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Rancho Verde High · Moreno Valley

Rancho Verde High: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.

Rancho Verde posts 36% meeting the standard and 13.4% exceeding it, against 36% and 15.8% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.

17750 Lasselle Street, 92551 (opens in new tab)·Val Verde Unified·Moreno Valley·Grades 9-12·2,101 students·82% low-income·2024–25 CAASPP·(951) 490-4680·Website
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
This schoolCA avg
Scope5044
% Exceeded13%16%
% Met+36%36%
Grad rate96.4%86.6%
College readiness55.9%33.9%
Absence28.9%30.2%
Suspension3.5%3.6%
Scope Score
50
🌱 Building Momentum · Developing
ranked #810 statewide · #1 of 5 in Val Verde Unified

Rancho Verde High scores 50 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 63rd percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →

🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.

CDE CAASPP 2025

Most rating sites would stop at “36% proficient” and call it done. Rancho Verde deserves a closer read. The school sits in Moreno Valley, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

Rancho Verde's low-income kids hit 50.9% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.

The seven-year arc

Percentile among 2,160 high schools statewide

Has stayed near the 63rd percentile since 2019.

CA Dashboard
ELAOrange(Declined Significantly)MathGreen(Increased Significantly)

This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 36% meet the standard today, versus 41% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.

ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1158%55%44%55%54%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1124%17%10%16%17%

The story this school is actually telling

Proficient by 11th grade
36%
State 36%
Graduate
96%
State 87%
Pass an AP exam
56%
State 34%

Of 100 students here: 36 are proficient by 11th grade → 96 graduate → 56 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.

50.9%
Low-income · ELA · met standard

Rancho Verde's most underrated number

50.9% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.

Rancho Verde low-income: 50.9%State low-income: 38.2%

The 7 things our score weighs

Graduation rate
96.4%
State 86.6%
9.8pp above state avg
Exceeded standard
13.4%
State 15.8%
2.4pp below state avg
College readiness
55.9%
State 33.9%
AP exam pass rate above state avg
Met or exceeded
35.6%
State 35.7%
0.1pp below state avg
Chronic absenteeism
28.9%
State 30.2%
1.3pp below state avg
Suspension rate
3.5%
State 3.6%
0.1pp below state avg
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
18.6%
State 18.0%
0.6pp above state avg
Worth a school visit

Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.

  • Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
  • Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
  • Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
  • Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.

How every group of students does here

At Rancho Verde High in Moreno Valley, 50.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 39.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Rancho Verde High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 11.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (15.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (57.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 44.4 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 393 students tested.

All students at this school: 36% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 36%, district —, state 36%36%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 33%, district 30%, state 32%33% · −2 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 37%, district 32%, state 32%37% · +1 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 39%, district 33%, state 44%39% · +3 vs school
MaleMale: this school 32%, district 31%, state 42%32% · −3 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: this school 26%, district 27%, state 26%26% · −9 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 5%, district 7%, state 15%5% · −31 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 6%, district 12%, state 11%6% · −30 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 45%, district 42%, state 56%45% · +10 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: this school 28%, district 31%, state 56%28% · −7 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 46%, district 53%, state 72%46% · +11 vs school

6 of 17 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
AP access · 2020-21 federal civil rights snapshot (structural, dated — newest published; biennial)
Shown, never scored
Hispanic62.2% AP · 64.1% enroll.
American Indian/Alaska Native0.2% AP · 0.3% enroll.
Asian12.4% AP · 5.4% enroll.
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.2% AP · 0.3% enroll.
Black16.3% AP · 22.3% enroll.
White5.6% AP · 4.1% enroll.
Two or more races3.2% AP · 3.5% enroll.
English learners1.9% AP · 7.4% enroll.
Students with disabilities0.7% AP · 11.7% enroll.

