Rancho San Justo

Rancho San Justo is a middle-grades school of mid-tier scale in Hollister, California, operated by Hollister, hosting 653 students in grades 6 through 8.

Hollister runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,908 students. Rancho San Justo is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Rancho San Justo logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 11% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 62% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above San Benito County's rate of about 60%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rancho San Justo sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 38.2%; actual is 21.6%, a gap of -16.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, San Benito County reports that median household income runs about $114,394, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across San Benito County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,633 students), Rancho San Justo is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hollister High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rancho San Justo comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.0%.

Rancho San Justo operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rancho San Justo has fell 25%, going from 866 students in 2018 to 653 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 23% to 11% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Rancho San Justo typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.