Rancho Cucamonga High

Summary:

Rancho Cucamonga High is a public high school serving 3,264 students in grades 9-12 in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The school is part of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District, which is ranked 375 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Rancho Cucamonga High consistently outperforms its district and the state of California in academic achievement, particularly in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. In the 2023-2024 school year, 73.48% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in Smarter Balanced Assessments/English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 67.04% for the district and 55.73% for the state. The school also maintains a high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 95.1% to 97.2% over the past five school years, and a relatively low dropout rate of 0.7% to 4.8% during the same period.

While Rancho Cucamonga High has faced challenges with increased chronic absenteeism during the COVID-19 pandemic, the school's performance remains strong compared to nearby schools. It outperforms the alternative/continuation high schools Chaffey Community Day and Valley View High (Continuation), and performs on par or slightly better than other nearby traditional high schools, such as Alta Loma High and Etiwanda High. The closest school, Los Osos High, also maintains a high academic performance.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 11801 Lark Dr.
       Rancho Cucamonga, CA  91701-8715


(909) 989-1600

District: Chaffey Joint Union High

SchoolDigger Rank:
400th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,778 Help


Feeder schools for Rancho Cucamonga High:

Elementary:    Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary
    Coyote Canyon Elementary
    Dona Merced Elementary
    Terra Vista Elementary
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Middle:    Ruth Musser Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  24.6 Help
Number of students:  3,264

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
43.8%
White:
21.7%
Asian:
14.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  32.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Rancho Cucamonga High ranks better than 82.8% of high schools in California. It also ranks 5th among 10 ranked high schools in the Chaffey Joint Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 75.08. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Rancho Cucamonga High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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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 Student population at Rancho Cucamonga High is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (43.8%), White (21.7%), Asian (14.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 32.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Rancho Cucamonga High is 24.6. 6 high schools in the Chaffey Joint Union High School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Rancho Cucamonga High employs 132.3 full-time teachers.
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Rancho Cucamonga High is $8,778. 7 high schools in the Chaffey Joint Union High School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Rancho Cucamonga High:

SchoolDigger ranks Rancho Cucamonga High 400th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Rancho Cucamonga High in the ranking list.)

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Chaffey Joint Union High:

SchoolDigger ranks Chaffey Joint Union High 375th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Rancho Cucamonga High