● share of AP enrollment vs share of total enrollment, this school only · not part of the Scope Score

Data source: U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, 2020-21 (biennial; newest published)

Showing up, and staying in class

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 28.9%, district 26.7%, state 30.2%28.9% · −1.3pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 3.5%, district —, state 3.6%3.5% · −0.1pp vs state
Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1228.8%

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path
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High School
Rancho Verde High
50/100
This school

Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.

Where graduates go

Context — none of this enters the Scope Score

In fall 2025, 64 of Rancho Verde's 460 graduates enrolled in the University of California system — Riverside the most common landing, with 27 enrollees.

Applied144fall 2025, universitywide
Admitted122
Enrolled64
Where they landed (fall 2025)
Riverside 27Irvine 9San Diego 9Los Angeles 7Davis 6Merced 4Berkeley ‹3Santa Barbara ‹3Santa Cruz ‹3

campuses never sum to the universitywide figure — students apply to several

College destination mix, class of 2023

Class of 2023: 403 completers, 57% enrolled somewhere within a year

University of California 52 (13%)California State University 44 (11%)California community college 107 (27%)In-state private 15 (4%)Out-of-state, 4-year 12 (3%)Out-of-state, 2-year 1 (0%)Not enrolled 172 (43%)

Percentages are computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers) from CDE-reported counts, not a CDE-native rate.

Data source: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort — the newest published; National Student Clearinghouse match.

UC enrollees, universitywide, 2014–2025

Peak: 72 enrolled, 2016

UC is one road of many — the full destination mix for the class of 2023 is below. And who applied isn't who the school taught: the ratio between the two reflects the self-selected pool of students who chose to apply, not what happened in the classroom. By the state's 2023 count, 57% of this class's predecessors enrolled in college somewhere within a year. More of the class of 2023 enrolled at community colleges (107) than at UC (52).

Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle · college-going rate: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 22:1, district 23:122:1
Teaching staff99 teachers
Avg. experience12.4 years
Fully credentialed93%
First-year teachers3%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$71,194 – $153,326
Principal salary$192,663 – $212,996
Superintendent salary$353,745

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course Breadth
AP exam qualifiers157 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers71 students
Advanced Coursework

Rancho Verde's teachers are authorized to teach 24 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — well above the 14-subject median among California schools that offer AP at all — including Calculus BC, Calculus AB, and Physics C: Mechanics.

AP subjects taught24
Math & Computer Science (5)Calculus AB · Calculus BC · Computer Science Principles · Precalculus · Statistics
Sciences (5)Biology · Environmental Science · Physics 1 · Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism · Physics C: Mechanics
English (2)English Language and Composition · English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science (5)Human Geography · Psychology · U.S. Government and Politics · United States History · World History: Modern
World Languages & Cultures (1)Spanish Language and Culture
Arts (4)2-D Art and Design · 3-D Art and Design · Drawing · Music Theory
AP Capstone (2)Research · Seminar

Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, 2025 - 2026 audit year (authorization, not enrollment) · IB World Schools directory, name-matched · structural depth: 2020-21 federal snapshot, table 09

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $11,370, CA average $14,491$11,370 · spent at this school

These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.

Federal share$335 per student

$335 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,528 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction57%
Instruction support12%
Student services11%
Administration7%
Buildings & maintenance9%
Other4%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$13,995 per pupil
2019$13,167 per pupil
2018$13,534 per pupil
2017$14,085 per pupil
2016$13,604 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Hispanic66.8%
District 80.2% · CA 56.1%
Black20.3%
District 10.6% · CA 4.8%
Other7.1%
District 4.4% · CA 9.0%
White3.2%
District 3.3% · CA 19.9%
Asian2.6%
District 1.5% · CA 10.2%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 82.1% (18pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$100K · CA $85K
Median home value$474K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+14% · CA 35%
ZIP population37,425
Median age30 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 29% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.

Frequently asked questions

Is Rancho Verde High a good high school?

