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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744000686
Castille Elementary
24042 Via la Coruna, Mission Viejo, CA 92691 · (949) 234-5976 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% 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.
- CThree-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
23.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
133 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 99 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
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
80.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.5pp since 2014
Math
78.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +23.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 50.9% | 29.6% | 14.1% | 5.5% |
| Math | 51.1% | 27.6% | 15.8% | 5.4% |
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 | 80.5% | 78.7% |
| 2023-24 | 81.5% | 78.9% |
| 2022-23 | 85.0% | 80.0% |
| 2021-22 | 80.9% | 80.1% |
| 2018-19 | 81.4% | 67.3% |
| 2017-18 | 77.4% | 66.8% |
| 2016-17 | 69.2% | 59.0% |
| 2015-16 | 74.0% | 62.0% |
| 2014-15 | 67.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
80.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% 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 Castille Elementary
Castille Elementary's state test result (80.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castille Elementary this school | 482 | 27.6% | 80.0% |
| Arroyo Vista Elementary Rancho Santa Margarita | 508 | 28.0% | 68.4% |
| Franklin Elementary Yuba City | 505 | 25.7% | 60.4% |
| Poinsettia Elementary Carlsbad | 481 | 28.9% | 83.9% |
| Maidu Elementary Roseville | 450 | 27.3% | 60.2% |
| Hope View Elementary Huntington Beach | 546 | 27.3% | 61.4% |
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 Castille Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #224 of 5,151 | #31 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #281 of 5,172 ▼ 9 | #36 of 382 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #248 of 5,172 ▼ 55 | #42 of 382 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.9pp | #1,505 of 5,116 | #111 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #2,656 of 5,915 | #203 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #2,954 of 5,352 | #147 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #1,333 of 5,354 | #116 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.6% | #4,859 of 5,625 | #318 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #2,020 of 3,837 | #189 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
482
-46 (-9%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 808
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 26.4:1
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 | 482 | 21 | 23.0:1 | 28% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 23 | 21.6:1 | 23% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 23 | 22.0:1 | 25% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 20 | 26.4:1 | 18% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 20 | 28.4:1 | 16% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 591 | 21 | 28.1:1 | 13% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | N/A | N/A | 10% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 845 | 40 | 21.1:1 | 5% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 808 | 32 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Castille Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (567 to 482); teachers up 5% (20 to 21).
About Castille Elementary
Castille Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Mission Viejo, California. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 482 students.
Besides Castille Elementary, Capistrano Unified runs 57 other schools. The district enrolls 40,251 students.
White students are 52% of those enrolled at Castille Elementary. The next largest groups are 20% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, and 8% Asian. In Orange County overall, about 43% of residents are White. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Castille Elementary are from different groups.
Based on 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, Castille Elementary has a ratio of 23.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Income data for the school show 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Orange County, the average eligibility rate is 55%.
Castille Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of California public elementary schools.
In California, Castille Elementary is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 80.0% compared with a predicted 63.4%.
The school is in Orange County, where median household income comes to about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Orange County counts 649 public schools with about 430,458 students.
The closest school to Castille Elementary is Montevideo Elementary, located about 0.6 miles away. Castille Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Castille Elementary ranks 1st of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 80.0% against a local average of 62.5%.
For locale, NCES codes Castille Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment decreased 9% over 4 years, reaching 482 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 26.4:1 in 2020-21 to 23.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Mission Viejo
- Trabuco Hills HighHigh · 2,475 students
- Capistrano Valley HighHigh · 1,991 students
- Mission Viejo HighHigh · 1,566 students
- Fred Newhart MiddleMiddle · 1,105 students
- La Paz IntermediateMiddle · 713 students
- Oxford Preparatory Academy - South Orange CountyElementary · 704 students
Nearby schools
- Montevideo Elementary0.6 mi · 444
- De Portola Elementary0.9 mi · 540
- Oxford Preparatory Academy - South Orange County1.0 mi · 704
- SVUSD Virtual Academy (Alternative)1.1 mi · 149
- Fred Newhart Middle1.1 mi · 1,105
- Glen Yermo Elementary1.2 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About Castille ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Castille Elementary?
Castille Elementary enrolls approximately 482 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Castille Elementary serve?
Castille Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Castille Elementary have?
Castille Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Castille Elementary?
Student demographics at Castille Elementary are roughly 52% White, 20% Hispanic, 0% Black, 8% Asian, 18% Two or more.
What district is Castille Elementary in?
Castille Elementary is part of Capistrano Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.