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Rancho San Justo

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Rancho San Justo ranks 1938 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

1938^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 30% of California middle schools

Summary

Rancho San Justo is a public middle school serving about 650 students in grades 6-8 within the Hollister School District, which ranks in the lower third of districts statewide.

The school faces significant academic challenges, with student performance in English and, especially, math falling well below state averages; only about 17% of students were proficient in math in the most recent year. Chronic absenteeism, while improved from pandemic highs, remains a concern at over 20%. These trends are part of a longer-term decline in the school's statewide ranking. It's important to note that the school serves a community with considerable economic need, with nearly 70% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Interesting comparisons exist within its own district. While Rancho San Justo struggles, another Hollister school, the Accelerated Achievement Academy, achieves exceptional results, ranking in the 99th percentile. This suggests factors beyond simple funding, like instructional approach, are critical. Compared to middle schools in neighboring districts like Gilroy Unified (e.g., Brownell Middle and Solorsano Middle), Rancho San Justo generally shows lower academic proficiency and higher chronic absenteeism, even when considering similar student demographics.

653

Students ?

20.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,528

Per pupil spending ?

69.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1201 Rancho Dr.
Hollister, CA 95023-4914

(831) 636-4450

District: Hollister

Students who attend Rancho San Justo usually attend:

High:

Hollister High

Feeder schools for Rancho San Justo:

Elementary:	Cerra Vista Elementary
	Hollister Dual Language Academy
	Ladd Lane Elementary
	R. O. Hardin Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

79.0%

White:

10.6%

Two or more races:

4.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 39th percentile in 2013 → 30th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 9 percentile points since 2013

!Mathematics scores 21 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school25%

District avg31%

California avg41%

1,938^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 30%▼ down 15 pts since 2015

From bottom 45% (2015) to bottom 30% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 3Middle Schools in the Hollister

1069^th of 1,543Hollister 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.5	1938 of 2761	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.7	2101 of 2783	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.3	1928 of 2781	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.2	1643 of 2740	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.0	1271 of 2715	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	46.7	1170 of 2480	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2017	42.8	1311 of 2508	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2016	30.5	1635 of 2497	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2015	39.3	1358 of 2477	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2013	39.4	1446 of 2379	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2012	27.8	1709 of 2259	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	44.8	1230 of 2236	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2010	51.5	1002 of 2179	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2009	54.4	871 of 2063	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2008	45.2	1031 of 2005	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2007	53.3	829 of 1999	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2006	48.8	842 of 1804	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2005	43.5	925 of 1777	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2004	34.3	1104 of 1769	37.6%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	39.2	786 of 1531	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	32.5	951 of 1491	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.5	770 of 1369	43.8%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	36.4	877 of 1478	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.2	918 of 1521	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.6	585 of 1540	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	61.3	288 of 1442	80.0%	★★★★☆
2018	57.8	325 of 1364	76.2%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.5	1602 of 2533	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.0	1807 of 2551	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.0	1739 of 2531	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.6	1447 of 2509	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	49.4	1077 of 2380	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	45.1	1148 of 2262	49.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.6	1804 of 2395	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.4	1786 of 2388	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.8	1654 of 2374	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.5	1376 of 2359	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.4	1046 of 2213	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	50.1	911 of 2072	56.0%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.8	2150 of 2542	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.9	2145 of 2579	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.6	2021 of 2531	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.5	1492 of 2458	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.6	1403 of 2369	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.4	1213 of 2230	45.6%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.2	1986 of 2534	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.5	2025 of 2552	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.9	1786 of 2538	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.4	1566 of 2527	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.9	1320 of 2407	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.9	1079 of 2273	52.5%	★★★☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.1	54 of 95	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.1	61 of 94	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.5	62 of 86	27.9%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	47.3	364 of 677	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.0	385 of 665	42.1%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.5	952 of 1566	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.6	940 of 1552	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.7	959 of 1531	37.4%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.5	972 of 1520	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.2	1042 of 1537	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	12.7	1384 of 1543	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.6	1038 of 1555	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	62.4	595 of 1602	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	49.5	753 of 1496	49.7%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Disabled (2022)49th percentile+9 vs school

Multi-racial (2023)46th percentile+16 vs school

Migrant (2025)43rd percentile+13 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)41st percentile+16 vs school

Special Education (2025)39th percentile+9 vs school

Female (2025)37th percentile+7 vs school

White (2025)36th percentile+6 vs school

Hispanic (2025)25th percentile-5 vs school

Male (2025)22nd percentile-8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)15th percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy35%-14 vs state

