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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744010569
Laguna Niguel Elementary
27922 Niguel Heights Blvd., Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 · (949) 234-5308 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of California public elementary 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.
- B-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
22.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
150 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 | 99 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
64%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
76.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.4pp since 2014
Math
75.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 56.3% | 20.1% | 12.6% | 11.1% |
| Math | 48.0% | 27.0% | 14.7% | 10.3% |
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 | 76.4% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.1% | 77.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.7% | 68.7% |
| 2021-22 | 72.3% | 73.7% |
| 2018-19 | 77.5% | 73.4% |
| 2017-18 | 71.2% | 63.9% |
| 2016-17 | 68.6% | 62.3% |
| 2015-16 | 74.0% | 64.0% |
| 2014-15 | 74.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
77.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% 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 17 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 Laguna Niguel Elementary
Laguna Niguel Elementary's state test result (77.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Niguel Elementary this school | 456 | 32.9% | 77.0% |
| Rock Creek Elementary Rocklin | 416 | 33.9% | 60.4% |
| Oka (Isojiro) Elementary Huntington Beach | 504 | 34.1% | 79.0% |
| Lupin Hill Elementary Calabasas | 464 | 34.9% | 68.8% |
| Cobblestone Elementary Rocklin | 372 | 31.2% | 64.9% |
| Wood Ranch Elementary Simi Valley | 452 | 31.4% | 53.1% |
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 Laguna Niguel Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #355 of 5,151 | #56 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #415 of 5,172 ▼ 74 | #61 of 382 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #422 of 5,172 ▼ 172 | #68 of 382 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #2,386 of 5,116 | #170 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #2,945 of 5,915 | #226 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,840 of 5,352 | #140 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #1,360 of 5,354 | #120 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.9% | #4,648 of 5,625 | #289 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #3,022 of 3,837 | #274 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
456
+62 (+16%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 26.3:1
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 | 456 | 20 | 22.8:1 | 33% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 19 | 20.9:1 | 26% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 18 | 22.4:1 | 30% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 15 | 26.3:1 | 19% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 16 | 30.8:1 | 24% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 18 | 30.1:1 | 20% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | N/A | N/A | 18% (110) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laguna Niguel Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (492 to 456); teachers up 25% (16 to 20).
About Laguna Niguel Elementary
Federal records list Laguna Niguel Elementary as an elementary school in Laguna Niguel, California. The student body numbers 456 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Besides Laguna Niguel Elementary, Capistrano Unified runs 57 other schools. The district enrolls 40,251 students.
White students make up a majority at Laguna Niguel Elementary, at 54%. Smaller groups are 21% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 12% Asian. For comparison, the population of Orange County is roughly 43% White. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Laguna Niguel Elementary is 20 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 22.8:1. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. Around 33% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Orange County report 55%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Laguna Niguel Elementary receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Laguna Niguel Elementary are 16.7 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 77.0%, compared with a predicted 60.3%, which ranks in the top 10% in California.
Orange County has about 3,165,820 residents, and the median household income is $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Laguna Niguel Elementary, Orange County has 648 other public schools.
The closest public school, Aliso Niguel High, is about 0.9 miles from Laguna Niguel Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Laguna Niguel Elementary is 1st on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Laguna Niguel Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 456 students in 2024-25, 62 more than the 394 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.3:1 in 2020-21 to 22.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Laguna Niguel
- Community Roots AcademyElementary · 780 students
- Niguel Hills MiddleMiddle · 693 students
- John Malcom ElementaryElementary · 553 students
- Moulton ElementaryElementary · 538 students
- Marian Bergeson ElementaryElementary · 423 students
- George White ElementaryElementary · 378 students
Nearby schools
- Aliso Niguel High0.9 mi · 2,563
- Marian Bergeson Elementary0.9 mi · 423
- Wood Canyon Elementary0.9 mi · 425
- Journey1.2 mi · 617
- Niguel Hills Middle1.5 mi · 693
- Orange County Academy of Sciences and Arts1.5 mi · 249
Frequently asked questions
About Laguna Niguel ElementaryHow large is Laguna Niguel Elementary?
Laguna Niguel Elementary enrolls approximately 456 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Laguna Niguel Elementary serve?
Laguna Niguel Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Laguna Niguel Elementary?
Approximately 22.8:1 students per teacher at Laguna Niguel Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Laguna Niguel Elementary?
At Laguna Niguel Elementary, the student body is approximately 54% White, 21% Hispanic, 0% Black, 12% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Laguna Niguel Elementary public or private?
Laguna Niguel Elementary 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.