El Rancho Middle School

El Rancho has some decent teachers but this school also has some teachers who think they can say and do whatever they want to their students. One teacher threw a water bottle at my child. The same teacher (on a different day), suddenly ripped off my child’s shoe during a test, for no reason. My child had NEVER been in trouble and did not cause problems yet she had a VERY negative experience at this school. Three of her teachers were rude and verbally abusive on several occasions. When I reported it to the Assistant Principal, NOTHING was done. The Principal was copied in on two of my emails but I never received a reply from him. The Assistant Principal never gave any resolution or even a suggestion on how to possibly correct the issues with his staff. My child often heard teachers yelling at their students/​class as she walked through the halls. During her two years at El Rancho I only encountered three teachers that displayed impeccable teaching skills. Other than that, this school is awful (in my opinion). From day one, the office staff was EXTREMELY rude and seemed bothered that they had to actually interact with the parents. I stood in the lobby area waiting for a staff member to acknowledge my presence (they saw me standing there waiting) but they were too busy talking about their personal lives and what they did over the weekend. I would not recommend this school. They claim to have a «positive» learning environment but only three of her teachers were positive/​normal. The rest of her teachers seemed annoyed/​bothered during her classes.

Most AMAZING school my kids have been at! I have 3 kids, HS senior, jr. and an 8^th grader. All have gone through El Rancho and it could not have been a better experience all three times!!! The staff, both administrative and teaching are absolutely wonderful! The people here LOVE their jobs, and live their jobs!!! And it shows!!! They truly care about our kids’ education and well being!!! Thank you EL RANCHO for being such an amazing place for my daughters’ education! I could not ever imagine having my kids go to any other school!

El Rancho… this place takes me way back. dang. So, my memories of this place? Well, during the lunch time, there weren’t many places with shade or covering, so I recall my group of friends and I would sit underneath this tiny tree… However, I still got pooped on at least twice. Yes, there was a major seagull problem back then — not sure if it is still the case now. I also recall an 8^th grader confessing his love for me when I was a 7^th grader. Back then, I was pretty immature and literally laughed out loud after his confession. So, as you can guess, that didn’t turn out well.
In terms of education, well… this place prepared me for high school. I appreciated the teachers… so big thank you to them! :o)