Science24%-9 vs state

Mathematics17%-21 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Rancho San Justo	Public	6-8	1201 Rancho Dr.	Hollister	95023	San Benito County	Hollister	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 636-4450	653	32	20.4	69.4%	69 (10.6%)	13 (2.0%)	516 (79.0%)	20 (3.1%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	29 (4.4%)	26.5	1938^th of 2761 public middle schools	29.8%		23.7	2101^st of 2783 public middle schools	24.5%	163		23.9	23.9		32.6	34.6	36.7	34.8		19.9	17.8	12.8	16.6	$16,528	$15,378	$1,150
San Benito County Opportunity	Public	7-9	191 Alvarado St.	Hollister	95023	San Benito County	San Benito County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 636-8408	32	3	10.2	87.5%	1 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (93.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.1%)	4.2	2751^st of 2761 public middle schools	0.4%					(n/a)		0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	$37,126	$34,008	$3,118
Maze Middle	Public	6-8	900 Meridian St.	Hollister	95023	San Benito County	Hollister	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 636-4480	580	29	20.2	65.5%	57 (9.8%)	5 (0.9%)	487 (84.0%)	11 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.3%)	23.5	2076^th of 2761 public middle schools	24.8%		20.9	2221^st of 2783 public middle schools	20.2%	145		17.9	17.9		32.4	34.1	39.7	35.8		18.5	12.4	7.1	12.2	$15,369	$14,252	$1,117
Accelerated Achievement Academy	Public	5-8	1151 Buena Vista Rd.	Hollister	95023	San Benito County	Hollister	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 636-4460	151	6	27.4	47.7%	17 (11.3%)	2 (1.3%)	109 (72.2%)	16 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.6%)	98.9	20^th of 2761 public middle schools	99.3%		97.6	74^th of 2783 public middle schools	97.3%	54	65.6	65.4	65.5	84.4	97.1	97.1	90.4	92.2	90.6	82.9	85.3	84.6	85.6	$10,287	$9,398	$889
John Gutierrez Middle	Public	6-8	1031 Rogge Rd.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-3300	568	29	19.4	80.5%	32 (5.6%)	5 (0.9%)	513 (90.3%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.2%)	24.8	2012^th of 2761 public middle schools	27.1%		22.7	2137^th of 2783 public middle schools	23.2%	125		18.3	18.3		31.9	30.5	37.8	33.5		15.9	20.4	16.2	17.7	$12,197	$10,908	$1,289
South Valley Middle	Public	6-8	7881 Murray Ave.	Gilroy	95020	Santa Clara County	Gilroy Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(669) 205-5200	784	34	23.1	55.6%	41 (5.2%)	8 (1.0%)	631 (80.5%)	43 (5.5%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (7.4%)	29.6	1844^th of 2761 public middle schools	33.2%		35.7	1600^th of 2783 public middle schools	42.5%	244		21.7	21.7		30.1	31.7	33.5	31.7		21.2	27.0	27.0	25.0	$19,303	$18,282	$1,021
Brownell Middle	Public	6-8	7800 Carmel St.	Gilroy	95020	Santa Clara County	Gilroy Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(669) 205-5100	672	31	21.5	56.3%	99 (14.7%)	10 (1.5%)	474 (70.5%)	42 (6.3%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (6.4%)	44.7	1338^th of 2761 public middle schools	51.5%		59.6	897^th of 2783 public middle schools	67.8%	441		31.1	31.1		36.0	45.7	40.8	40.7		32.3	28.7	33.6	31.7	$17,912	$17,050	$862
Solorsano Middle	Public	6-8	7121 Grenache Way	Gilroy	95020	Santa Clara County	Gilroy Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(669) 205-5000	749	34	22.0	48.9%	97 (13.0%)	16 (2.1%)	490 (65.4%)	78 (10.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	64 (8.5%)	46	1296^th of 2761 public middle schools	53.1%		51.5	1121^st of 2783 public middle schools	59.7%	175		27.3	27.3		41.3	42.6	41.4	41.8		28.8	37.3	35.2	33.9	$20,270	$19,624	$646
La Paz Middle	Public	7-8	1300 North Sanborn Rd.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7900	1,099	55	20.0	93.4%	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1,092 (99.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22.8	2119^th of 2761 public middle schools	23.3%		23.7	2102^nd of 2783 public middle schools	24.5%	17		16.0	16.0			34.9	28.7	31.9			18.8	15.7	17.3	$28,891	$27,100	$1,791
Gavilan View Middle	Public	6-8	18250 Van Buren Ave.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-7212	556	30	18.5	87.6%	19 (3.4%)	2 (0.4%)	508 (91.4%)	16 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.6%)	24.6	2028^th of 2761 public middle schools	26.5%		18.1	2337^th of 2783 public middle schools	16.0%	309		21.1	21.1		34.5	30.2	36.4	33.6		16.5	15.1	16.8	16.1	$11,092	$9,808	$1,284

Frequently Asked Questions about Rancho San Justo

How many students attend Rancho San Justo?

In the 2024-25 school year, 653 students attended Rancho San Justo.

What is the racial makeup of Rancho San Justo?

Students at Rancho San Justo are 79% Hispanic, 11% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% Asian, 2% African American.

What district is Rancho San Justo in?

Hollister

Is Rancho San Justo a good school?

Rancho San Justo ranks 1938^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What high school do graduates of Rancho San Justo attend?

Students who attend Rancho San Justo usually go on to attend Hollister High

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