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What's something Las Flores Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
593
Middle
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744008539
Las Flores Middle
25862 Antonio Pkwy., Las Flores, CA 92688 · (949) 589-6543 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL593 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.
- 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
132 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 | 202 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 193 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 198 | 33% |
Student demographics
62%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
78.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.6pp since 2014
Math
67.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 43.4% | 35.1% | 12.3% | 9.3% |
| Math | 46.6% | 21.2% | 19.2% | 12.9% |
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 | 78.4% | 67.9% |
| 2023-24 | 77.7% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.4% | 66.7% |
| 2021-22 | 79.0% | 63.6% |
| 2018-19 | 77.0% | 67.3% |
| 2017-18 | 77.7% | 69.3% |
| 2016-17 | 74.4% | 66.2% |
| 2015-16 | 80.0% | 72.0% |
| 2014-15 | 80.0% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
73.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Middle
Las Flores Middle's state test result (73.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Flores Middle this school | 593 | 22.3% | 73.5% |
| Excelsior Elementary Roseville | 469 | 22.2% | 67.7% |
| Diablo View Middle Clayton | 514 | 23.5% | 63.4% |
| Isaac L. Sowers Middle Huntington Beach | 771 | 25.0% | 66.1% |
| Muirlands Middle La Jolla | 742 | 20.6% | 73.7% |
| Talbert (Samuel E.) Middle Huntington Beach | 690 | 21.3% | 67.1% |
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 Las Flores Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #89 of 1,224 | #13 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #107 of 1,227 ▼ 20 | #16 of 85 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #90 of 1,227 ▼ 2 | #11 of 85 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.8pp | #648 of 1,214 | #47 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #771 of 1,377 | #58 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #694 of 1,279 | #29 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #363 of 1,278 | #34 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.3% | #1,203 of 1,329 | #78 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.6% | #46 of 930 | #7 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
593
-130 (-18%) vs 2020
-58% since 2000-01, when it was 1,407
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 593 | 27.7 | 21.4:1 | 22% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 29.7 | 18.9:1 | 24% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 571 | 30.7 | 18.6:1 | 22% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 723 | 31 | 23.3:1 | 12% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 935 | 37.4 | 25.0:1 | 11% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 1,005 | 38 | 26.4:1 | 6% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 1,201 | N/A | N/A | 5% (58) |
| 2000-01 | 1,407 | 57 | 24.7:1 | 5% (64) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Las Flores Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (935 to 593); teachers down 26% (37.4 to 27.7).
About Las Flores Middle
As a mid-sized middle-grades school, Las Flores Middle serves students in Las Flores, California. The school has 593 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8.
Las Flores Middle reports to Capistrano Unified, which has 58 schools and 40,251 students.
About 56% of the student body at Las Flores Middle is White. Smaller groups are 16% Hispanic, 15% Asian, and 12% multiracial. County-wide, 43% of Orange County residents are White. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at Las Flores Middle are from different groups.
Teacher count: 27.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 21.4:1. The 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 22%. Across public schools in Orange County, the average is 55%.
Among California public middle schools, Las Flores Middle outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Las Flores Middle is 7.0 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 73.5% actual, 66.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In Orange County, median household income comes to about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 649, with about 430,458 students.
The closest school to Las Flores Middle is Las Flores Elementary, located less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Las Flores Middle is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Las Flores Middle enrolled 723 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 593. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 23.3:1 in 2020-21 to 21.4:1 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
Nearby schools
- Las Flores Elementary0.0 mi · 328
- 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 MiddleHow many students attend Las Flores Middle?
Las Flores Middle enrolls approximately 593 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Las Flores Middle serve?
Las Flores Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Las Flores Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Las Flores Middle is approximately 21.4:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Las Flores Middle?
Student demographics at Las Flores Middle are roughly 56% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 15% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Las Flores Middle in?
Las Flores Middle is part of Capistrano Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.