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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744011248
Ladera Ranch Elementary
29551 Sienna Pkwy., Ladera Ranch, CA 92694 · (949) 234-5915 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
144 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 121 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (104).
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
80.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.4pp since 2014
Math
76.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 54.3% | 26.1% | 12.0% | 7.6% |
| Math | 49.3% | 27.1% | 14.7% | 8.9% |
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 | 80.4% | 76.4% |
| 2023-24 | 82.5% | 78.7% |
| 2022-23 | 81.7% | 78.0% |
| 2021-22 | 78.3% | 77.3% |
| 2018-19 | 78.6% | 74.7% |
| 2017-18 | 83.5% | 76.6% |
| 2016-17 | 74.9% | 72.8% |
| 2015-16 | 73.0% | 72.0% |
| 2014-15 | 73.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 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 Ladera Ranch Elementary
Ladera Ranch Elementary's state test result (79.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladera Ranch Elementary this school | 580 | 24.8% | 79.5% |
| Strandwood Elementary Pleasant Hill | 596 | 23.3% | 60.0% |
| Valencia Elementary Laguna Hills | 525 | 24.2% | 70.1% |
| Aviara Oaks Elementary Carlsbad | 612 | 22.1% | 81.5% |
| Arroyo Vista Elementary Rancho Santa Margarita | 508 | 28.0% | 68.4% |
| Franklin Elementary Yuba City | 505 | 25.7% | 60.4% |
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 Ladera Ranch Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #245 of 5,151 | #37 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #366 of 5,172 ▼ 88 | #53 of 382 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #251 of 5,172 ▼ 96 | #43 of 382 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #3,150 of 5,116 | #225 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #1,561 of 5,915 | #114 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,876 of 5,352 | #217 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #1,766 of 5,354 | #149 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.8% | #4,977 of 5,625 | #333 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #933 of 3,837 | #93 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
580
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 886
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 29.4:1
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 | 580 | 24 | 24.2:1 | 25% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 27 | 22.7:1 | 23% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 605 | 24 | 25.2:1 | 23% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 20 | 29.4:1 | 16% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 769 | 26 | 29.6:1 | 13% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 848 | 28 | 30.3:1 | 9% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 886 | N/A | N/A | 10% (89) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ladera Ranch Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (769 to 580); teachers down 8% (26 to 24).
About Ladera Ranch Elementary
Ladera Ranch Elementary is a public medium-sized elementary school in Ladera Ranch, California. The school had 580 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Capistrano Unified is the local district for Ladera Ranch Elementary. It runs 58 schools with 40,251 students.
White students are the majority at Ladera Ranch Elementary, with 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, and 12% Asian. The county population is about 43% White. Ladera Ranch Elementary's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 24 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Ladera Ranch Elementary was 24.2:1. This ratio sits 1.9 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 25%. Among public schools in Orange County, the average eligibility rate is 55%.
The allk12 Grade for Ladera Ranch Elementary is A+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Ladera Ranch Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 79.5%. Predicted: 65.0%. Difference: 14.6 points.
Ladera Ranch Elementary is located in Orange County, where the median household income is $116,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Besides Ladera Ranch Elementary, Orange County has 648 other public schools.
Ladera Ranch Middle is the public school closest to Ladera Ranch Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Ladera Ranch Elementary places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, Ladera Ranch Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 588 in 2020-21 and 580 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (24.2:1) than in 2020-21 (29.4:1).
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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 Ladera Ranch
- Ladera Ranch MiddleMiddle · 1,064 students
- Oso Grande ElementaryElementary · 867 students
- Chaparral ElementaryElementary · 604 students
Nearby schools
- Ladera Ranch Middle0.0 mi · 1,064
- Chaparral Elementary0.6 mi · 604
- Oso Grande Elementary0.7 mi · 867
- Carl Hankey Middle1.5 mi · 181
- Carl Hankey Elementary1.5 mi · 284
- Bathgate Elementary2.0 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About Ladera Ranch ElementaryHow many students attend Ladera Ranch Elementary?
Ladera Ranch Elementary enrolls approximately 580 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ladera Ranch Elementary serve?
Ladera Ranch Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Ladera Ranch Elementary have?
Ladera Ranch Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Ladera Ranch Elementary?
Student demographics at Ladera Ranch Elementary are roughly 58% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Ladera Ranch Elementary in?
Ladera Ranch Elementary is part of Capistrano Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.