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Enrollment
803
Middle
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744002334
Aliso Viejo Middle
111 Park Ave., Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 · (949) 831-2622 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL803 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of California public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
284 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 251 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 265 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 286 | 36% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
71.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.6pp since 2014
Math
65.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.6% | 34.8% | 15.5% | 13.0% |
| Math | 42.7% | 22.3% | 19.3% | 15.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.4% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.1% | 62.2% |
| 2022-23 | 76.3% | 61.9% |
| 2021-22 | 70.6% | 60.7% |
| 2018-19 | 70.4% | 65.2% |
| 2017-18 | 74.5% | 67.0% |
| 2016-17 | 75.2% | 68.9% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 76.0% | 66.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Aliso Viejo Middle
Aliso Viejo Middle's state test result (68.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aliso Viejo Middle this school | 803 | 35.4% | 68.1% |
| Spring View Middle Rocklin | 780 | 31.0% | 55.0% |
| Silverado Middle Roseville | 1,010 | 33.5% | 51.5% |
| Ethel Dwyer Middle Huntington Beach | 884 | 37.1% | 61.9% |
| Rincon Valley Middle Santa Rosa | 725 | 34.1% | 47.5% |
| Don Juan Avila Middle Aliso Viejo | 863 | 29.7% | 71.2% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Aliso Viejo Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #143 of 1,224 | #23 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #135 of 1,227 ▲ 6 | #22 of 85 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #166 of 1,227 ▼ 44 | #27 of 85 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #565 of 1,214 | #36 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 803 | #438 of 1,377 | #36 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #859 of 1,279 | #45 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #311 of 1,278 | #30 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.4% | #1,096 of 1,329 | #64 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #206 of 930 | #29 of 74 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
803
-54 (-6%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 1,015
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 26.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 803 | 36 | 22.3:1 | 35% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 799 | 39.1 | 20.5:1 | 35% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 819 | 37.4 | 21.9:1 | 34% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 857 | 33 | 26.0:1 | 25% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 1,070 | 43.8 | 24.5:1 | 25% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 1,055 | 40 | 26.4:1 | 16% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 1,091 | N/A | N/A | 16% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 1,015 | 46 | 22.1:1 | 10% (98) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Aliso Viejo Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (1,070 to 803); teachers down 18% (43.8 to 36).
About Aliso Viejo Middle
Aliso Viejo Middle is a mid-sized middle school based in Aliso Viejo, California. It had 803 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in California have about 659 students on average; enrollment here is 22% higher.
Capistrano Unified runs Aliso Viejo Middle along with 57 other schools, enrolling 40,251 students in total.
The student body at Aliso Viejo Middle is 54% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 14% Asian, and 11% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 43%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
For every teacher at Aliso Viejo Middle, there are about 22.3 students; the school has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in California, 20.7:1, is lower. There are 284 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 35% of enrollment. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Orange County, the school's rate is lower.
Aliso Viejo Middle holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 90% of California public middle schools.
Aliso Viejo Middle's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 68.1% is 9.3 points above the 58.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Orange County, where the median household earns about $116,289 a year, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Aliso Viejo Middle shares Orange County with 648 other public schools.
Journey is about 0.8 miles from Aliso Viejo Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Aliso Viejo Middle places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Aliso Viejo Middle is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Aliso Viejo Middle had a net loss of 54 students, or 6%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 26.0:1 to 22.3:1 over the same years.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Capistrano Unified
- San Clemente HighHigh · 2,740 students
- San Juan Hills HighHigh · 2,641 students
- Aliso Niguel HighHigh · 2,563 students
- Tesoro HighHigh · 2,030 students
- Capistrano Valley HighHigh · 1,991 students
- Dana Hills HighHigh · 1,725 students
Other schools in Aliso Viejo
- Aliso Niguel HighHigh · 2,563 students
- Don Juan Avila MiddleMiddle · 863 students
- Don Juan Avila ElementaryElementary · 672 students
- JourneyElementary · 617 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Canyon Vista ElementaryElementary · 533 students
Nearby schools
- Journey0.8 mi · 617
- Laguna Hills High1.0 mi · 1,317
- Don Juan Avila Elementary1.1 mi · 672
- Don Juan Avila Middle1.1 mi · 863
- Oak Grove Elementary1.3 mi · 569
- Aliso Niguel High1.4 mi · 2,563
Frequently asked questions
About Aliso Viejo MiddleHow many students attend Aliso Viejo Middle?
Aliso Viejo Middle enrolls approximately 803 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Aliso Viejo Middle serve?
Aliso Viejo Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Aliso Viejo Middle?
Approximately 22.3:1 students per teacher at Aliso Viejo Middle.
What is the student diversity at Aliso Viejo Middle?
Student demographics at Aliso Viejo Middle are roughly 54% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 14% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Aliso Viejo Middle in?
Aliso Viejo Middle is part of Capistrano Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.