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Enrollment
930
Middle
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744000694
Marco Forster Middle
25601 Camino del Avion, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 · (949) 234-5907 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL930 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of California public middle schools
- BTest 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.
- AThree-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
20.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
698 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 | 315 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 308 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 307 | 33% |
Student demographics
45%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
48.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.2pp since 2014
Math
37.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.3% | 29.5% | 24.1% | 27.1% |
| Math | 20.0% | 17.3% | 23.5% | 39.2% |
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 | 48.8% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 33.1% |
| 2022-23 | 45.7% | 31.7% |
| 2021-22 | 43.2% | 26.4% |
| 2018-19 | 54.7% | 41.9% |
| 2017-18 | 59.6% | 44.9% |
| 2016-17 | 57.7% | 42.9% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 52.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Marco Forster Middle
Marco Forster Middle's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Forster Middle this school | 930 | 75.1% | 42.0% |
| James B. Davidson Middle San Rafael | 1,052 | 69.9% | 36.3% |
| Lewis Flamson Junior High Paso Robles | 884 | 70.0% | 36.5% |
| Pinon Mesa Middle Phelan | 835 | 77.2% | 22.4% |
| Vista Magnet Middle School of Technology Science and Math Vista | 836 | 70.8% | 48.1% |
| Roosevelt Middle Oceanside | 866 | 77.6% | 26.4% |
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 Marco Forster Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #473 of 1,224 | #56 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #451 of 1,227 ▲ 42 | #57 of 85 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #520 of 1,227 ▼ 57 | #60 of 85 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.3pp | #131 of 1,214 | #9 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 930 | #275 of 1,377 | #19 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #524 of 1,279 | #15 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.3% | #741 of 1,278 | #59 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.1% | #648 of 1,329 | #35 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.8% | #86 of 930 | #15 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
930
-320 (-26%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 1,028
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 930 | 45.6 | 20.4:1 | 75% (698) |
| 2023-24 | 1,040 | 54.1 | 19.2:1 | 71% (734) |
| 2022-23 | 1,082 | 53 | 20.4:1 | 70% (761) |
| 2020-21 | 1,250 | 56 | 22.3:1 | 64% (797) |
| 2017-18 | 1,383 | 65.9 | 21.0:1 | 62% (857) |
| 2015-16 | 1,378 | 55 | 25.1:1 | 59% (813) |
| 2010-11 | 1,380 | N/A | N/A | 60% (824) |
| 2000-01 | 1,648 | 84 | 19.6:1 | 42% (694) |
| 1990-91 | 1,028 | 47 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marco Forster Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (1,383 to 930); teachers down 31% (65.9 to 45.6).
About Marco Forster Middle
Marco Forster Middle is a middle-grades school located in San Juan Capistrano, California, in Orange County. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 930 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in California is about 659 students, so this school is 41% larger than average.
Marco Forster Middle is one of the 58 schools that make up Capistrano Unified (40,251 students in total).
Marco Forster Middle is 70% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% White and 5% multiracial. In Orange County overall, about 34% of residents are Hispanic. Marco Forster Middle's diversity index is 45%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 20.4:1 comes from the school's 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. The lunch program counts 75% of students at Marco Forster Middle as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Orange County, the average eligibility rate is 55%.
Marco Forster Middle is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 35.6% for a school in California with Marco Forster Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Marco Forster Middle posts 42.0%.
Federal survey data for Orange County show that the median household income is $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Orange County is home to 649 public schools and about 430,458 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Del Obispo Elementary is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Marco Forster Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 43.8%, higher than Marco Forster Middle's 42.0%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 320 students since 2020-21, to 930. Students per teacher fell from 22.3 in 2020-21 to 20.4 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- San Juan ElementaryElementary · 662 students
- Harold Ambuehl ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Del Obispo ElementaryElementary · 310 students
- Kinoshita ElementaryElementary · 302 students
Nearby schools
- Del Obispo Elementary0.1 mi · 310
- Kinoshita Elementary0.2 mi · 302
- Capistrano Home/Virtual0.5 mi · 82
- California Preparatory Academy0.5 mi · 198
- California Online Public Schools Southern California0.8 mi · 3,933
- California Online Public Schools Central Coast0.8 mi · 105
Frequently asked questions
About Marco Forster MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Marco Forster Middle?
Marco Forster Middle enrolls approximately 930 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Marco Forster Middle serve?
Marco Forster Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Marco Forster Middle?
Approximately 20.4:1 students per teacher at Marco Forster Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Marco Forster Middle?
At Marco Forster Middle, the student body is approximately 23% White, 70% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Marco Forster Middle public or private?
Marco Forster Middle 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.