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Rancho Pico Junior High

Public Grades 7-8

134^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 95% of California middle schools

Summary

Rancho Pico Junior High is a top-performing 7th-8th grade school of 842 students in Stevenson Ranch, consistently ranking in the top 5% of all California middle schools.

The school's academic results are exceptional, with over 81% of students proficient in English and 66% in math, significantly outperforming nearby schools like Sierra Vista Junior High and La Mesa Junior High. It maintains this elite status with remarkable consistency, earning 5-star ratings for a decade, and stands out even within the high-performing William S. Hart Union High district alongside Rio Norte Junior High.

Key factors in its success include an exceptionally low chronic absenteeism rate of just 7.1%, less than half the district average, suggesting a highly engaged student body and positive school culture. The school also demonstrates strong effectiveness across all student groups and achieves these outstanding outcomes while spending less per student than several neighboring schools with lower performance, indicating efficient use of resources.

842

Students ?

23.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,594

Per pupil spending ?

13.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

26250 West Valencia Blvd.
Stevenson Ranch, CA 91381-0663

(661) 284-3260

District: William S. Hart Union High

Students who attend Rancho Pico Junior High usually attend:

High:	Academy of the Canyons
	West Ranch High

Feeder schools for Rancho Pico Junior High:

Elementary:	Oak Hills Elementary
	Pico Canyon Elementary
	Stevenson Ranch Elementary
	Wiley Canyon Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

34.3%

Asian:

29.9%

Hispanic:

23.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 86th percentile in 2013 → 95th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (71% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 5% of California middle schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 9 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 24 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school71%

District avg56%

California avg41%

134^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 5%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 6Middle Schools in the William S. Hart Union High

235^th of 1,543William S. Hart Union High 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	95.5	134 of 2761	95.1%	★★★★★
2024	95.0	154 of 2783	94.5%	★★★★★
2023	95.2	143 of 2781	94.9%	★★★★★
2022	96.3	107 of 2740	96.1%	★★★★★
2019	95.4	118 of 2715	95.7%	★★★★★
2018	94.5	135 of 2480	94.6%	★★★★★
2017	96.3	77 of 2508	96.9%	★★★★★
2016	94.5	113 of 2497	95.5%	★★★★★
2015	95.1	102 of 2477	95.9%	★★★★★
2013	79.6	329 of 2379	86.2%	★★★★☆
2012	75.1	428 of 2259	81.1%	★★★★☆
2011	76.0	387 of 2236	82.7%	★★★★☆
2010	88.4	127 of 2179	94.2%	★★★★★
2009	86.9	151 of 2063	92.7%	★★★★★
2008	87.9	145 of 2005	92.8%	★★★★★
2007	87.5	166 of 1999	91.7%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	93.3	16 of 609	97.4%	★★★★★
2024	96.4	22 of 627	96.5%	★★★★★
2023	99.7	2 of 613	99.7%	★★★★★
2022	96.8	12 of 637	98.1%	★★★★★
2019	98.2	10 of 643	98.4%	★★★★★
2018	97.5	15 of 600	97.5%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	83.1	73 of 739	90.1%	★★★★★
2024	83.8	63 of 743	91.5%	★★★★★
2023	84.4	50 of 715	93.0%	★★★★★
2022	86.3	37 of 733	95.0%	★★★★★
2019	86.4	31 of 745	95.8%	★★★★★
2018	83.6	61 of 700	91.3%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	90.2	91 of 1531	94.1%	★★★★★
2019	99.9	4 of 1491	99.7%	★★★★★
2018	98.2	20 of 1369	98.5%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	93.9	156 of 2533	93.8%	★★★★★
2024	94.7	139 of 2551	94.6%	★★★★★
2023	95.1	123 of 2531	95.1%	★★★★★
2022	95.3	117 of 2509	95.3%	★★★★★
2019	94.0	124 of 2380	94.8%	★★★★★
2018	93.5	138 of 2262	93.9%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	92.1	122 of 2395	94.9%	★★★★★
2024	93.2	98 of 2388	95.9%	★★★★★
2023	92.6	109 of 2374	95.4%	★★★★★
2022	96.1	56 of 2359	97.6%	★★★★★
2019	94.0	82 of 2213	96.3%	★★★★★
2018	90.9	125 of 2072	94.0%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	90.0	171 of 2542	93.3%	★★★★★
2024	89.6	191 of 2579	92.6%	★★★★★
2023	93.1	114 of 2531	95.5%	★★★★★
2022	89.9	148 of 2458	94.0%	★★★★★
2019	93.6	86 of 2369	96.4%	★★★★★
2018	91.0	118 of 2230	94.7%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	95.7	121 of 2534	95.2%	★★★★★
2024	94.0	161 of 2552	93.7%	★★★★★
2023	94.1	148 of 2538	94.2%	★★★★★
2022	96.0	105 of 2527	95.8%	★★★★★
2019	95.5	109 of 2407	95.5%	★★★★★
2018	94.4	127 of 2273	94.4%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	73.6	188 of 726	74.1%	★★★★☆
2024	78.3	134 of 701	80.9%	★★★★☆
2023	81.3	103 of 677	84.8%	★★★★☆
2019	80.9	79 of 554	85.7%	★★★★☆
2018	78.0	86 of 462	81.4%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	94.3	59 of 1566	96.2%	★★★★★
2024	91.5	91 of 1552	94.1%	★★★★★
2023	91.6	75 of 1531	95.1%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.1	163 of 1520	89.3%	★★★★☆
2024	80.7	220 of 1537	85.7%	★★★★☆
2023	80.4	232 of 1543	85.0%	★★★★☆
2022	82.5	199 of 1555	87.2%	★★★★☆
2019	84.3	177 of 1602	89.0%	★★★★☆
2018	86.1	135 of 1496	91.0%	★★★★★

