Arroyo Vista Middle

Located at 23371 Arroyo Vista, in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, Arroyo Vista Middle is a compact middle-grades school that caters to 329 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Capistrano Unified. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 50% leaner than typical.

Capistrano Unified runs 58 schools in total, collectively educating 40,251 students. Arroyo Vista Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Arroyo Vista Middle logs that White students make up the majority at 60%; the rest reads as 15% Asian, 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 43% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Arroyo Vista Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.7%.

In the broader community, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Arroyo Vista Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Arroyo Vista Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Arroyo Vista Middle comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 65.9%.

Arroyo Vista Middle operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Arroyo Vista Middle's enrollment has declined 17% since 2018, when it stood at 397 (now 329). Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 12% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

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