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If you had an hour of school board time for West Ranch High, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,777
High
DISTRICT 1,434 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLIAM S. HART UNION HIGH·NCES 064251010914
West Ranch High
26255 West Valencia Blvd., Valencia, CA 91381 · (661) 222-1220 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,777 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
222 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 438 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 447 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 443 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 449 | 25% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
85.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.9pp since 2014
Math
60.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 62.5% | 22.6% | 9.7% | 5.2% |
| Math | 37.1% | 23.5% | 18.8% | 20.6% |
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 | 85.1% | 60.6% |
| 2023-24 | 86.1% | 57.8% |
| 2022-23 | 84.7% | 58.5% |
| 2021-22 | 85.3% | 55.6% |
| 2018-19 | 89.3% | 68.8% |
| 2017-18 | 86.9% | 60.9% |
| 2016-17 | 92.1% | 61.7% |
| 2015-16 | 89.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 88.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
72.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 West Ranch High
West Ranch High's state test result (72.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Ranch High this school | 1,777 | 12.5% | 72.4% |
| Mt. Carmel High San Diego | 1,800 | 17.4% | 65.4% |
| Mountain View High Mountain View | 2,187 | 12.7% | 75.0% |
| Valencia High Valencia | 2,286 | 12.7% | 68.9% |
| Rancho Bernardo High San Diego | 2,210 | 15.2% | 65.7% |
| Burlingame High Burlingame | 1,583 | 13.3% | 74.2% |
Matched among California high 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 West Ranch High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #69 of 1,052 | #15 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #88 of 1,056 ▼ 2 | #22 of 229 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.1% | #46 of 1,056 ▼ 2 | #14 of 229 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #498 of 1,044 | #144 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,777 | #403 of 2,093 | #77 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.6:1 | #1,171 of 1,352 | #318 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #58 of 1,351 | #10 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.5% | #1,535 of 1,575 | #389 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.1% | #73 of 802 | #38 of 227 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,777
-432 (-20%) vs 2020
-36% since 2010-11, when it was 2,787
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 1,777 | 72.2 | 24.6:1 | 12% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 1,843 | 77.4 | 23.8:1 | 12% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 1,865 | 78.9 | 23.6:1 | 13% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 2,209 | 89 | 24.8:1 | 16% (344) |
| 2017-18 | 2,470 | 96 | 25.7:1 | 16% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 2,455 | 90 | 27.3:1 | 8% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 2,787 | N/A | N/A | 8% (228) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Ranch High.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (2,470 to 1,777); teachers down 25% (96 to 72.2).
About West Ranch High
West Ranch High operates as a large high school in Valencia, California. In all, 1,777 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That is 112% larger than the average of about 838 students for high schools in California.
Besides West Ranch High, William S. Hart Union High runs 15 other schools. The district enrolls 20,465 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at West Ranch High is White, with 36% of students. Next come 29% Asian, 23% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. The diversity index for West Ranch High is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 72.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.6:1. High schools in California average 18.2:1, 6.4 fewer students per teacher than here. West Ranch High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 12%. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For West Ranch High, the prediction is 72.2% and the result is 72.4%.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including West Ranch High.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Rancho Pico Junior High, is the closest to West Ranch High. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of West Ranch High. Its average proficiency rate of 72.4% is below the 77.2% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 20% decline took enrollment from 2,209 in 2020-21 to 1,777 in 2024-25.
West Ranch High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in William S. Hart Union High
- Saugus HighHigh · 2,317 students
- Valencia HighHigh · 2,286 students
- Golden Valley HighHigh · 1,980 students
- Canyon HighHigh · 1,952 students
- William S. Hart HighHigh · 1,941 students
- Arroyo Seco Junior HighMiddle · 1,239 students
Other schools in Valencia
- Valencia HighHigh · 2,286 students
- Arroyo Seco Junior HighMiddle · 1,239 students
- West Creek AcademyElementary · 983 students
- Bridgeport ElementaryElementary · 866 students
- Valencia Valley ElementaryElementary · 738 students
- Meadows ElementaryElementary · 729 students
Nearby schools
- Rancho Pico Junior High0.2 mi · 842
- Oak Hills Elementary0.3 mi · 660
- Stevenson Ranch Elementary0.8 mi · 764
- Academy of the Canyons1.5 mi · 385
- Pico Canyon Elementary1.8 mi · 851
- Meadows Elementary2.5 mi · 729
Frequently asked questions
About West Ranch HighHow large is West Ranch High?
West Ranch High enrolls approximately 1,777 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does West Ranch High serve?
West Ranch High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at West Ranch High?
Approximately 24.6:1 students per teacher at West Ranch High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at West Ranch High?
At West Ranch High, the student body is approximately 36% White, 23% Hispanic, 5% Black, 29% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is West Ranch High public or private?
West Ranch High is a public K-12 school, overseen by William S. Hart Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.