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)

African American (2025)97th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)96th percentile~ school

Male (2025)95th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)95th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)94th percentile~ school

Female (2025)94th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)93rd percentile~ school

Asian (2025)90th percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)89th percentile-6 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)74th percentile-21 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy81%+33 vs state

Mathematics66%+29 vs state

Science61%+29 vs state

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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 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 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 Pico Junior High	Public	7-8	26250 West Valencia Blvd.	Stevenson Ranch	91381	Los Angeles County	William S. Hart Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 284-3260	842	36	23.5	13.4%	289 (34.3%)	37 (4.4%)	194 (23.0%)	252 (29.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (8.1%)	95.5	134^th of 2761 public middle schools	95.1%		95	154^th of 2783 public middle schools	94.5%	20	61.5	61.5		82.1	80.8	81.4		70.7	62.4	66.4	$20,594	$19,416	$1,178
Placerita Junior High	Public	7-8	25015 North Newhall Ave.	Newhall	91321	Los Angeles County	William S. Hart Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 259-1551	940	44	21.3	53.6%	260 (27.7%)	10 (1.1%)	610 (64.9%)	36 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (2.6%)	78.1	514^th of 2761 public middle schools	81.4%		80	478^th of 2783 public middle schools	82.8%	36	46.6	46.6		64.1	60.0	62.0		52.0	43.0	47.4	$21,072	$20,170	$902
Arroyo Seco Junior High	Public	7-8	27171 North Vista Delgado Dr.	Valencia	91354	Los Angeles County	William S. Hart Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 296-0991	1,239	51	24.3	17.2%	472 (38.1%)	37 (3.0%)	473 (38.2%)	164 (13.2%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (7.2%)	86.9	337^th of 2761 public middle schools	87.8%		85.4	378^th of 2783 public middle schools	86.4%	41	52.4	52.4		68.7	68.5	68.6		52.7	57.7	55.1	$18,483	$17,682	$801
Rio Norte Junior High	Public	7-8	28771 Rio Norte Dr.	Santa Clarita	91354	Los Angeles County	William S. Hart Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 295-3700	1,138	47	24.0	17.0%	436 (38.3%)	54 (4.7%)	282 (24.8%)	294 (25.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	70 (6.2%)	92	227^th of 2761 public middle schools	91.8%		90.1	276^th of 2783 public middle schools	90.1%	49	52.7	52.7		76.7	72.1	74.5		64.6	61.6	63.2	$20,555	$18,900	$1,655
Castaic Middle	Public	7-8	28900 Hillcrest Pkwy.	Castaic	91384	Los Angeles County	Castaic Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 257-4550	451	20	22.7	50.8%	157 (34.8%)	12 (2.7%)	216 (47.9%)	29 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.0%)	71.2	645^th of 2761 public middle schools	76.6%		64.3	797^th of 2783 public middle schools	71.4%	152	42.7	42.7		59.4	62.3	60.8		40.6	39.3	40.0	$20,457	$20,140	$317
