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What advice would you give to incoming students at Chaparral Elementary?
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Enrollment
604
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744008751
Chaparral Elementary
29001 Sienna Pkwy., Ladera Ranch, CA 92694 · (949) 234-5349 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% 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
23.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
109 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 | 120 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
60%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
86.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.6pp since 2014
Math
83.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 65.4% | 21.1% | 6.4% | 7.0% |
| Math | 61.3% | 22.2% | 11.1% | 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 | 86.6% | 83.5% |
| 2023-24 | 84.5% | 83.3% |
| 2022-23 | 78.6% | 78.2% |
| 2021-22 | 82.3% | 80.2% |
| 2018-19 | 77.5% | 69.9% |
| 2017-18 | 77.5% | 74.7% |
| 2016-17 | 75.5% | 72.2% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 71.0% |
| 2014-15 | 71.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
84.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 69% 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 16 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 Chaparral Elementary
Chaparral Elementary's state test result (84.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaparral Elementary this school | 604 | 18.0% | 84.5% |
| La Jolla Elementary La Jolla | 566 | 19.1% | 86.5% |
| De Portola Elementary Mission Viejo | 540 | 18.0% | 75.3% |
| Greenhills Elementary Granite Bay | 549 | 16.4% | 65.4% |
| Pacific Rim Elementary Carlsbad | 642 | 17.4% | 86.4% |
| Curie Elementary San Diego | 536 | 18.8% | 82.9% |
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 Chaparral Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #89 of 5,151 | #9 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #132 of 5,172 ▼ 3 | #13 of 382 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.6% | #67 of 5,172 ▲ 31 | #11 of 382 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #2,020 of 5,116 | #144 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #1,360 of 5,915 | #98 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #3,173 of 5,352 | #164 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #1,795 of 5,354 | #152 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.0% | #5,210 of 5,625 | #368 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.0% | #988 of 3,837 | #98 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
604
-67 (-10%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 998
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 28.0:1
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 | 604 | 26 | 23.2:1 | 18% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 661 | 29 | 22.8:1 | 16% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 627 | 27 | 23.2:1 | 16% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 671 | 24 | 28.0:1 | 9% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 795 | 26 | 30.6:1 | 6% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 868 | 28 | 31.0:1 | 5% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 998 | N/A | N/A | 6% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chaparral Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (795 to 604); teachers unchanged (26 to 26).
About Chaparral Elementary
Chaparral Elementary is a public elementary school in Ladera Ranch, California. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 604 students. That is 30% bigger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Chaparral Elementary is a school in Capistrano Unified. The district has 58 schools and 40,251 students.
Of every 100 students at Chaparral Elementary, about 58 are White. The school is also 19% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, and 9% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 43%. The diversity index for Chaparral Elementary is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 23.2:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Orange County, the school's rate is lower.
Chaparral Elementary holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 99% of California public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Chaparral Elementary ranks in the top 10% in California. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 84.5%, against a prediction of 69.0%.
The school's county is Orange County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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. Public schools in Orange County number 649, with about 430,458 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Ladera Ranch Elementary, is about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Chaparral Elementary places 1st out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Chaparral Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment decreased by 10% across 4 years, from 671 in 2020-21 to 604 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 28.0:1 to 23.2:1 over the same years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Ladera Ranch
- Ladera Ranch MiddleMiddle · 1,064 students
- Oso Grande ElementaryElementary · 867 students
- Ladera Ranch ElementaryElementary · 580 students
Other Chaparral Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 4 states are named Chaparral Elementary. Chaparral Elementary is the 6th largest of the 12.
- Chaparral ElementaryPoway, CA · 858 students
- Chaparral ElementaryClaremont, CA · 648 students
- Chaparral ElementaryChino Hills, CA · 616 students
- Chaparral ElementaryCalabasas, CA · 614 students
- Chaparral Elementary SchoolGILBERT, AZ · 734 students
Nearby schools
- Ladera Ranch Elementary0.6 mi · 580
- Ladera Ranch Middle0.6 mi · 1,064
- Oso Grande Elementary1.3 mi · 867
- Carl Hankey Middle1.3 mi · 181
- Carl Hankey Elementary1.3 mi · 284
- Bathgate Elementary1.5 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About Chaparral ElementaryHow many students attend Chaparral Elementary?
Chaparral Elementary enrolls approximately 604 students in grades KG-05.
Is Chaparral Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chaparral Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Chaparral Elementary have?
Chaparral Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chaparral Elementary?
At Chaparral Elementary, the student body is approximately 58% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 19% Two or more.
What district is Chaparral Elementary in?
Chaparral Elementary is part of Capistrano Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.