West Ranch High

West Ranch High, a well-populated high school in Valencia, California, part of William S. Hart Union High, educates 1,777 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so West Ranch High sits 112% above that benchmark.

William S. Hart Union High comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 20,465 students; West Ranch High is among them.

In terms of who attends, West Ranch High shows that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 29% Asian, 23% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West Ranch High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.9%.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which West Ranch High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Rancho Pico Junior High, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, West Ranch High comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 75.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Ranch High has edged down 28%, going from 2,470 students in 2018 to 1,777 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 46% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 25.7:1 in 2018 to 24.6:1 in 2025.

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