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Enrollment
678
Elementary
DISTRICT 646 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLLISTER·NCES 061734014557
Rancho Santana
1454 Santana Ranch Dr., Hollister, CA 95023 · (831) 630-6300 · San Benito County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL678 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
363 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
32.1%
CA avg 47.1% . -2.3pp since 2021
Math
20.1%
CA avg 35.6% . -0.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
About Rancho Santana
As a moderately sized elementary school in Hollister, California, Rancho Santana serves 678 students from grades K through 8, run under Hollister. Enrollment runs roughly 46% above the state mean of about 465.
Hollister comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,908 students; Rancho Santana is among them.
On demographics, Rancho Santana reports that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 15% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Rancho Santana is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 47.6%; Rancho Santana posts 25.8%, -21.8 points below that line.
Zooming out to the county, census data for San Benito County shows median household income runs about $114,394, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Benito County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,633 students), Rancho Santana is one campus in the mix.
Cerra Vista Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rancho Santana. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rancho Santana ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.1%.
The school occupies a town-center site.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Rancho Santana community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
San Benito County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,290
Census ACS
Median income
$114,394
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
11,633 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hollister
- Hollister Dual Language AcademyElementary · 858 students
- Ladd Lane ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Rancho San JustoMiddle · 653 students
- Cerra Vista ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Sunnyslope ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Maze MiddleMiddle · 580 students
Other schools in Hollister
- Hollister HighHigh · 3,316 students
- Hollister Dual Language AcademyElementary · 858 students
- Ladd Lane ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Spring Grove ElementaryElementary · 762 students
- Rancho San JustoMiddle · 653 students
- Cerra Vista ElementaryElementary · 602 students
Nearby schools
- Cerra Vista Elementary1.0 mi · 602
- Sunnyslope Elementary1.2 mi · 602
- Maze Middle1.6 mi · 580
- Hollister Dual Language Academy1.7 mi · 858
- Ladd Lane Elementary1.9 mi · 767
- Rancho San Justo2.0 mi · 653
Frequently asked questions
About Rancho SantanaWhat is the total enrollment at Rancho Santana?
Rancho Santana enrolls approximately 678 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Rancho Santana serve?
Rancho Santana serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rancho Santana?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rancho Santana is approximately 26.6:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rancho Santana?
At Rancho Santana, the student body is approximately 15% White, 74% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Rancho Santana public or private?
Rancho Santana is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hollister.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.