Enrollment
302
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744008540
Kinoshita Elementary
2 Via Positiva, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 · (949) 489-2131 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
276 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
28.3%
CA avg 47.1% . +4.3pp since 2014
Math
19.2%
CA avg 35.6% . +3.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
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
23.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
302
-288 (-49%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 24.6:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
96%
was 96%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Kinoshita Elementary
Kinoshita Elementary operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in San Juan Capistrano, California, part of Capistrano Unified. Current enrollment sits at 302 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 35% smaller than the state mean of about 465.
Kinoshita Elementary is one of 58 schools operated by Capistrano Unified, a district that caters to 40,251 students overall.
Demographically, Kinoshita Elementary reports that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, Kinoshita Elementary has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kinoshita Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.1%, the actual is 23.7%, a residual of -1.4 points.
In the area at large, census data for Orange County shows the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kinoshita Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).
Nearest neighbor: Marco Forster Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kinoshita Elementary.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kinoshita Elementary has shrank 49%, going from 590 students in 2018 to 302 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 today.
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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 San Juan Capistrano
- California Online Public Schools Southern CaliforniaCombined · 3,933 students
- San Juan Hills HighHigh · 2,641 students
- Marco Forster MiddleMiddle · 930 students
- San Juan ElementaryElementary · 662 students
- Harold Ambuehl ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Del Obispo ElementaryElementary · 310 students
Nearby schools
- Marco Forster Middle0.2 mi · 930
- Del Obispo Elementary0.2 mi · 310
- Capistrano Home/Virtual0.5 mi · 82
- California Preparatory Academy0.5 mi · 198
- California Online Public Schools Southern California0.9 mi · 3,933
- California Online Public Schools Central Coast0.9 mi · 105
Frequently asked questions
About Kinoshita ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Kinoshita Elementary?
Kinoshita Elementary enrolls approximately 302 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Kinoshita Elementary serve?
Kinoshita Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kinoshita Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kinoshita Elementary is approximately 22.4:1 (14 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Kinoshita Elementary?
Kinoshita Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Kinoshita Elementary in?
Kinoshita Elementary is part of Capistrano Unified.
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