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Rancho Tehama Elementary

Public Grades K-5
5202nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 10% of California elementary schools
Summary

Rancho Tehama Elementary is a small K–5 school in Corning, California, serving 94 students in the Corning Union Elementary District. In 2025–26, 28% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), compared with 13% in math. The most important concern is math: proficiency was below the district, state and nearby K–5 school averages.

ELA is the school’s relative strength, though results remain well below the state. Its 28% proficiency was 1 percentage point above the district’s 27% and 21 points below the state’s 49%; it was also just above the 26% average for nearby K–5 schools. Among those peers, Bidwell Elementary had 28% proficiency, William M. Metteer Elementary had 18%, and Jackson Heights Elementary had 31%. Math proficiency was 6 points below the district, 25 points below the state, and 11 points below the nearby-school average of 24%; Rancho had the lowest math result among those four schools. Chronic absenteeism was another challenge: 22% of students were chronically absent, compared with 12% in the district and 18% statewide.

Results have improved over the longer term, but there are mixed signals. ELA proficiency rose from 12% in 2022–23 to 28% in 2025–26, while math increased from 6% to 13% over the same period, after falling 5 points in the latest year. Chronic absenteeism dropped 55 points from 2021–22, though it changed little from the prior year. SchoolDigger ranks the school at the 10th percentile statewide and gives it 1 star; its ranking has recovered from the 1st percentile in 2022–23, but it remains among the lower-ranked nearby schools. Context for families: the 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 23.5, the highest among nearby schools with reported ratios, and 88% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. Grade-level test results provided cover third and fourth grade only.

94
Students ?
23.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$24,285
Per pupil spending ?
88.3%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 17357 Stagecoach Rd.
       Corning, CA  96021-2937

(530) 585-2800

District: Corning Union Elementary


Students who attend Rancho Tehama Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Maywood Middle
High:    Corning Union High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
66.0%
White:
26.6%
Two or more races:
5.3%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 1st percentile in 2023 → 10th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 10th (2026) from a 1st-percentile low (2023)
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (21% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)
!Mathematics scores 25 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school21%
District avg23%
California avg44%
5,202nd of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 10%▼ down 5 pts since 2016
From bottom 15% (2016) to bottom 10% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
3rd of 4Elementary Schools in the Corning Union Elementary
899th of 968Corning Union Elementary among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202615.15202 of 580410.4%★☆☆☆☆
202512.25486 of 58576.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.65745 of 58692.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.25809 of 58590.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.44813 of 588318.2%★☆☆☆☆
202111.61362 of 14173.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.45123 of 578911.5%★☆☆☆☆
201836.23395 of 566240.0%★★☆☆☆
201757.52154 of 569262.2%★★★☆☆
201618.34756 of 561415.3%★☆☆☆☆
20157.75570 of 56110.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201022.34435 of 531416.5%★☆☆☆☆
200913.54830 of 51937.0%☆☆☆☆☆
200827.43791 of 511325.9%★☆☆☆☆
200719.54337 of 511315.2%★☆☆☆☆
200631.03238 of 481832.8%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202613.35179 of 55697.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202617.44585 of 50859.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202515.64717 of 51077.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.64788 of 51076.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202619.64710 of 541213.0%★☆☆☆☆
202517.34914 of 546010.0%★☆☆☆☆
20249.95406 of 55172.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.65278 of 53631.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202121.6965 of 111013.1%★☆☆☆☆
201925.04228 of 517318.3%★☆☆☆☆
201848.02492 of 508451.0%★★★☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)13th percentile+3 vs school
Hispanic (2026)10th percentile~ school
Female (2026)7th percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy28%-21 vs state
Mathematics13%-25 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Rancho Tehama Elementary

Students at Rancho Tehama Elementary are 66% Hispanic, 27% White, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Students who attend Rancho Tehama Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Maywood Middle
High : Corning Union High

In the 2024-25 school year, 94 students attended Rancho Tehama Elementary.

Rancho Tehama Elementary ranks in the bottom 10.4% of California elementary schools.

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Latest California data All new data »
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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