According to IMDb, San Diego State University, The Academy of Our Lady of Peace, Mount Carmel High School, and Eastlake High School all served as locations for scenes set at the fictional Rancho Carne High School. The high school exterior shots were filmed at the main campus of SDSU, NewToSanDiego.com reports.

Is Rancho Carne a real place?

According to IMDb, San Diego State University, The Academy of Our Lady of Peace, Mount Carmel High School, and Eastlake High School all served as locations for scenes set at the fictional Rancho Carne High School. The high school exterior shots were filmed at the main campus of SDSU, NewToSanDiego.com reports.

What does Rancho Carne mean?

Translated from Spanish to English, Rancho Carne literally means Meat Ranch. Translated from Spanish to English, Rancho Carne literally means Meat Ranch. The town is named from a ranch in that area named Rancho Viejo (Old Ranch). Spanish chili sin carne (“chili without meat”), based on chili con carne (“chili with meat”). You may think of this as a vegan chili con carne, but to be more accurate it’s actually a chili sin carne recipe (or meatless chili) as ‘sin carne’ means without meat. According to Merriam-Webster, chili is the US spelling, chilli is used in the UK and Spanish-speaking countries use chile – who knew!