289 of 3,837 | #88 of 107 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 469 | 19 | 24.7:1 | 6% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 19.8 | 22.5:1 | 5% (21) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 19.4 | 22.8:1 | 4% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 19 | 26.1:1 | 3% (16) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 18 | 27.6:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2010-11 | 542 | N/A | N/A | 1% (4) |
| 2000-01 | 587 | 33 | 17.8:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 525 | 22 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rancho Romero Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (495 to 469); teachers unchanged (19 to 19).
About Rancho Romero Elementary
Rancho Romero Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Alamo, California, under San Ramon Valley Unified. In all, 469 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
San Ramon Valley Unified is made up of 36 schools with 28,554 students in all.
The share of White students at Rancho Romero Elementary is 65%, a majority. The remaining students are 15% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. Census figures show Contra Costa County is about 41% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 19 full-time-equivalent teachers at Rancho Romero Elementary, giving a ratio of 24.7:1. The school's 24.7:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. By family income, 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Contra Costa County averages 45%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Rancho Romero Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 71% of California public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Rancho Romero Elementary would score about 75.8%. It scores 75.7%, within a point of that figure.
American Community Survey estimates for Contra Costa County show that median household income comes to about $127,229, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Contra Costa County counts 280 public schools with about 167,423 students.
A public school about 1.2 miles away, Stone Valley Middle, is the closest to Rancho Romero Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 70.4%, lower than Rancho Romero Elementary's 75.7%.
Rancho Romero Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
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Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Ramon Valley Unified
- Dougherty Valley HighHigh · 3,039 students
- California HighHigh · 2,894 students
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 2,042 students
- San Ramon Valley HighHigh · 2,036 students
- Windemere Ranch MiddleMiddle · 1,011 students
- Pine Valley MiddleMiddle · 973 students
Other schools in Alamo
- Stone Valley MiddleMiddle · 586 students
- Alamo ElementaryElementary · 348 students
- Central County Special Education ProgramsCombined · 15 students
Nearby schools
- Stone Valley Middle1.2 mi · 586
- Central County Special Education Programs1.3 mi · 15
- San Ramon Valley High1.6 mi · 2,036
- Alamo Elementary1.8 mi · 348
- Montair Elementary2.0 mi · 484
- Monte Vista High2.5 mi · 2,042
Frequently asked questions
About Rancho Romero ElementaryHow large is Rancho Romero Elementary?
Rancho Romero Elementary enrolls approximately 469 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Rancho Romero Elementary serve?
Rancho Romero Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Rancho Romero Elementary have?
Rancho Romero Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.7:1.
How diverse is Rancho Romero Elementary?
Rancho Romero Elementary reports a student body of 65% White, 9% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Rancho Romero Elementary in?
Rancho Romero Elementary is part of San Ramon Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.