Rancho Verde High has a Scope Score of 50 out of 100, placing it in the 63rd percentile of California high schools and ranked #810 statewide. 13.4% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 2.4 percentage points below the California average of 15.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Rancho Verde High's CAASPP test scores?

On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 35.6% of students at Rancho Verde High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 13.4% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 22.1% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 13.4% pushed past it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it reveals whether a school's curriculum challenges students beyond minimum proficiency or paces toward it. 937 student-subject combinations were assessed.

How does Rancho Verde High rank in California?

Rancho Verde High ranks #810 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 63rd percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

What is the attendance and school culture like at Rancho Verde High?

28.9% of students at Rancho Verde High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 30.2%. The suspension rate is 3.5%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.

How does Rancho Verde High compare to other schools in Moreno Valley?

Rancho Verde High scores 50/100 (63rd percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 2,101 students. Use the schools in Moreno Valley page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.

How does Rancho Verde High serve low-income and underrepresented students?

At Rancho Verde High in Moreno Valley, 50.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 39.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Rancho Verde High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 11.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (15.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (57.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 44.4 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 393 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

What AP courses are offered at Rancho Verde High?

Rancho Verde High's teachers are authorized to teach 24 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers, per the 2025 - 2026 AP Course Audit: 2-D Art and Design, 3-D Art and Design, Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Computer Science Principles, Drawing, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, Human Geography, Music Theory, Physics 1, Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, Physics C: Mechanics, Precalculus, Psychology, Research, Seminar, Spanish Language and Culture, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics, United States History, World History: Modern. Authorization means the school may teach a course, not that a section is running this year, and it's separate from AP exam pass rates. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.

How many students from Rancho Verde High go to UC?

In fall 2025, 64 Rancho Verde High graduates enrolled at University of California campuses, universitywide. That figure can't be split into a per-campus sum — students apply to several UC campuses at once, so campus-level counts don't add up to the universitywide total. UC is one destination among many: this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private college, a community college, or work, and it is a count, not a rate or a ranking. Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.

Your other options

All schools in Moreno Valley →

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.

For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Graduation rate · 25%
96.4%
↑ vs CA 86.6% · 61th pctile
Exceeded standard · 22%
13.4%
↓ vs CA 15.8% · 47th pctile
College readiness · 20%
55.9%
↑ vs CA 33.9% · 62th pctile
Met or exceeded · 18%
35.6%
↓ vs CA 35.7% · 50th pctile
Chronic absenteeism · 5%
28.9%
↑ vs CA 30.2% · 51th pctile
Suspension rate · 5%
3.5%
↑ vs CA 3.6% · 51th pctile
EL proficiency (ELPAC) · 5%
18.6%
↑ vs CA 18.0% · 54th pctile
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1146823%31%26%20%54%+7
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 114694%13%23%60%17%−6
Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Grade 5/8/114805%25%64%7%

CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged39350.9%+11+13
Hispanic/Latino31657.0%+16+18
Black/African American9139.6%+4+7
03Peer comparison · nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+GrowthSusp
Rancho Verde High ←—5013.4%35.6%—3.5%
Val Verde High2.6 mi241.1%7.3%—3.8%
California average—4415.8%35.7%—3.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
Graduation Rate
96.4%
AP Exam Prepared
55.9%
A-G Completion
63.5%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
57.3%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrowth
20195365#70914.0%41.2%14.3%7.0%—
20224966#71313.5%36.2%33.9%6.0%—
20234759#8928.5%27.5%30.0%3.2%—
20245066#72214.1%35.7%28.8%3.7%—
20255063#81013.4%35.6%28.9%3.5%—
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
Group20192025Δ
Female14.5%31.9%+17.4pp
Male13.4%26.1%+12.7pp
Asian5.7%23.2%+17.5pp
Black/African American18.9%27.8%+8.9pp
Filipino16.7%57.1%+40.4pp
White4.2%9.3%+5.1pp
Hispanic/Latino12.7%29.4%+16.7pp
American Indian/Alaska Native23.1%——
Two or More Races7.8%29.5%+21.7pp
Students with Disabilities25.0%35.3%+10.3pp
English Learners20.3%37.0%+16.7pp
Foster Youth22.7%38.5%+15.8pp
Homeless29.7%38.2%+8.5pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged15.2%31.4%+16.2pp
All Students13.9%28.8%+14.9pp
06UC admissions, universitywide2014–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledGPA (applied)GPA (admitted)GPA (enrolled)
2025144122643.753.843.94
202413499563.753.923.94
202313693573.653.883.88
202212793573.753.944.01
202114888503.603.863.91
202015899563.693.883.94
201916191523.673.903.95
2018209115693.603.843.90
2017168101693.533.763.74
2016190115723.513.713.76
201519495623.453.783.81
201415375553.433.733.74

