Ranchero Middle

Summary:

Ranchero Middle is a public middle school located in Hesperia, California, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 1,160 students. The school is part of the Hesperia Unified School District, which is ranked 1365 out of 1568 districts in California and is rated 1 star out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Ranchero Middle faces significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates that have risen from 14.5% in 2018-2019 to 45.9% in 2021-2022, notably higher than the district and state averages. The school's academic performance, as measured by standardized tests, is also significantly lower than the district and state averages across all subject areas and grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 16.95% of Ranchero Middle students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 27.5% for the Hesperia Unified district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, only 7.85% of Ranchero Middle students were proficient or better, compared to 16.29% for the district and 35.54% for the state. Ranchero Middle's performance is also lower than the nearby Hesperia Junior High and Cedar Middle schools across most subject areas and grade levels.

The significant achievement gaps between Ranchero Middle's student subgroups, particularly for African American and Hispanic students, indicate that the school may need to implement targeted interventions and support programs to address these disparities. The relatively stronger performance of English Language Learner students suggests that the school may have effective strategies in place for supporting this population, which could potentially be applied to other underperforming subgroups. Addressing the root causes of these issues, such as the factors contributing to chronic absenteeism and the disparities in subgroup performance, will be crucial for improving educational outcomes at Ranchero Middle.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 17607 Ranchero Rd.
       Hesperia, CA  92345-7336


(760) 948-0175

District: Hesperia Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2560th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,533 Help


Students who attend Ranchero Middle usually attend:

High:    Sultana High

Feeder schools for Ranchero Middle:

Elementary:    Carmel Elementary
    Cypress School of the Arts
    Juniper Elementary
    Kingston Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  22.5 Help
Number of students:  1,160

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
69.3%
White:
21.4%
African American:
6.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  57.7% Help


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Compare Details Ranchero Middle ranks worse than 92.2% of middle schools in California. It also ranks last among 3 ranked middle schools in the Hesperia Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.5. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (69.3%), White (21.4%), African American (6.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 57.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ranchero Middle is 22.5, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Hesperia Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ranchero Middle is $7,533. 1 middle schools in the Hesperia Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ranchero Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Ranchero Middle 2560th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Ranchero Middle in the ranking list.)

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Hesperia Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Hesperia Unified 1365th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Ranchero Middle

