Don Juan Avila Elementary

Set in Aliso Viejo, California, Don Juan Avila Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school, one of the schools within Capistrano Unified. It instructs 672 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Don Juan Avila Elementary sits 45% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Capistrano Unified, which oversees 58 schools and 40,251 students, Don Juan Avila Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Don Juan Avila Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 20% Asian, 17% multiracial, 15% Hispanic. Compared to Orange County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Don Juan Avila Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Orange County's rate of about 55%.

With demographic context factored in, Don Juan Avila Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.9%; this one delivers 71.7%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Orange County) reports that median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Don Juan Avila Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Don Juan Avila Middle, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Don Juan Avila Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 63.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Don Juan Avila Elementary's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 750 (now 672). Class-load math has narrowed: from 30.0:1 in 2018 to 26.9:1 in 2025.

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