Schools · Rancho Cucamonga
Rancho Cucamonga, CA schools
Rancho Cucamonga’s public schools score well above California’s averages: 68% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 91% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 16 schools through grade 6, then one of 5 middle schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A−
Rancho Cucamonga’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Rancho Cucamonga’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 81% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A-Test scoresB-Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 81%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (517)Better than 86%
High confidence. Built on 2,653 tested students and a graduating class of 5,760; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Rancho Cucamonga kids go to school
Grades 7–8
5 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Etiwanda Elementary School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (Chaffey Joint Union High)68%
State average 48.5%
Math (Chaffey Joint Union High)44%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
91% graduate on time
Graduation rate
91%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
5,760
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #272 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
Three districts serve Rancho Cucamonga
Chaffey Joint Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 11 schools · 22,040 students
$18,582 per studentCA $21,206A-Etiwanda Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 18 schools · 13,666 students
$15,674 per studentCA $21,206Alta Loma Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 10 schools · 5,535 students
$14,760 per studentCA $21,206Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 48 schools in Rancho Cucamonga
Showing 1–30 of 48 schools
John L. Golden ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 916 students
PublicCarleton P. Lightfoot ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 878 students
PublicTerra Vista ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 855 students
PublicCoyote Canyon ElementaryElementary · Grades K–4 · 817 students
PublicFloyd M. Stork ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 642 students
PublicGrapeland ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 620 students
PublicWindrows ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 593 students
PublicPerdew ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 589 students
PublicBanyan ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 572 students
PublicEtiwanda Colony ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 571 students
PublicCaryn ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 553 students
PublicLos Amigos ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 550 students
PublicDona Merced ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 547 students
D-PublicDeer Canyon ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 496 students
PublicValle Vista ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 471 students
D-PublicCucamonga ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 452 students
PublicVictoria Groves ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 452 students
PublicBear Gulch ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 443 students
D-PublicHermosa ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 442 students
PublicCarnelian ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 441 students
PublicCentral ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 436 students
PublicJasper ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 398 students
PublicAlta Loma ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 328 students
PublicDay Creek IntermediateMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,326 students
PublicEtiwanda IntermediateMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,181 students
PublicSummit IntermediateMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,065 students
PublicRuth Musser MiddleMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 941 students
D-PublicVineyard Junior HighMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 933 students
PublicAlta Loma Junior HighMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 831 students
PublicRancho Cucamonga MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 770 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.