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Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744009118
Marian Bergeson Elementary
25302 Rancho Niguel Rd., Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 · (949) 643-1540 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
23.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
126 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 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
73%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
69.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.9pp since 2014
Math
71.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 53.6% | 16.3% | 17.2% | 12.9% |
| Math | 46.9% | 24.2% | 17.5% | 11.4% |
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 | 69.9% | 71.1% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 68.5% |
| 2022-23 | 80.5% | 74.4% |
| 2021-22 | 77.1% | 72.7% |
| 2018-19 | 71.3% | 67.0% |
| 2017-18 | 64.4% | 66.0% |
| 2016-17 | 63.7% | 66.1% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 64.0% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
70.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Marian Bergeson Elementary
Marian Bergeson Elementary's state test result (70.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marian Bergeson Elementary this school | 423 | 29.8% | 70.0% |
| Greentree Elementary Irvine | 434 | 29.7% | 55.1% |
| Lafayette Elementary San Francisco | 471 | 30.4% | 75.2% |
| Peters Canyon Elementary Tustin | 399 | 31.3% | 72.0% |
| Chabot Elementary Castro Valley | 496 | 28.2% | 71.6% |
| Feinstein (Dianne) Elementary San Francisco | 356 | 29.5% | 54.2% |
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 Marian Bergeson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #652 of 5,151 | #101 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #553 of 5,172 ▲ 124 | #85 of 382 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #759 of 5,172 ▼ 92 | #121 of 382 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.4pp | #656 of 5,116 | #40 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #3,378 of 5,915 | #267 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #3,359 of 5,352 | #178 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #263 of 5,354 | #11 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.8% | #4,764 of 5,625 | #301 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.4% | #210 of 3,837 | #20 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
423
-82 (-16%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 1,053
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 25.3:1
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 | 423 | 18 | 23.5:1 | 30% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 486 | 20 | 24.3:1 | 31% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 21 | 24.1:1 | 33% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 20 | 25.3:1 | 19% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 26 | 26.0:1 | 19% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 24 | 26.9:1 | 15% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | N/A | N/A | 16% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 793 | 37 | 21.4:1 | 5% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 1,053 | 38 | 27.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marian Bergeson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (676 to 423); teachers down 31% (26 to 18).
About Marian Bergeson Elementary
Marian Bergeson Elementary is an elementary school in Laguna Niguel, California, according to federal school records. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 423 students on the rolls.
Federal data list 58 schools in Capistrano Unified, with 40,251 students enrolled.
At Marian Bergeson Elementary, Asian students make up the biggest share, 34%. Other groups make up 29% multiracial, 20% White, and 16% Hispanic. County-wide, 22% of Orange County residents are Asian. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Marian Bergeson Elementary are from different groups.
Marian Bergeson Elementary lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 23.5 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. About 30% of students at Marian Bergeson Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 25 points below the 55% average for public schools in Orange County.
On the allk12 Grade, Marian Bergeson Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 77% of California public elementary schools.
Marian Bergeson Elementary scores 70.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 62.1%.
In Orange County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 649 public schools and about 430,458 students.
Marian Bergeson Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Niguel Hills Middle, about 0.8 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Marian Bergeson Elementary ranks 2nd of 7 nearby schools, at 70.0% versus a 59.8% average.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 16% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 25.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 23.5:1.
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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
- Laguna Niguel ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- George White ElementaryElementary · 378 students
Nearby schools
- Niguel Hills Middle0.8 mi · 693
- Laguna Niguel Elementary0.9 mi · 456
- Orange County Academy of Sciences and Arts1.3 mi · 249
- Community Roots Academy1.3 mi · 780
- Capistrano Valley High1.4 mi · 1,991
- Hidden Hills Elementary1.8 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Marian Bergeson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Marian Bergeson Elementary?
Marian Bergeson Elementary enrolls approximately 423 students in grades KG-05.
Is Marian Bergeson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Marian Bergeson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Marian Bergeson Elementary have?
Marian Bergeson Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Marian Bergeson Elementary?
Student demographics at Marian Bergeson Elementary are roughly 20% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 34% Asian, 29% Two or more.
What district is Marian Bergeson Elementary in?
Marian Bergeson Elementary is part of Capistrano Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.