diff --git a/daft/io/_range.py b/daft/io/_range.py
index 76e0e8a6b9..8a28bed8ab 100644
--- a/daft/io/_range.py
+++ b/daft/io/_range.py
@@ -11,19 +11,30 @@
 from daft.table.table import Table
 
 
-def _range_generators(start: int, end: int, step: int) -> Iterator[Callable[[], Iterator[Table]]]:
-    def generator_for_value(value: int) -> Callable[[], Iterator[Table]]:
-        def generator() -> Iterator[Table]:
-            yield Table.from_pydict({"id": [value]})
+def _range_generators(start: int, end: int, step: int, partitions: int) -> Iterator[Callable[[], Iterator[Table]]]:
+    # TODO: Partitioning with range scan is currently untested and unused.
+    # There may be issues with balanced partitions and step size.
 
-        return generator
+    # Calculate partition bounds upfront
+    partition_size = (end - start) // partitions
+    partition_bounds = [
+        (start + (i * partition_size), start + ((i + 1) * partition_size) if i < partitions - 1 else end)
+        for i in range(partitions)
+    ]
 
-    for value in range(start, end, step):
-        yield generator_for_value(value)
+    def generator(partition_idx: int) -> Iterator[Table]:
+        partition_start, partition_end = partition_bounds[partition_idx]
+        values = list(range(partition_start, partition_end, step))
+        yield Table.from_pydict({"id": values})
+
+    from functools import partial
+
+    for partition_idx in range(partitions):
+        yield partial(generator, partition_idx)
 
 
 class RangeScanOperator(GeneratorScanOperator):
-    def __init__(self, start: int, end: int, step: int = 1) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, start: int, end: int, step: int = 1, partitions: int = 1) -> None:
         schema = Schema._from_field_name_and_types([("id", DataType.int64())])
 
-        super().__init__(schema=schema, generators=_range_generators(start, end, step))
+        super().__init__(schema=schema, generators=_range_generators(start, end, step, partitions))
diff --git a/src/daft-connect/src/translation/logical_plan.rs b/src/daft-connect/src/translation/logical_plan.rs
index d25c7cecc6..58255e2ef9 100644
--- a/src/daft-connect/src/translation/logical_plan.rs
+++ b/src/daft-connect/src/translation/logical_plan.rs
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ fn range(range: Range) -> eyre::Result<LogicalPlanBuilder> {
             num_partitions,
         } = range;
 
-        if let Some(partitions) = num_partitions {
-            warn!("{partitions} ignored");
-        }
+        let partitions = num_partitions.unwrap_or(1);
+
+        ensure!(partitions > 0, "num_partitions must be greater than 0");
 
         let start = start.unwrap_or(0);
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ fn range(range: Range) -> eyre::Result<LogicalPlanBuilder> {
                 .wrap_err("Failed to get range function")?;
 
             let range = range
-                .call1((start, end, step))
+                .call1((start, end, step, partitions))
                 .wrap_err("Failed to create range scan operator")?
                 .to_object(py);
 
diff --git a/tests/connect/test_range_simple.py b/tests/connect/test_range_simple.py
index 35b69069a2..86f348470e 100644
--- a/tests/connect/test_range_simple.py
+++ b/tests/connect/test_range_simple.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-# import time
 import pytest
 from pyspark.sql import SparkSession
 
diff --git a/xyz b/xyz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2