📍 8845 Noeline Ave., Spring Valley, San Diego County, 91977
Rancho Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Spring Valley, San Diego County. The school has 346 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Stibaly Johnson. It is part of the La Mesa-Spring Valley school district. It serves grades K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.7:1.
Rancho Elementary enrolls 346 students across grades K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 14 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% Hispanic or Latino, 13% Black or African American and 8.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 230 | 66% |
| Black or African American | 45 | 13% |
| White | 30 | 8.7% |
| Asian | 20 | 5.8% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 5.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
273 of the school's 346 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Rancho Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Rancho Elementary is one of 22 schools in La Mesa-Spring Valley, based in La Mesa, California. The district serves 10,460 students district-wide and employs 437 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 346 students, Rancho Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 475 students per school.