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Enrollment
863
Middle
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744008538
Don Juan Avila Middle
26278 Wood Canyon Dr., Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 · (949) 362-0348 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL863 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of California public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
256 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 267 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 280 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 316 | 37% |
Student demographics
69%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
73.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.0pp since 2014
Math
66.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 35.2% | 37.8% | 16.0% | 11.0% |
| Math | 43.7% | 22.4% | 18.3% | 15.6% |
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 | 73.0% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 78.9% | 67.2% |
| 2022-23 | 74.3% | 62.7% |
| 2021-22 | 75.8% | 60.9% |
| 2018-19 | 79.5% | 69.7% |
| 2017-18 | 75.8% | 70.2% |
| 2016-17 | 77.0% | 70.0% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 67.0% |
| 2014-15 | 75.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
71.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Don Juan Avila Middle
Don Juan Avila Middle's state test result (71.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Juan Avila Middle this school | 863 | 29.7% | 71.2% |
| Silverado Middle Roseville | 1,010 | 33.5% | 51.5% |
| Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate Rancho Santa Margarita | 1,153 | 29.1% | 62.0% |
| Vail Ranch Middle Temecula | 765 | 26.8% | 56.2% |
| Meadowbrook Middle Poway | 972 | 24.6% | 54.0% |
| Fred Newhart Middle Mission Viejo | 1,105 | 33.6% | 71.5% |
Matched among California middle 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 Don Juan Avila Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #111 of 1,224 | #18 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #125 of 1,227 ▼ 26 | #19 of 85 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #147 of 1,227 ▼ 72 | #23 of 85 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #721 of 1,214 | #51 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 863 | #348 of 1,377 | #29 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #1,097 of 1,279 | #69 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #161 of 1,278 | #12 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.7% | #1,152 of 1,329 | #70 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.5% | #217 of 930 | #31 of 74 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
863
-167 (-16%) vs 2020
+5% since 2000-01, when it was 820
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 863 | 35.7 | 24.2:1 | 30% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 891 | 41.4 | 21.5:1 | 29% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 916 | 40.4 | 22.7:1 | 25% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 1,030 | 41 | 25.1:1 | 19% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 1,143 | 45.6 | 25.1:1 | 18% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 1,225 | 45 | 27.2:1 | 13% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 1,255 | N/A | N/A | 13% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 820 | 36 | 22.8:1 | 5% (39) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Don Juan Avila Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (1,143 to 863); teachers down 22% (45.6 to 35.7).
About Don Juan Avila Middle
Don Juan Avila Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school serving families in Aliso Viejo, California. Enrollment is 863 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. Against the 659-student average for middle schools in California, enrollment here is 31% higher.
Don Juan Avila Middle is among 58 schools run by Capistrano Unified, which serves 40,251 students.
White students form the largest group at Don Juan Avila Middle, 46% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 23% Hispanic, 20% Asian, and 10% multiracial. County-wide, about 43% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Don Juan Avila Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
Don Juan Avila Middle's 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 24.2:1. That ratio is over the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 30%. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Orange County, the school's rate is lower.
Don Juan Avila Middle is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Don Juan Avila Middle falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 71.2% actual against 62.2% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Orange County, median household income is about $116,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 649 public schools operate in Orange County, serving about 430,458 students.
The nearest other public school, Don Juan Avila Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Don Juan Avila Middle. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Don Juan Avila Middle is 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Don Juan Avila Middle 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.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,030 in 2020-21 and 863 in 2024-25, a 16% decrease.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Don Juan Avila Middle. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 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 Aliso Viejo
- Aliso Niguel HighHigh · 2,563 students
- Aliso Viejo MiddleMiddle · 803 students
- Don Juan Avila ElementaryElementary · 672 students
- JourneyElementary · 617 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Canyon Vista ElementaryElementary · 533 students
Nearby schools
- Don Juan Avila Elementary0.0 mi · 672
- Oak Grove Elementary0.4 mi · 569
- Journey1.1 mi · 617
- Aliso Viejo Middle1.1 mi · 803
- Canyon Vista Elementary1.4 mi · 533
- Aliso Niguel High1.6 mi · 2,563
Frequently asked questions
About Don Juan Avila MiddleHow large is Don Juan Avila Middle?
Don Juan Avila Middle enrolls approximately 863 students in grades 06-08.
Is Don Juan Avila Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Don Juan Avila Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Don Juan Avila Middle?
Approximately 24.2:1 students per teacher at Don Juan Avila Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Don Juan Avila Middle?
At Don Juan Avila Middle, the student body is approximately 46% White, 23% Hispanic, 2% Black, 20% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Don Juan Avila Middle public or private?
Don Juan Avila Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Capistrano Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.