Enrollment
284
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744000691
Carl Hankey Elementary
27252 Nubles St., Mission Viejo, CA 92692 · (949) 234-5315 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of California public elementary 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.
- BThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
162 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
68%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
65.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.6pp since 2014
Math
63.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +22.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 35.7% | 29.9% | 18.2% | 16.2% |
| Math | 36.6% | 26.8% | 20.9% | 15.7% |
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 | 65.6% | 63.4% |
| 2023-24 | 63.4% | 61.1% |
| 2022-23 | 62.7% | 62.7% |
| 2021-22 | 58.6% | 60.9% |
| 2018-19 | 56.9% | 54.7% |
| 2017-18 | 57.4% | 48.5% |
| 2016-17 | 49.8% | 49.3% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 51.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in California's top 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 Carl Hankey Elementary
Carl Hankey Elementary's state test result (63.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Hankey Elementary this school | 284 | 57.0% | 63.1% |
| Whited Elementary Charter Santa Rosa | 327 | 56.3% | 38.0% |
| Katherine Elementary Simi Valley | 300 | 52.7% | 44.6% |
| Mountain View Elementary Concord | 267 | 56.2% | 34.3% |
| Madera Elementary Simi Valley | 264 | 54.9% | 48.7% |
| Woodside Elementary Concord | 289 | 60.6% | 37.8% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Carl Hankey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #973 of 5,151 | #141 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #904 of 5,172 ▲ 66 | #133 of 382 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #987 of 5,172 ▲ 77 | #143 of 382 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #1,748 of 5,116 | #123 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 284 | #4,891 of 5,915 | #382 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.7:1 | #3,491 of 5,352 | #189 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #870 of 5,354 | #77 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.0% | #3,601 of 5,625 | #212 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.2% | #804 of 3,837 | #83 of 324 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
284
-28 (-9%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 781
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
was 24.0:1
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 | 284 | 12 | 23.7:1 | 57% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 13 | 24.5:1 | 51% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 13 | 24.7:1 | 49% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 312 | 13 | 24.0:1 | 38% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 12 | 32.1:1 | 44% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 369 | 13 | 28.4:1 | 37% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | N/A | N/A | 35% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 688 | 31 | 22.2:1 | 7% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 781 | 30 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carl Hankey Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (385 to 284); teachers unchanged (12 to 12).
About Carl Hankey Elementary
Families in Mission Viejo, California, are served by Carl Hankey Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school. In all, 284 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 39% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Capistrano Unified operates 58 schools. Combined enrollment is 40,251 students.
Of every 100 students at Carl Hankey Elementary, about 42 are Hispanic, the largest group. After that, the student body is 33% White, 17% multiracial, and 7% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 23.7 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Carl Hankey Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 57%. Public schools in Orange County average a similar 55%.
Among California public elementary schools, Carl Hankey Elementary outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Carl Hankey Elementary is a top-10% school in California on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.1% with an actual 63.1%.
Census data for Orange County show the median household earns about $116,289 a year, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Carl Hankey Elementary, Orange County has 649 public schools.
Carl Hankey Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Carl Hankey Elementary ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Carl Hankey Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 284 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 312.
The discussion board for Carl Hankey Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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
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- Carl Hankey Middle0.0 mi · 181
- Viejo Elementary0.6 mi · 447
- Bathgate Elementary0.8 mi · 570
- Chaparral Elementary1.3 mi · 604
- Ladera Ranch Elementary1.5 mi · 580
- Ladera Ranch Middle1.5 mi · 1,064
Frequently asked questions
About Carl Hankey ElementaryHow large is Carl Hankey Elementary?
Carl Hankey Elementary enrolls approximately 284 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Carl Hankey Elementary serve?
Carl Hankey Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carl Hankey Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carl Hankey Elementary is approximately 23.7:1 (12 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Carl Hankey Elementary?
Carl Hankey Elementary reports a student body of 33% White, 42% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Carl Hankey Elementary?
Carl Hankey Elementary is overseen by Capistrano Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.