‹n = UC masks counts below n · a missing year means zero or masked — never assume zero · GPA cells blank for years with more than one contributing CEEB code (a summed GPA would be fabricated math) · GPAs live here and nowhere else on this page · Applied/Admitted/Enrolled reflect who applied, not what the school taught — no admit rate is computed or implied by this table. Series shown from 2014; full record to 1994 at the UC Infocenter.

07UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley202541‹3‹3
Berkeley2024527‹3
Berkeley2023447‹3
Berkeley202237146
Berkeley20214511‹3
Davis202545186
Davis20242611‹3
Davis20232383
Davis20223211‹3
Davis202144233
Irvine202598319
Irvine202483277
Irvine202389315
Irvine20228618‹3
Irvine2021892310
Los Angeles20257797
Los Angeles20249284
Los Angeles20238185
Los Angeles202282128
Los Angeles20217696
Merced202560564
Merced20241812‹3
Merced202317155
Merced20221715‹3
Merced202119143
Riverside202511910027
Riverside20241108324
Riverside20231016425
Riverside2022966919
Riverside20211005413
San Diego2025100339
San Diego2024834516
San Diego2023943612
San Diego2022874918
San Diego2021983911
Santa Barbara20255116‹3
Santa Barbara20243914‹3
Santa Barbara20234813‹3
Santa Barbara20222415‹3
Santa Barbara20214416‹3
Santa Cruz20253525‹3
Santa Cruz20243113‹3
Santa Cruz20233116‹3
Santa Cruz202230184
Santa Cruz20212311‹3
Universitywide202514412264
Universitywide20241349956
Universitywide20231369357
Universitywide20221279357
Universitywide20211488850

Σ campuses ≠ universitywide — students apply to several campuses; the Universitywide row (muted) is its own independent count, never a sum of the rows above it.

08AP course catalog2025 - 2026
SubjectTaught by
2-D Art and Designthis school
3-D Art and Designthis school
Biologythis school
Calculus ABthis school
Calculus BCthis school
Computer Science Principlesthis school
Drawingthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Environmental Sciencethis school
Human Geographythis school
Music Theorythis school
Physics 1this school
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetismthis school
Physics C: Mechanicsthis school
Precalculusthis school
Psychologythis school
Researchthis school
Seminarthis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Statisticsthis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
United States Historythis school
World History: Modernthis school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

09Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count21
AP enrollment539
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections3
Physics sections24
Chemistry sections19
Total enrollment (CRDC)1,960

Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.

10College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California5212.9%
California State University4410.9%
California community college10726.6%
In-state private153.7%
Out-of-state, 4-year123.0%
Out-of-state, 2-year10.3%
Not enrolled17242.7%

403 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 57% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · a missing cell is CDE suppression, never a fabricated zero · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.

EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,160 high schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · UC Infocenter (annual refresh, summer) — ‹5/‹3 = masked, never summed across campuses · AP Course Ledger 2025 - 2026 (November refresh; authorization not enrollment) · CRDC 2020-21 (biennial; next expected 2021-22) · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-07-03methodology · data updates · CSV · report issue

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