La Mesa Junior High	Public	7-8	26623 May Way	Santa Clarita	91351	Los Angeles County	William S. Hart Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 250-0022	1,017	50	20.2	47.8%	180 (17.7%)	79 (7.8%)	578 (56.8%)	133 (13.1%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	42 (4.1%)	67.3	735^th of 2761 public middle schools	73.4%		56.8	965^th of 2783 public middle schools	65.3%	230	31.2	31.2		63.6	55.4	59.3		50.8	35.6	42.9	$20,723	$18,744	$1,979
Sierra Vista Junior High	Public	7-8	19425 West Stillmore St.	Canyon Country	91351	Los Angeles County	William S. Hart Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 252-3113	946	46	20.4	43.4%	211 (22.3%)	23 (2.4%)	651 (68.8%)	35 (3.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	23 (2.4%)	59	930^th of 2761 public middle schools	66.3%		59.7	896^th of 2783 public middle schools	67.8%	34	36.1	36.1		51.0	55.2	53.0		34.3	34.6	34.4	$22,262	$21,068	$1,194
Robert Frost Middle	Public	6-8	12314 Bradford Pl.	Granada Hills	91344	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 832-6900	1,505	63	23.8	54.1%	498 (33.1%)	49 (3.3%)	749 (49.8%)	138 (9.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (4.7%)	91.7	232^nd of 2761 public middle schools	91.6%		91	257^th of 2783 public middle schools	90.8%	25	55.0	55.0	74.6	78.2	69.5	74.2	65.4	60.7	58.9	61.8	$28,840	$27,056	$1,784
Valley View Middle	Public	6-8	3347 Tapo St.	Simi Valley	93063	Ventura County	Simi Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 520-6820	1,329	54	24.7	41.2%	572 (43.0%)	20 (1.5%)	527 (39.7%)	123 (9.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (6.5%)	49.4	1192^nd of 2761 public middle schools	56.8%		47.8	1222^nd of 2783 public middle schools	56.1%	30	33.2	33.2	46.1	52.5	45.7	48.0	34.5	28.1	25.6	29.4	$17,035	$16,172	$863
Ernest Lawrence Middle	Public	6-8	10100 Variel Ave.	Chatsworth	91311	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 678-7900	1,076	52	20.8	69.7%	139 (12.9%)	46 (4.3%)	617 (57.3%)	222 (20.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (4.6%)	58.4	942^nd of 2761 public middle schools	65.9%		50.5	1155^th of 2783 public middle schools	58.5%	213	32.7	32.7	53.1	51.8	49.0	51.3	40.7	37.8	33.2	37.2	$30,662	$28,582	$2,080

Frequently Asked Questions about Rancho Pico Junior High

What high school do graduates of Rancho Pico Junior High attend?

Students who attend Rancho Pico Junior High usually go on to attend Academy of the Canyons

Is Rancho Pico Junior High a good school?

Yes! Rancho Pico Junior High is one of the best middle schools in the state. It ranks 134^th of 2761 California middle schools.

What is the racial makeup of Rancho Pico Junior High?

Students at Rancho Pico Junior High are 34% White, 30% Asian, 23% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 4% African American.

What district is Rancho Pico Junior High in?

William S. Hart Union High

How many students attend Rancho Pico Junior High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 842 students attended Rancho Pico Junior High.

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