Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate

Summary:

Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate is a public middle school located in Whittier, California, serving 749 students in grades 7-8. It is part of the Lowell Joint School District, which is ranked 374 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate consistently performs above the state average in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, with 56.54% of students proficient or better in ELA/Literacy End of Course compared to 47.04% statewide, and 47.98% proficient or better in Mathematics End of Course compared to 35.54% statewide. The school also excels in Science, with 39.07% of 8th graders proficient or better on the CAST exam, compared to 28.95% statewide. Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate performs particularly well for Hispanic and White student groups, ranking in the top 25% of California middle schools for these subgroups, and its English Language Learner students rank in the top 5% of the state.

While Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate outperforms most nearby middle schools, such as Richard L. Graves Middle and Imperial Middle, it is outperformed by D. Russell Parks Junior High, which is located just 2.5 miles away and ranks in the top 10% of California middle schools. Additionally, the school has seen a significant increase in free/reduced lunch recipients, from 33.78% in 2020-2021 to 56.34% in 2022-2023, indicating a growing population of economically disadvantaged students.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 16430 Woodbrier Dr.
       Whittier, CA  90604-4021


(562) 902-4261

District: Lowell Joint

SchoolDigger Rank:
564th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,517 Help


Feeder schools for Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate:

Elementary:    El Portal Elementary
    Jordan Elementary
    Macy Elementary
    Meadow Green Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  24.6 Help
Number of students:  749

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
69.0%
White:
19.5%
Asian:
5.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  56.3% Help


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Compare Details Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate ranks better than 79.7% of middle schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 76.22. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (69%), White (19.5%), Asian (5.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 56.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate is 24.6. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate is $6,517.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate:

SchoolDigger ranks Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate 564th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate in the ranking list.)

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Lowell Joint:

SchoolDigger ranks Lowell Joint 374th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate

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Rank History for all students at Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 72.95 379th 1769 78.6%
2005 70.23 441st 1777 75.2%
2006 72.97 412th 1804 77.2%
2007 71.10 471st 1999 76.4%
2008 69.43 495th 2005 75.3%
2009 71.67 471st 2063 77.2%
2010 80.77 281st 2179 87.1%
2011 71.34 509th 2236 77.2%
2012 75.90 408th 2259 81.9%
2013 77.71 378th 2379 84.1%
2015 85.52 322nd 2477 87.0%
2016 80.65 434th 2497 82.6%
2017 79.99 459th 2508 81.7%
2018 80.33 441st 2480 82.2%
2019 75.99 580th 2715 78.6%
2021 58.23 336th 894 62.4%
2022 63.37 817th 2740 70.2%
2023 73.10 617th 2802 78.0%
2024 76.22 564th 2777 79.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 70.24 208th 678 69.3%
2024 56.41 309th 699 55.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 73.07 38th 363 89.5%
2022 43.18 656th 1540 57.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 59.58 400th 1538 74.0%
2024 45.68 647th 1550 58.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.20 296th 2230 86.7%
2019 71.77 461st 2369 80.5%
2021 64.83 188th 721 73.9%
2022 70.77 502nd 2458 79.6%
2023 75.01 420th 2549 83.5%
2024 79.21 362nd 2575 85.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.64 371st 2262 83.6%
2019 78.73 447th 2380 81.2%
2021 52.63 306th 738 58.5%
2022 59.00 838th 2509 66.6%
2023 77.16 489th 2547 80.8%
2024 75.44 539th 2546 78.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.32 641st 1369 53.2%
2019 61.42 382nd 1491 74.4%
2021 46.45 137th 354 61.3%
2022 42.91 686th 1531 55.2%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 47.61 101st 193 47.7%
2023 92.43 10th 197 94.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.42 476th 2273 79.1%
2019 69.99 612th 2407 74.6%
2021 62.22 256th 763 66.4%
2022 65.67 705th 2527 72.1%
2023 66.79 678th 2558 73.5%
2024 73.76 542nd 2547 78.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 79.81 104th 745 86.0%
2022 60.56 334th 733 54.4%
2023 75.88 158th 718 78.0%
2024 66.90 281st 741 62.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.63 167th 2072 91.9%
2019 82.47 258th 2213 88.3%
2022 74.26 407th 2359 82.7%
2023 83.25 256th 2391 89.3%
2024 83.50 247th 2383 89.6%
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Rank History for White students at Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.49 288th 1496 80.7%
2019 71.64 417th 1602 74.0%
2022 50.20 761st 1555 51.1%
2023 62.77 536th 1552 65.5%
2024 78.43 262nd 1535 82.9%
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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-Starbuck Intermediate

