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Enrollment
1,011
Middle
DISTRICT 832 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063513010759
Windemere Ranch Middle
11611 East Branch Pkwy., San Ramon, CA 94582 · (925) 479-7400 · Contra Costa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,011 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of California public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
24.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
83 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 6 | 305 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 345 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 361 | 36% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
85.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.6pp since 2014
Math
82.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.7pp 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 82 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 48.0% | 37.3% | 10.5% | 4.1% |
| Math | 65.9% | 16.4% | 10.9% | 6.7% |
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 | 85.4% | 82.3% |
| 2023-24 | 84.3% | 81.6% |
| 2022-23 | 84.6% | 81.2% |
| 2021-22 | 87.4% | 81.0% |
| 2018-19 | 88.3% | 89.1% |
| 2017-18 | 90.6% | 90.0% |
| 2016-17 | 93.1% | 92.0% |
| 2015-16 | 92.0% | 90.0% |
| 2014-15 | 90.0% | 91.0% |
% 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
83.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Windemere Ranch Middle
Windemere Ranch Middle's state test result (83.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windemere Ranch Middle this school | 1,011 | 8.2% | 83.3% |
| Joaquin Miller Middle San Jose | 1,067 | 13.5% | 91.7% |
| Gale Ranch Middle San Ramon | 971 | 9.8% | 79.9% |
| Sam H. Lawson Middle Cupertino | 841 | 15.2% | 87.1% |
| John F. Kennedy Middle Cupertino | 880 | 15.7% | 90.8% |
| Eleanor Murray Fallon Dublin | 1,683 | 10.8% | 81.0% |
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 Windemere Ranch Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #20 of 1,224 | #1 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #22 of 1,227 ▼ 1 | #1 of 42 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.4% | #26 of 1,227 ▼ 3 | #2 of 42 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.4pp | #341 of 1,214 | #12 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,011 | #185 of 1,377 | #6 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #1,080 of 1,279 | #34 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.6% | #954 of 1,278 | #41 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.2% | #1,308 of 1,329 | #34 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.7% | #244 of 930 | #6 of 35 |
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
1,011
-224 (-18%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 935
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 26.3:1
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 | 1,011 | 42.2 | 24.0:1 | 8% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 1,074 | 42 | 25.6:1 | 6% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 1,107 | 43.5 | 25.5:1 | 7% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 1,235 | 47 | 26.3:1 | 5% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 1,325 | 51.3 | 25.8:1 | 5% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 1,245 | 48 | 25.9:1 | 2% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 935 | N/A | N/A | 5% (44) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Windemere Ranch Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (1,325 to 1,011); teachers down 18% (51.3 to 42.2).
About Windemere Ranch Middle
A large middle school in San Ramon, California, Windemere Ranch Middle is part of San Ramon Valley Unified. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 1,011 students enrolled. Middle schools in California have about 659 students on average; enrollment here is 53% higher.
San Ramon Valley Unified counts 36 schools and 28,554 students, including Windemere Ranch Middle.
Windemere Ranch Middle is 84% Asian by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 6% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Asian share of Contra Costa County's population at about 19%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Windemere Ranch Middle scores 29%.
Its ratio of 24.0:1 is based on 42.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Contra Costa County, the average is 45%.
Among California public middle schools, Windemere Ranch Middle outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Windemere Ranch Middle are 8.6 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (83.3% actual, 74.7% predicted).
Contra Costa County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $127,229, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Contra Costa County's 280 public schools enroll about 167,423 students and include Windemere Ranch Middle.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Live Oak Elementary, is about 0.6 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Windemere Ranch Middle places 1st of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 18% decline, from 1,235 to 1,011. The ratio was 26.3:1 in 2020-21 and 24.0:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Windemere Ranch Middle is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Ramon Valley Unified
- Dougherty Valley HighHigh · 3,039 students
- California HighHigh · 2,894 students
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 2,042 students
- San Ramon Valley HighHigh · 2,036 students
- Pine Valley MiddleMiddle · 973 students
- Gale Ranch MiddleMiddle · 971 students
Other schools in San Ramon
- Dougherty Valley HighHigh · 3,039 students
- California HighHigh · 2,894 students
- Pine Valley MiddleMiddle · 973 students
- Gale Ranch MiddleMiddle · 971 students
- Iron Horse MiddleMiddle · 939 students
- Quail Run ElementaryElementary · 744 students
Nearby schools
- Live Oak Elementary0.6 mi · 438
- Bella Vista Elementary0.7 mi · 499
- Quail Run Elementary0.9 mi · 744
- Venture (Alternative)1.1 mi · 61
- Del Amigo High (Continuation)1.1 mi · 34
- Hidden Hills Elementary1.1 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Windemere Ranch MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Windemere Ranch Middle?
Windemere Ranch Middle enrolls approximately 1,011 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Windemere Ranch Middle serve?
Windemere Ranch Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Windemere Ranch Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Windemere Ranch Middle is approximately 24.0:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Windemere Ranch Middle?
Windemere Ranch Middle reports a student body of 6% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 84% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Windemere Ranch Middle in?
Windemere Ranch Middle is part of San Ramon Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.