Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744007187
Las Flores Elementary
25862 Antonio Pkwy., Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 · (949) 589-6935 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% 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.
- A-Beats 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
25.2:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
87 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 91 | 28% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 54% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
66%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
79.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.5pp since 2014
Math
78.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +20.3pp 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 78 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 56.5% | 23.0% | 13.0% | 7.5% |
| Math | 48.5% | 29.8% | 13.7% | 8.1% |
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 | 79.5% | 78.3% |
| 2023-24 | 76.2% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.4% | 68.7% |
| 2021-22 | 78.9% | 69.1% |
| 2018-19 | 73.1% | 65.2% |
| 2017-18 | 71.4% | 62.5% |
| 2016-17 | 66.4% | 61.0% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 63.0% |
| 2014-15 | 72.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
76.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Las Flores Elementary
Las Flores Elementary's state test result (76.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Flores Elementary this school | 328 | 26.5% | 76.0% |
| Linda Vista Elementary Yorba Linda | 387 | 27.1% | 73.8% |
| Tijeras Creek Elementary Rancho Santa Margarita | 315 | 21.6% | 69.5% |
| Cobblestone Elementary Rocklin | 372 | 31.2% | 64.9% |
| John H. Eader Elementary Huntington Beach | 416 | 27.9% | 76.1% |
| Franklin Elementary Alameda | 291 | 27.8% | 72.3% |
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 Las Flores Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #388 of 5,151 | #63 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #299 of 5,172 ▲ 213 | #40 of 382 ▲ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #295 of 5,172 ▲ 113 | #52 of 382 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.9pp | #1,686 of 5,116 | #115 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #4,495 of 5,915 | #355 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #4,540 of 5,352 | #269 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #1,173 of 5,354 | #105 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.5% | #4,913 of 5,625 | #325 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.2% | #41 of 3,837 | #4 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
328
-70 (-18%) vs 2020
-43% since 2000-01, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 30.6:1
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 | 328 | 13 | 25.2:1 | 27% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 13 | 24.8:1 | 30% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 352 | 14 | 25.1:1 | 25% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | 13 | 30.6:1 | 14% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 21 | 30.1:1 | 14% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 19 | 30.1:1 | 16% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 598 | N/A | N/A | 8% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 578 | 28 | 20.6:1 | 4% (26) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Las Flores Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 48% (633 to 328); teachers down 38% (21 to 13).
About Las Flores Elementary
Located in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, Las Flores Elementary is a small elementary school. Federal data show 328 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 29% below that mark.
Las Flores Elementary is run by Capistrano Unified, whose 58 schools enroll 40,251 students.
More than half of the students at Las Flores Elementary are White (52%). The remaining shares are 18% Hispanic, 18% Asian, and 12% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Orange County's population at about 43%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Las Flores Elementary scores 66%.
Its ratio of 25.2:1 is based on 13 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. In all, 27% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Orange County average 55%.
On the allk12 Grade, Las Flores Elementary lands at A+, ahead of 95% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 64.0% for Las Flores Elementary. The school posts 76.0%, 12.0 points above the prediction.
Orange County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $116,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 649 public schools in the county, enrolling about 430,458, Las Flores Elementary among them.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Las Flores Elementary from the closest public school, Las Flores Middle. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 72.5%; Las Flores Elementary's is 76.0%, ranking 3rd of 9.
In the federal locale system, Las Flores 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.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 18% decrease, from 398 to 328. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 30.6:1 to 25.2:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Las Flores Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Rancho Santa Margarita
- Rancho Santa Margarita IntermediateMiddle · 1,153 students
- Melinda Heights ElementaryElementary · 950 students
- Trabuco Mesa ElementaryElementary · 640 students
- Arroyo Vista ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Cielo Vista ElementaryElementary · 487 students
- Arroyo Vista MiddleMiddle · 329 students
Other Las Flores Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Las Flores Elementary. Las Flores Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Las Flores ElementaryRidgecrest, CA · 526 students
Nearby schools
- Las Flores Middle0.0 mi · 593
- Tesoro High1.0 mi · 2,030
- Bathgate Elementary1.2 mi · 570
- Fred Newhart Middle1.6 mi · 1,105
- Chaparral Elementary1.7 mi · 604
- Carl Hankey Middle1.9 mi · 181
Frequently asked questions
About Las Flores ElementaryHow many students attend Las Flores Elementary?
Las Flores Elementary enrolls approximately 328 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Las Flores Elementary serve?
Las Flores Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Las Flores Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Las Flores Elementary is approximately 25.2:1 (13 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Las Flores Elementary?
Las Flores Elementary reports a student body of 52% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 18% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Las Flores Elementary?
Las Flores Elementary is overseen by Capistrano Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.