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Rank History for all students at Ranchero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 40.36 980th 1769 44.6%
2005 41.06 977th 1777 45.0%
2006 42.19 966th 1804 46.5%
2007 29.51 1402nd 1999 29.9%
2008 35.72 1275th 2005 36.4%
2009 38.79 1236th 2063 40.1%
2010 36.52 1400th 2179 35.8%
2011 35.88 1478th 2236 33.9%
2012 34.54 1518th 2259 32.8%
2013 31.59 1658th 2379 30.3%
2015 24.88 1836th 2477 25.9%
2016 18.24 2096th 2497 16.1%
2017 16.35 2170th 2508 13.5%
2018 19.93 2009th 2480 19.0%
2019 20.38 2165th 2715 20.3%
2021 23.73 687th 894 23.2%
2022 18.22 2298th 2740 16.1%
2023 18.18 2366th 2802 15.6%
2024 12.50 2560th 2777 7.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ranchero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.18 630th 1364 53.8%
2019 48.66 452nd 1442 68.7%
2021 43.79 150th 363 58.7%
2022 44.15 622nd 1540 59.6%
2023 47.02 517th 1529 66.2%
2024 35.29 933rd 1477 36.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Ranchero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 18.46 1485th 1538 3.4%
2024 21.03 1429th 1550 7.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ranchero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.78 1811th 2230 18.8%
2019 22.79 1934th 2369 18.4%
2021 24.15 597th 721 17.2%
2022 19.42 2116th 2458 13.9%
2023 19.62 2188th 2549 14.2%
2024 12.13 2442nd 2575 5.2%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Ranchero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 32.67 231st 336 31.3%
2023 28.68 247th 321 23.1%
2024 20.89 344th 394 12.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Ranchero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.32 1904th 2262 15.8%
2019 16.04 2071st 2380 13.0%
2021 23.75 564th 738 23.6%
2022 17.40 2175th 2509 13.3%
2023 18.45 2156th 2547 15.4%
2024 11.39 2413th 2546 5.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Ranchero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.69 923rd 1369 32.6%
2019 32.38 957th 1491 35.8%
2021 32.09 238th 354 32.8%
2022 23.28 1326th 1531 13.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Ranchero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.81 1833rd 2273 19.4%
2019 23.62 1852nd 2407 23.1%
2021 24.19 590th 763 22.7%
2022 19.64 2066th 2527 18.2%
2023 18.37 2179th 2558 14.8%
2024 13.72 2331st 2547 8.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Ranchero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.27 370th 600 38.3%
2019 24.13 513th 643 20.2%
2022 17.58 575th 637 9.7%
2023 23.23 508th 614 17.3%
2024 16.27 589th 626 5.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ranchero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.39 1750th 2072 15.5%
2019 22.78 1798th 2213 18.8%
2022 20.35 1995th 2359 15.4%
2023 20.19 2031st 2391 15.1%
2024 14.84 2174th 2383 8.8%
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Rank History for White students at Ranchero Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.99 1290th 1496 13.8%
2019 12.85 1426th 1602 11.0%
2022 13.15 1395th 1555 10.3%
2023 11.74 1402nd 1552 9.7%
2024 6.54 1470th 1535 4.2%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Ranchero Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1991 324 17 7 89 1 n/a n/a 0 438
1992 666 32 12 185 9 n/a n/a 0 904
1993 1034 64 23 337 9 n/a n/a 0 1467
1994 989 69 25 342 9 n/a n/a 0 1434
1995 753 56 20 294 14 n/a n/a 0 1137
1996 753 56 20 294 14 n/a n/a 0 1137
1997 799 50 24 324 14 n/a n/a 0 1211
1998 785 58 22 305 12 n/a n/a 0 1182
1999 758 65 11 330 4 n/a n/a 0 1168
2000 774 73 12 330 7 n/a n/a 0 1196
2001 782 82 19 351 9 n/a n/a 0 1243
2002 853 79 31 372 6 n/a n/a 25 1366
2003 853 79 31 372 6 n/a n/a 25 1366
2004 847 86 20 429 8 n/a n/a 34 1424
2005 700 106 38 475 14 n/a n/a 31 1364
2006 632 85 35 564 4 n/a n/a 22 1342
2007 570 103 28 698 10 n/a n/a 26 1435
2008 534 71 19 688 4 n/a n/a 0 1316
2009 440 57 8 587 6 3 51 0 1152
2010 400 73 11 628 8 4 0 0 1124
2011 402 78 9 618 12 6 1 0 1126
2012 375 71 8 575 10 6 12 0 1057
2013 311 69 10 569 9 3 15 0 986
2014 305 63 9 576 7 4 25 0 989
2015 307 58 6 583 5 5 81 0 1045
2016 289 56 8 588 9 5 33 0 988
2017 307 63 8 643 9 2 17 0 1049
2018 275 52 8 656 6 3 69 0 1069
2019 335 73 11 712 11 7 21 0 1170
2020 343 77 9 746 8 4 12 0 1199
2021 292 74 13 791 8 2 15 0 1195
2022 257 59 18 766 5 5 8 0 1118
2023 248 76 15 804 2 3 12 0 1160