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Rank History for all students at Rancho Cucamonga High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 59.05 355th 1653 78.5%
2005 67.75 282nd 1901 85.2%
2006 68.52 313th 1968 84.1%
2007 71.48 237th 2063 88.5%
2008 68.03 304th 2117 85.6%
2009 69.88 260th 2238 88.4%
2010 69.75 299th 2281 86.9%
2011 73.53 238th 2367 89.9%
2012 71.14 281st 2354 88.1%
2013 69.88 305th 2426 87.4%
2015 86.23 250th 1994 87.5%
2016 85.75 268th 2039 86.9%
2017 87.37 257th 2021 87.3%
2018 88.58 237th 2017 88.2%
2019 85.07 275th 2133 87.1%
2021 88.96 144th 1290 88.8%
2022 82.49 321st 2123 84.9%
2023 80.47 319th 2348 86.4%
2024 75.08 400th 2323 82.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Rancho Cucamonga High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.30 70th 366 80.9%
2019 68.15 129th 422 69.4%
2022 59.89 209th 515 59.4%
2023 71.25 170th 786 78.4%
2024 41.96 410th 804 49.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Rancho Cucamonga High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 99.63 14th 938 98.5%
2022 94.44 20th 1044 98.1%
2023 66.64 94th 1323 92.9%
2024 41.28 429th 1350 68.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Rancho Cucamonga High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 46.93 531st 1547 65.7%
2024 58.71 339th 1534 77.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Rancho Cucamonga High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.62 211th 1862 88.7%
2019 82.94 240th 1937 87.6%
2021 89.32 91st 1126 91.9%
2022 85.63 203rd 1943 89.6%
2023 81.91 264th 2247 88.3%
2024 79.03 288th 2235 87.1%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Rancho Cucamonga High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 80.70 34th 290 88.3%
2023 99.92 1st 417 99.8%
2024 73.36 80th 451 82.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Rancho Cucamonga High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.69 222nd 1760 87.4%
2019 83.17 273rd 1833 85.1%
2021 87.82 125th 1054 88.1%
2022 82.12 288th 1858 84.5%
2023 81.63 274th 2118 87.1%
2024 73.16 406th 2098 80.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Rancho Cucamonga High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.79 278th 1052 73.6%
2019 64.99 235th 1117 79.0%
2021 99.97 2nd 555 99.6%
2022 62.61 261st 1161 77.5%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Rancho Cucamonga High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 66.12 68th 233 70.8%
2024 64.78 69th 234 70.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Rancho Cucamonga High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.22 238th 1834 87.0%
2019 82.32 285th 1880 84.8%
2021 87.08 154th 1122 86.3%
2022 79.98 328th 1916 82.9%
2023 76.46 366th 2207 83.4%
2024 73.21 410th 2172 81.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at Rancho Cucamonga High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.75 147th 581 74.7%
2019 76.00 139th 582 76.1%
2022 61.36 253rd 581 56.5%
2023 52.28 386th 731 47.2%
2024 52.07 378th 712 46.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Rancho Cucamonga High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.70 115th 582 80.2%
2019 80.34 81st 592 86.3%
2022 72.38 110th 522 78.9%
2023 80.86 99th 720 86.3%
2024 75.83 118th 721 83.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Rancho Cucamonga High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.74 104th 1742 94.0%
2019 89.55 133rd 1814 92.7%
2022 87.76 154th 1861 91.7%
2023 82.93 205th 2142 90.4%
2024 76.92 284th 2125 86.6%
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Rank History for White students at Rancho Cucamonga High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.27 239th 1173 79.6%
2019 74.42 263rd 1222 78.5%
2022 68.46 348th 1204 71.1%
2023 73.47 260th 1434 81.9%
2024 64.87 381st 1406 72.9%
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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.

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Enrollment information for Rancho Cucamonga High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1993 835 154 133 385 31 n/a n/a 0 1538
1994 1153 227 185 533 34 n/a n/a 0 2132
1995 1305 293 244 635 24 n/a n/a 0 2501
1996 1305 293 244 635 24 n/a n/a 0 2501
1997 1391 282 239 658 25 n/a n/a 0 2595
1998 1436 314 271 689 15 n/a n/a 0 2725
1999 1505 324 251 702 9 n/a n/a 0 2791
2000 1542 346 240 751 15 n/a n/a 0 2894
2001 1568 361 223 786 10 n/a n/a 1 2949
2002 1330 374 207 851 34 n/a n/a 0 2796
2003 1330 374 207 851 34 n/a n/a 0 2796
2004 1186 408 221 850 33 n/a n/a 92 2790
2005 1007 389 250 832 23 n/a n/a 126 2627
2006 988 412 285 871 17 n/a n/a 174 2747
2007 957 405 321 863 16 n/a n/a 232 2794
2008 985 381 326 951 17 n/a n/a 0 2660
2009 929 406 317 992 16 27 294 0 2981
2010 920 448 333 1258 16 26 70 0 3071
2011 892 463 360 1323 11 22 82 0 3153
2012 900 475 368 1360 13 27 102 0 3245
2013 943 479 385 1455 17 32 122 0 3433
2014 917 468 391 1478 13 28 141 0 3436
2015 931 456 400 1493 10 28 144 0 3462
2016 893 454 431 1486 10 22 148 0 3444
2017 800 446 433 1482 12 25 162 0 3360
2018 808 425 447 1460 9 26 164 0 3339
2019 767 448 467 1530 7 31 184 0 3434
2020 775 443 462 1505 8 31 173 0 3397
2021 774 462 495 1501 6 27 179 0 3444
2022 727 450 491 1516 7 28 179 0 3398
2023 707 415 483 1430 4 31 191 3 3264

