Enrollment
310
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744000690
Del Obispo Elementary
25591 Camino del Avion, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 · (949) 234-5905 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
20.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
212 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 | 61 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
61%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
52.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.8pp since 2014
Math
42.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.2% | 28.6% | 17.4% | 29.8% |
| Math | 19.4% | 23.1% | 28.8% | 28.8% |
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 | 52.8% | 42.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 41.4% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 38.7% |
| 2021-22 | 47.7% | 41.6% |
| 2018-19 | 44.9% | 41.2% |
| 2017-18 | 50.8% | 45.2% |
| 2016-17 | 47.0% | 40.5% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 50.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Obispo Elementary
Del Obispo Elementary's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Obispo Elementary this school | 310 | 68.4% | 47.2% |
| Mt. Woodson Elementary Ramona | 349 | 67.9% | 41.5% |
| Fairgrove Elementary Grover Beach | 365 | 67.9% | 49.2% |
| Golden View Elementary Huntington Beach | 346 | 68.8% | 35.6% |
| Rockford Elementary Porterville | 301 | 62.5% | 29.3% |
| Smith River Elementary Smith River | 258 | 67.8% | 31.5% |
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 Obispo Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #1,909 of 5,151 | #224 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #2,107 of 5,172 ▼ 30 | #235 of 382 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #1,835 of 5,172 ▼ 77 | #215 of 382 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,267 of 5,116 | #165 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #4,680 of 5,915 | #371 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,306 of 5,352 | #54 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #1,717 of 5,354 | #145 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #3,048 of 5,625 | #178 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #1,926 of 3,837 | #180 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
310
-12 (-4%) vs 2020
-68% since 1990-91, when it was 968
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 21.5:1
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 | 310 | 15 | 20.7:1 | 68% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 15 | 21.0:1 | 64% (201) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 15 | 21.3:1 | 65% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 322 | 15 | 21.5:1 | 56% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 14 | 26.3:1 | 60% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 14 | 26.9:1 | 46% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | N/A | N/A | 42% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 662 | 31 | 21.4:1 | 26% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 968 | 37 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Del Obispo Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (368 to 310); teachers up 7% (14 to 15).
About Del Obispo Elementary
In San Juan Capistrano, California, part of Orange County, Del Obispo Elementary is an elementary school. A total of 310 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 33% lower.
Capistrano Unified (58 schools, 40,251 students) runs Del Obispo Elementary.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Del Obispo Elementary, 48% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 37% White and 12% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Orange County's population at about 34%. The chance that two students picked at random at Del Obispo Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
The teaching staff at Del Obispo Elementary is 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 20.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. About 68% of students, or 212, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Orange County is 55%.
allk12 grades Del Obispo Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Del Obispo Elementary would be expected to post about 39.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.2%.
Del Obispo Elementary is located in Orange County, where median household income is about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 649 public schools in Orange County, with a combined enrollment of about 430,458.
Marco Forster Middle is the public school closest to Del Obispo Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Del Obispo Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Del Obispo Elementary ranks 2nd of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 47.2% against a local average of 42.0%.
NCES assigns Del Obispo Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Del Obispo Elementary saw enrollment fall 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Del Obispo Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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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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 San Juan Capistrano
- California Online Public Schools Southern CaliforniaCombined · 3,933 students
- San Juan Hills HighHigh · 2,641 students
- Marco Forster MiddleMiddle · 930 students
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- Harold Ambuehl ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Kinoshita ElementaryElementary · 302 students
Nearby schools
- Marco Forster Middle0.1 mi · 930
- Kinoshita Elementary0.2 mi · 302
- Capistrano Home/Virtual0.6 mi · 82
- California Preparatory Academy0.6 mi · 198
- California Online Public Schools Central Coast0.8 mi · 105
- California Online Public Schools Southern California0.8 mi · 3,933
Frequently asked questions
About Del Obispo ElementaryHow large is Del Obispo Elementary?
Del Obispo Elementary enrolls approximately 310 students in grades KG-05.
Is Del Obispo Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Del Obispo Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Del Obispo Elementary have?
Del Obispo Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
How diverse is Del Obispo Elementary?
Del Obispo Elementary reports a student body of 37% White, 48% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Del Obispo Elementary?
Del Obispo 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.