NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Rancho Cucamonga, CA

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13 public K-12 schools in Rancho Cucamonga from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
12,924
Students
29.8/100
Avg Resource Index
23.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Rancho Cucamonga has more public-school enrollment than 86% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Rancho Cucamonga's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

9 of Rancho Cucamonga's 13 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 24-point gap between Central Elementary and Los Amigos Elementary shows the range hidden by Rancho Cucamonga's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 14%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
12th percentile
Teacher staffing
5th percentile

Rancho Cucamonga High accounts for 24.9% of all Rancho Cucamonga public-school enrollment

That concentration means Rancho Cucamonga-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Rancho Cucamonga school enrollment varies 7.4× across entities

Rancho Cucamonga school enrollment ranges from 436 students (lowest) to 3,221 students (highest), a spread of 2,785 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Rancho Cucamonga student-teacher ratio is 23.1:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Central Elementary 40
2. Terra Vista Elementary 34
3. Cucamonga Middle 34
4. Valle Vista Elementary 34
5. Cucamonga Elementary 34
6. Rancho Cucamonga High 31
7. Ruth Musser Middle 29
8. Coyote Canyon Elementary 29
9. Los Osos High 28
10. Rancho Cucamonga Middle 28
11. Dona Merced Elementary 28
12. Bear Gulch Elementary 22
13. Los Amigos Elementary 16

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Rancho Cucamonga

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Terra Vista Elementary 73.5/100
  2. 2 Rancho Cucamonga High 72.6/100
  3. 3 Los Osos High 71.0/100
  4. 4 Coyote Canyon Elementary 71.0/100
  5. 5 Ruth Musser Middle 70.8/100

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Which Rancho Cucamonga school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Central Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Rancho Cucamonga schools in this federal-data comparison at 40/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Rancho Cucamonga, CA? ▼

Rancho Cucamonga has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 12,924 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 23.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.