Summary
Liberty Ranch High in Galt, California, enrolls 899 students in grades 9–12 and is compared with high schools in nearby communities, including Lodi and Elk Grove. Its latest results show a strong graduation rate and solid science proficiency, but the clearest academic strength is English language arts (ELA): 70% of students were proficient in 2025–26, well ahead of the state and nearby-school average.
ELA is one of the area’s strongest results: Liberty Ranch High ranked second among nearby schools, behind Pleasant Grove High. Its 70% proficiency was 21 percentage points above the state, 8 points above Galt Joint Union High, and 19 points above the nearby-school average. Math is the main academic concern: 37% proficiency was 2 points below the state, although 8 points above the district and 9 points above the nearby-school average. Graduation was also a strength: the 98% rate was 10 points above the state and 2 points above the district. Chronic absenteeism was 14%, below the district’s 18% and the state’s 18%.
Results have eased from their recent peaks: compared with 2024–25, proficiency fell 7 points in ELA, 4 in math, and 4 in science. Still, over four years, all three subjects improved modestly: ELA by 2 points, math by 1, and science by 3. SchoolDigger ranked the school at the 76th percentile with 4 stars in 2025–26, down 10 percentile points from 2024–25 but still ahead of most nearby schools. Its student–teacher ratio was 22.8 in 2024–25, among the highest nearby. The school-level measure was 41% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25; California is marked as a statewide-free-meals state, so read that measure in context. SchoolDigger’s ranking for how well the school serves Special Education Students was at the 30th percentile, compared with the school’s overall 76th. For Multi-racial Students, its ranking fell from the 88th percentile in 2024–25 to the 28th in 2025–26.
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