Enrollment
329
Middle
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744011701
Arroyo Vista Middle
23371 Arroyo Vista, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 · (949) 234-5951 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of California public middle schools
- A+Test 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
20.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
65 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 6 | 103 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 110 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 116 | 35% |
Student demographics
59%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
82.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.9pp since 2014
Math
74.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 51.8% | 31.1% | 11.8% | 5.4% |
| Math | 52.9% | 21.5% | 15.8% | 9.8% |
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 | 82.9% | 74.4% |
| 2023-24 | 82.3% | 71.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.5% | 68.8% |
| 2021-22 | 82.3% | 64.8% |
| 2018-19 | 81.4% | 74.1% |
| 2017-18 | 81.8% | 71.6% |
| 2016-17 | 80.6% | 71.3% |
| 2015-16 | 79.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 76.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
77.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Arroyo Vista Middle
Arroyo Vista Middle's state test result (77.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Vista Middle this school | 329 | 19.8% | 77.6% |
| Esencia Middle Rancho Mission Viejo | 349 | 22.3% | 77.2% |
| Olympus Junior High Roseville | 439 | 19.1% | 69.9% |
| Excelsior Elementary Roseville | 469 | 22.2% | 67.7% |
| Pacific Grove Middle Pacific Grove | 439 | 15.9% | 63.8% |
| Willma Cavitt Junior High Granite Bay | 375 | 8.5% | 77.9% |
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 Arroyo Vista Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #53 of 1,224 | #3 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #63 of 1,227 ▲ 13 | #7 of 85 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #45 of 1,227 ▼ 6 | #2 of 85 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #310 of 1,214 | #21 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #1,166 of 1,377 | #87 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #580 of 1,279 | #19 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #458 of 1,278 | #39 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.8% | #1,223 of 1,329 | #81 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #434 of 930 | #51 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
329
+10 (+3%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 329 | 15.8 | 20.8:1 | 20% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 16.3 | 20.2:1 | 20% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 13.7 | 22.0:1 | 24% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | 13 | 24.5:1 | 12% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 16.5 | 24.1:1 | 13% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 15 | 25.9:1 | 10% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | N/A | N/A | 9% (39) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arroyo Vista Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (397 to 329); teachers down 4% (16.5 to 15.8).
About Arroyo Vista Middle
Arroyo Vista Middle is a small middle-grades school in Capistrano Unified, located in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 329 students. The average for middle schools in California is about 659 students, so this school is 50% smaller than average.
Capistrano Unified runs 58 schools with a combined 40,251 students. Arroyo Vista Middle is one of them.
Arroyo Vista Middle is 60% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Asian, 13% multiracial, and 12% Hispanic. In Orange County overall, about 43% of residents are White. Arroyo Vista Middle's diversity index is 59%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 15.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 20.8:1. That matches the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California fairly closely. Around 20% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 55% average for public schools in Orange County is 35 points.
Arroyo Vista Middle is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 96% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Arroyo Vista Middle are 9.7 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (77.6% actual, 68.0% predicted).
Census Bureau estimates for Orange County show that the median household income is $116,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Arroyo Vista Middle is one of 649 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Arroyo Vista Middle is Arroyo Vista Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Vista Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 77.6% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Arroyo Vista Middle is Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 329, a 3% gain from 319 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 24.5:1 to 20.8:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Arroyo Vista Middle. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Rancho Santa Margarita
- Rancho Santa Margarita IntermediateMiddle · 1,153 students
- Melinda Heights ElementaryElementary · 950 students
- Trabuco Mesa ElementaryElementary · 640 students
- Arroyo Vista ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Cielo Vista ElementaryElementary · 487 students
- Las Flores ElementaryElementary · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Arroyo Vista Elementary0.0 mi · 508
- Tijeras Creek Elementary0.8 mi · 315
- Philip J. Reilly Elementary1.2 mi · 421
- Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate2.0 mi · 1,153
- Cielo Vista Elementary2.3 mi · 487
- Melinda Heights Elementary2.4 mi · 950
Frequently asked questions
About Arroyo Vista MiddleHow large is Arroyo Vista Middle?
Arroyo Vista Middle enrolls approximately 329 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Arroyo Vista Middle serve?
Arroyo Vista Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Arroyo Vista Middle?
Approximately 20.8:1 students per teacher at Arroyo Vista Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arroyo Vista Middle?
At Arroyo Vista Middle, the student body is approximately 60% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Black, 15% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Arroyo Vista Middle public or private?
Arroyo Vista Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Capistrano Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.