Total enrollment
22,646
-1,332 (-6%) vs SY 2020-21
34 schools in Saddleback Valley Unified
California · 22,646 students · 6 cities
Saddleback Valley Unified operates 34 public K-12 schools in California, enrolling about 22,646 students between them (23 elementary, 4 middle, and 6 high).
4-year change in Saddleback Valley Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
33
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Saddleback Valley Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #115 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 22,646 | #44 of 587 | #337 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 33 | #42 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #434 of 587 | #8,811 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 44.8% | #411 of 587 | #4,933 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #84 of 530 | #585 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Saddleback Valley Unified
State test results across the district's 29 scored schools run from Portola Hills Elementary at 76.6% proficient to Olivewood Elementary at 28.2%, a gap of 48.4 points. That is the 83rd widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 33 district schools that reported both years went from 26,781 to 22,646 students (down 15%) and from 1,039 to 1,000 full-time teachers (down 4%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Saddleback Valley Unified
As a thinly populated district in California, Saddleback Valley Unified hosts 22,646 students across 34 schools.
On the school-mix side, Saddleback Valley Unified comprises 23 elementary, 4 middle, 6 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Average enrollment per school in Saddleback Valley Unified is about 666, above the California average of roughly 578.
Looking at the last 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment decreased 6%: 23,978 students in SY 2020-21 versus 22,646 in SY 2024-25.
On allk12, the community for Saddleback Valley Unified discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.