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Enrollment
941
Middle
DISTRICT 802 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL ELEMENTARY·NCES 060795001117
Ruth Musser Middle
10789 Terra Vista Pkwy., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 · (909) 980-1230 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL941 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of California public middle schools
- BTest 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.
- FThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
646 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 144 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 268 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 253 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 276 | 29% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Central Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
54.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.3pp since 2014
Math
30.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.7% | 30.6% | 23.8% | 21.9% |
| Math | 16.9% | 14.0% | 29.2% | 40.0% |
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 | 54.3% | 30.9% |
| 2023-24 | 53.7% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.4% | 32.7% |
| 2021-22 | 61.5% | 34.4% |
| 2018-19 | 58.8% | 42.3% |
| 2017-18 | 58.7% | 42.2% |
| 2016-17 | 59.4% | 40.1% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Ruth Musser Middle
Ruth Musser Middle's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Musser Middle this school | 941 | 68.7% | 42.4% |
| Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle Rancho Palos Verdes | 1,337 | 67.8% | 60.6% |
| Crystal Middle Suisun City | 774 | 78.0% | 22.8% |
| California Middle Sacramento | 782 | 62.4% | 39.5% |
| Tenaya Middle Fresno | 876 | 71.8% | 30.0% |
| Bancroft Middle San Leandro | 948 | 79.0% | 26.0% |
Matched among California middle 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 Ruth Musser Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #468 of 1,224 | #17 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #584 of 1,227 ▼ 41 | #21 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #408 of 1,227 ▼ 23 | #15 of 76 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.4pp | #56 of 1,214 | #2 of 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 941 | #260 of 1,377 | #21 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #880 of 1,279 | #49 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #123 of 1,278 | #4 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.7% | #737 of 1,329 | #56 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #829 of 930 | #55 of 56 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
941
-20 (-2%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 1,007
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 941 | 42 | 22.4:1 | 69% (646) |
| 2023-24 | 945 | 39 | 24.2:1 | 68% (647) |
| 2022-23 | 946 | 42 | 22.5:1 | 63% (598) |
| 2020-21 | 961 | 43 | 22.4:1 | 53% (511) |
| 2017-18 | 981 | 40.2 | 24.4:1 | 60% (588) |
| 2015-16 | 977 | 38 | 25.7:1 | 50% (487) |
| 2010-11 | 1,035 | N/A | N/A | 46% (481) |
| 2000-01 | 1,007 | 42 | 24.0:1 | 20% (205) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ruth Musser Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (981 to 941); teachers up 4% (40.2 to 42).
About Ruth Musser Middle
Among the schools in Rancho Cucamonga, California, is Ruth Musser Middle, a mid-sized middle school. Total enrollment is 941 students, and the grades served are 5 through 8. It has 43% more students than the average for middle schools in California (about 659).
Central Elementary has a total of 7 schools and 4,317 students, Ruth Musser Middle among them.
The largest group at Ruth Musser Middle is Hispanic students, at 47%. It is also 16% Black, 15% White, 14% Asian, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of San Bernardino County is roughly 55% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 42 full-time-equivalent teachers at Ruth Musser Middle, giving a ratio of 22.4:1. The school's 22.4:1 compares with an average of 20.7:1 for middle schools in California. By family income, 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Ruth Musser Middle earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of California public middle schools.
A school with Ruth Musser Middle's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 39.3%. Ruth Musser Middle scores 42.4%, 3.1 points above that line.
In San Bernardino County, home to about 2,197,104 people, the median household earns about $85,478 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Ruth Musser Middle shares San Bernardino County with 582 other public schools.
Coyote Canyon Elementary sits about 0.5 miles from Ruth Musser Middle. Ruth Musser Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ruth Musser Middle comes in 8th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Ruth Musser Middle as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 941, close to the 961 recorded in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Ruth Musser Middle lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Elementary
- Coyote Canyon ElementaryElementary · 817 students
- Cucamonga MiddleMiddle · 662 students
- Dona Merced ElementaryElementary · 547 students
- Valle Vista ElementaryElementary · 471 students
- Bear Gulch ElementaryElementary · 443 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 436 students
Other schools in Rancho Cucamonga
- Rancho Cucamonga HighHigh · 3,221 students
- Los Osos HighHigh · 2,759 students
- Terra Vista ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Coyote Canyon ElementaryElementary · 817 students
- Rancho Cucamonga MiddleMiddle · 770 students
- Cucamonga MiddleMiddle · 662 students
Nearby schools
- Coyote Canyon Elementary0.5 mi · 817
- Dona Merced Elementary0.6 mi · 547
- Victoria Groves Elementary1.0 mi · 452
- Terra Vista Elementary1.1 mi · 855
- Deer Canyon Elementary1.2 mi · 496
- Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary1.4 mi · 878
Frequently asked questions
About Ruth Musser MiddleHow large is Ruth Musser Middle?
Ruth Musser Middle enrolls approximately 941 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Ruth Musser Middle serve?
Ruth Musser Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Ruth Musser Middle have?
Ruth Musser Middle employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ruth Musser Middle?
At Ruth Musser Middle, the student body is approximately 15% White, 47% Hispanic, 16% Black, 14% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Ruth Musser Middle public or private?
Ruth Musser Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.