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 Rancho Cucamonga High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1993 1538 67.8 22.7 62.8
1994 2132 81.5 26.2 2.7
1995 2501 93.4 26.8 5.9
1996 2501 93.4 26.8 5.9
1997 2595 97.8 26.5 6.1
1998 2725 105.2 25.9 7.8
1999 2791 108.8 25.7 10.1
2000 2894 116.6 24.8 13.9
2001 2949 115.4 25.6 8.7
2002 2796 97.4 28.7 10.3
2003 2796 97.4 28.7 10.3
2004 2790 108.0 25.8 11.9
2005 2627 103.2 25.5 7.7
2006 2747 104.4 26.3 15.7
2007 2794 106.8 26.2 19.6
2008 2660 126.6 21.0 18.8
2009 2981 114.6 22.8 21.6
2010 3071 107.8 28.4 25.8
2011 3153 n/a n/a 28.2
2012 3245 107.6 30.1 n/a
2013 3433 117.9 29.1 32.3
2014 3436 122.1 28.1 32.6
2015 3462 123.0 28.1 33.6
2016 3444 126.0 27.3 42.6
2017 3360 134.2 25.0 40.5
2018 3339 135.6 24.6 41.7
2019 3434 138.7 24.7 41
2020 3397 n/a n/a 40.1
2021 3444 133.8 25.7 41.5
2022 3398 131.7 25.7 30.4
2023 3264 132.3 24.6 32.2

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 Rancho Cucamonga High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1993 1538 67.8 22.7 62.8
1994 2132 81.5 26.2 2.7
1995 2501 93.4 26.8 5.9
1996 2501 93.4 26.8 5.9
1997 2595 97.8 26.5 6.1
1998 2725 105.2 25.9 7.8
1999 2791 108.8 25.7 10.1
2000 2894 116.6 24.8 13.9
2001 2949 115.4 25.6 8.7
2002 2796 97.4 28.7 10.3
2003 2796 97.4 28.7 10.3
2004 2790 108.0 25.8 11.9
2005 2627 103.2 25.5 7.7
2006 2747 104.4 26.3 15.7
2007 2794 106.8 26.2 19.6
2008 2660 126.6 21.0 18.8
2009 2981 114.6 22.8 21.6
2010 3071 107.8 28.4 25.8
2011 3153 n/a n/a 28.2
2012 3245 107.6 30.1 n/a
2013 3433 117.9 29.1 32.3
2014 3436 122.1 28.1 32.6
2015 3462 123.0 28.1 33.6
2016 3444 126.0 27.3 42.6
2017 3360 134.2 25.0 40.5
2018 3339 135.6 24.6 41.7
2019 3434 138.7 24.7 41
2020 3397 n/a n/a 40.1
2021 3444 133.8 25.7 41.5
2022 3398 131.7 25.7 30.4
2023 3264 132.3 24.6 32.2

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 Rancho Cucamonga High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $8,778

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Rancho Cucamonga High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 275th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 319th of 2348 High schools
 0.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Rancho Cucamonga High)81.676.6
 5%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Chaffey Joint Union High)66.467.5
 1%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Rancho Cucamonga High)52.241.7
 10.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Chaffey Joint Union High)38.434.3
 4.1%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
12th Grade Science (Rancho Cucamonga High)2834.5
 6.4%
   12th Grade Science (Chaffey Joint Union High)23.128.5
 5.4%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students34343264
 5%
African American448415
 7.4%
American Indian74
 42.9%
Asian467483
 3.4%
Hispanic15301430
 6.5%
Pacific Islander3131
White767707
 7.8%
Two or More Races184191
 3.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients41%32.2%
 8.8%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Rancho Cucamonga High

Rancho Cucamonga High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary
Elementary : Coyote Canyon Elementary
Elementary : Dona Merced Elementary
Elementary : Terra Vista Elementary
Elementary : Windrows Elementary
Middle : Ruth Musser Middle

Students at Rancho Cucamonga High are 44% Hispanic, 22% White, 15% Asian, 13% African American, 6% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 3,264 students attended Rancho Cucamonga High.

Rancho Cucamonga High ranks 400th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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