Enrollment
362
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SADDLEBACK VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063386007341
Del Lago Elementary
27181 Entidad St., Mission Viejo, CA 92691 · (949) 855-1125 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL362 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
20.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
178 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 114 | 31% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 256% larger than its 6th grade class (32).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
42.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.1pp since 2014
Math
34.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.3% | 27.6% | 25.8% | 31.3% |
| Math | 12.3% | 22.1% | 33.1% | 32.5% |
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 | 42.9% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 35.9% |
| 2022-23 | 44.9% | 32.5% |
| 2021-22 | 46.2% | 51.5% |
| 2018-19 | 53.9% | 42.5% |
| 2017-18 | 49.2% | 40.5% |
| 2016-17 | 48.2% | 37.5% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Del Lago Elementary
Del Lago Elementary's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Lago Elementary this school | 362 | 49.2% | 36.6% |
| McKinley Elementary Petaluma | 368 | 50.8% | 41.6% |
| Las Juntas Elementary Martinez | 353 | 49.3% | 29.7% |
| Del Cerro Elementary Mission Viejo | 390 | 53.1% | 61.4% |
| California Creative Learning Academy Los Angeles | 330 | 48.8% | N/A |
| Isla Vista Elementary Goleta | 418 | 47.6% | 65.7% |
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 Del Lago Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #2,801 of 5,151 | #280 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #2,804 of 5,172 ▼ 290 | #276 of 382 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #2,650 of 5,172 ▲ 629 | #267 of 382 ▲ 37 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.2pp | #126 of 5,116 | #5 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 362 | #4,162 of 5,915 | #325 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #946 of 5,352 | #39 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #740 of 5,354 | #63 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.2% | #3,942 of 5,625 | #228 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #693 of 3,837 | #72 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
362
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 26.1:1
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 | 362 | 18.1 | 20.0:1 | 49% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 15.6 | 23.1:1 | 52% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 15.8 | 22.5:1 | 44% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 14 | 26.1:1 | 27% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 20 | 25.1:1 | 33% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 22 | 26.6:1 | 30% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | N/A | N/A | 20% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 571 | 30 | 19.0:1 | 12% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 670 | 28 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Del Lago Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (503 to 362); teachers down 10% (20 to 18.1).
About Del Lago Elementary
Students in Mission Viejo, California, attend Del Lago Elementary, a small elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 362 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 22% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Saddleback Valley Unified runs Del Lago Elementary along with 32 other schools, enrolling 22,646 students in total.
No group is above 50% at Del Lago Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 42%. It is also 33% White, 13% Asian, and 11% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
There are 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Del Lago Elementary, giving a ratio of 20.0:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. By family income, 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Del Lago Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 19% of California public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Del Lago Elementary is 50.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.6%.
In Orange County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 649 public schools in the county, enrolling about 430,458, Del Lago Elementary among them.
The closest school to Del Lago Elementary is Trabuco Hills High, located about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Del Lago Elementary ranks 8th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Del Lago Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Del Lago Elementary enrolled 366; in 2024-25, 362. The number of students per teacher dropped from 26.1 to 20.0 over 4 years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Del Lago Elementary. 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 Saddleback Valley Unified
- Trabuco Hills HighHigh · 2,475 students
- El Toro HighHigh · 1,902 students
- Mission Viejo HighHigh · 1,566 students
- Laguna Hills HighHigh · 1,317 students
- Rancho Santa Margarita IntermediateMiddle · 1,153 students
- Foothill Ranch ElementaryElementary · 990 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
- Trabuco Hills High0.6 mi · 2,475
- Lake Forest Elementary0.9 mi · 640
- Oxford Preparatory Academy - South Orange County1.3 mi · 704
- Glen Yermo Elementary1.5 mi · 308
- La Madera Elementary2.0 mi · 554
- El Toro High2.0 mi · 1,902
Frequently asked questions
About Del Lago ElementaryHow many students attend Del Lago Elementary?
Del Lago Elementary enrolls approximately 362 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Del Lago Elementary serve?
Del Lago Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Del Lago Elementary have?
Del Lago Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Del Lago Elementary?
Student demographics at Del Lago Elementary are roughly 33% White, 42% Hispanic, 2% Black, 13% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Del Lago Elementary public or private?
Del Lago Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Saddleback Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.