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ranchero Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1991 438 18.0 24.3 n/a
1992 904 18.3 49.3 30.4
1993 1467 59.0 24.9 31.6
1994 1434 58.5 24.5 40.9
1995 1137 47.0 24.2 41.8
1996 1137 47.0 24.2 41.8
1997 1211 46.5 26.0 46.1
1998 1182 51.0 23.2 43.7
1999 1168 51.0 22.9 43.9
2000 1196 50.0 23.9 49.5
2001 1243 50.0 24.9 45.4
2002 1366 53.0 25.8 48.8
2003 1366 53.0 25.8 48.8
2004 1424 55.0 25.9 51.7
2005 1364 51.0 26.7 49.1
2006 1342 58.0 23.1 49.2
2007 1435 58.0 24.7 53.6
2008 1316 64.0 20.6 60.3
2009 1152 49.0 20.9 63.1
2010 1124 46.0 24.4 64.4
2011 1126 n/a n/a 67.5
2012 1057 42.0 25.1 n/a
2013 986 45.0 21.9 74.8
2014 989 43.0 22.9 70.1
2015 1045 41.0 25.4 71.8
2016 988 40.0 24.7 76.5
2017 1049 44.6 23.4 71.2
2018 1069 45.0 23.7 79.1
2019 1170 49.1 23.8 76.8
2020 1199 n/a n/a 77.1
2021 1195 50.7 23.5 63.8
2022 1118 51.6 21.6 65.9
2023 1160 51.4 22.5 57.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Ranchero Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1991 438 18.0 24.3 n/a
1992 904 18.3 49.3 30.4
1993 1467 59.0 24.9 31.6
1994 1434 58.5 24.5 40.9
1995 1137 47.0 24.2 41.8
1996 1137 47.0 24.2 41.8
1997 1211 46.5 26.0 46.1
1998 1182 51.0 23.2 43.7
1999 1168 51.0 22.9 43.9
2000 1196 50.0 23.9 49.5
2001 1243 50.0 24.9 45.4
2002 1366 53.0 25.8 48.8
2003 1366 53.0 25.8 48.8
2004 1424 55.0 25.9 51.7
2005 1364 51.0 26.7 49.1
2006 1342 58.0 23.1 49.2
2007 1435 58.0 24.7 53.6
2008 1316 64.0 20.6 60.3
2009 1152 49.0 20.9 63.1
2010 1124 46.0 24.4 64.4
2011 1126 n/a n/a 67.5
2012 1057 42.0 25.1 n/a
2013 986 45.0 21.9 74.8
2014 989 43.0 22.9 70.1
2015 1045 41.0 25.4 71.8
2016 988 40.0 24.7 76.5
2017 1049 44.6 23.4 71.2
2018 1069 45.0 23.7 79.1
2019 1170 49.1 23.8 76.8
2020 1199 n/a n/a 77.1
2021 1195 50.7 23.5 63.8
2022 1118 51.6 21.6 65.9
2023 1160 51.4 22.5 57.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Ranchero Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $7,533

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Ranchero Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2165th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 2366th of 2802 Middle schools
 4.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Ranchero Middle)3127.2
 3.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Hesperia Unified)29.727.6
 2.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Ranchero Middle)16.312.9
 3.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Hesperia Unified)16.313.2
 3.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Ranchero Middle)33.525.8
 7.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Hesperia Unified)27.524.2
 3.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Ranchero Middle)156.6
 8.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Hesperia Unified)127.5
 4.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Ranchero Middle)15.812.4
 3.4%
   8th Grade Science (Hesperia Unified)11.311
 0.2%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students11701160
 0.9%
African American7376
 4.1%
American Indian112
 81.8%
Asian1115
 36.4%
Hispanic712804
 12.9%
Pacific Islander73
 57.1%
White335248
 26%
Two or More Races2112
 42.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients76.8%57.7%
 19.2%


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Ranchero Middle ranks in the bottom 7.8% of California middle schools.

Students at Ranchero Middle are 69% Hispanic, 21% White, 7% African American, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more races.

Students who attend Ranchero Middle usually go on to attend Sultana High

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,160 students attended Ranchero Middle.


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