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 412 2 8 76 0 n/a n/a 0 498
1989 428 4 8 101 0 n/a n/a 0 541
1990 424 6 9 111 0 n/a n/a 0 550
1991 420 5 15 143 0 n/a n/a 0 583
1992 410 4 15 144 2 n/a n/a 0 575
1993 426 6 23 162 1 n/a n/a 0 618
1994 386 9 27 182 3 n/a n/a 0 607
1995 452 8 20 190 3 n/a n/a 0 673
1996 452 8 20 190 3 n/a n/a 0 673
1997 445 9 21 194 5 n/a n/a 0 674
1998 450 11 27 233 5 n/a n/a 0 726
1999 457 7 24 259 3 n/a n/a 0 750
2000 447 13 24 260 1 n/a n/a 0 745
2001 458 18 34 238 2 n/a n/a 4 754
2002 510 12 25 292 0 n/a n/a 31 870
2003 510 12 25 292 0 n/a n/a 31 870
2004 429 12 32 297 3 n/a n/a 45 818
2005 336 11 43 306 5 n/a n/a 109 810
2006 328 13 36 337 0 n/a n/a 99 813
2007 338 7 28 343 1 n/a n/a 55 772
2008 332 7 26 344 2 n/a n/a 0 711
2009 292 7 33 370 3 0 64 0 769
2010 282 7 41 440 3 0 8 0 781
2011 261 5 38 426 0 2 11 0 743
2012 255 6 29 418 2 3 12 0 725
2013 253 8 31 454 3 4 12 0 765
2014 249 9 35 471 1 4 16 0 785
2015 231 10 40 478 1 1 13 0 774
2016 236 12 35 507 1 2 15 0 808
2017 215 13 23 515 1 3 20 0 790
2018 190 15 34 501 0 4 12 0 756
2019 185 13 37 496 1 3 11 0 746
2020 180 13 35 557 1 1 18 0 805
2021 181 12 39 575 0 2 8 0 817
2022 168 13 37 543 0 4 20 0 785
2023 146 14 40 517 2 4 25 1 749

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-Starbuck Intermediate

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 498 26.3 18.9 n/a
1989 541 23.1 23.4 n/a
1990 550 24.4 22.5 n/a
1991 583 24.2 24.0 n/a
1992 575 24.6 23.3 5.7
1993 618 25.0 24.7 5.5
1994 607 25.0 24.3 4.4
1995 673 27.0 24.9 11.6
1996 673 27.0 24.9 11.6
1997 674 29.0 23.2 11.7
1998 726 31.0 23.4 10.1
1999 750 30.0 25.0 12.8
2000 745 32.6 22.9 14.5
2001 754 33.0 22.8 13.9
2002 870 37.0 23.5 13.9
2003 870 37.0 23.5 13.9
2004 818 37.0 22.1 14.7
2005 810 34.1 23.8 19.4
2006 813 33.0 24.6 16.9
2007 772 30.4 25.4 14.5
2008 711 33.0 21.5 19.8
2009 769 30.0 23.3 23.4
2010 781 29.0 26.9 26.4
2011 743 n/a n/a 26.8
2012 725 26.2 27.6 n/a
2013 765 26.1 29.3 30.5
2014 785 28.0 28.0 32.7
2015 774 29.0 26.6 32.2
2016 808 30.0 26.9 32.9
2017 790 30.3 26.0 32.9
2018 756 29.4 25.6 36.5
2019 746 29.9 24.9 37.4
2020 805 n/a n/a 36.8
2021 817 29.6 27.6 33.8
2022 785 29.4 26.6 52.9
2023 749 30.4 24.6 56.3

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-Starbuck Intermediate

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 498 26.3 18.9 n/a
1989 541 23.1 23.4 n/a
1990 550 24.4 22.5 n/a
1991 583 24.2 24.0 n/a
1992 575 24.6 23.3 5.7
1993 618 25.0 24.7 5.5
1994 607 25.0 24.3 4.4
1995 673 27.0 24.9 11.6
1996 673 27.0 24.9 11.6
1997 674 29.0 23.2 11.7
1998 726 31.0 23.4 10.1
1999 750 30.0 25.0 12.8
2000 745 32.6 22.9 14.5
2001 754 33.0 22.8 13.9
2002 870 37.0 23.5 13.9
2003 870 37.0 23.5 13.9
2004 818 37.0 22.1 14.7
2005 810 34.1 23.8 19.4
2006 813 33.0 24.6 16.9
2007 772 30.4 25.4 14.5
2008 711 33.0 21.5 19.8
2009 769 30.0 23.3 23.4
2010 781 29.0 26.9 26.4
2011 743 n/a n/a 26.8
2012 725 26.2 27.6 n/a
2013 765 26.1 29.3 30.5
2014 785 28.0 28.0 32.7
2015 774 29.0 26.6 32.2
2016 808 30.0 26.9 32.9
2017 790 30.3 26.0 32.9
2018 756 29.4 25.6 36.5
2019 746 29.9 24.9 37.4
2020 805 n/a n/a 36.8
2021 817 29.6 27.6 33.8
2022 785 29.4 26.6 52.9
2023 749 30.4 24.6 56.3

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-Starbuck Intermediate

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $6,517

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 580th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 617th of 2802 Middle schools
 0.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate)61.450.4
 11%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Lowell Joint)61.450.4
 11%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate)54.640.7
 13.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Lowell Joint)54.640.7
 13.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate)59.363.3
 4.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Lowell Joint)59.363.3
 4.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate)51.245.1
 6.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Lowell Joint)51.245.1
 6.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate)40.837.9
 3%
   8th Grade Science (Lowell Joint)40.837.9
 3%
   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 Students746749
 0.4%
African American1314
 7.7%
American Indian12
 100%
Asian3740
 8.1%
Hispanic496517
 4.2%
Pacific Islander34
 33.3%
White185146
 21.1%
Two or More Races1125
 127.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients37.4%56.3%
 18.9%


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Students at Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate are 69% Hispanic, 19% White, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 749 students attended Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate.

Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate ranks 564th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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