De Portola Elementary

De Portola Elementary is a mid-sized K-5 school in Mission Viejo, California, overseen by Saddleback Valley Unified. The school hosts 540 students in grades K through 6.

Saddleback Valley Unified runs 33 schools in total, collectively educating 22,646 students. De Portola Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, De Portola Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment; the rest looks like 16% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 11% Asian. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 43% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, De Portola Elementary logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 27.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, De Portola Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.8%; this one delivers 76.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), De Portola Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fred Newhart Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), De Portola Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 59.9%.

De Portola Elementary operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. De Portola Elementary's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 513 (now 540). White enrollment moved from 62% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 28.5:1 in 2018 to 27.0:1 in 2025.

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