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Enrollment
421
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744009745
Philip J. Reilly Elementary
24171 Pavion, Mission Viejo, CA 92692 · (949) 454-1590 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test 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
22.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
115 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 | 91 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
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
82.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.9pp since 2014
Math
80.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +23.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 58.5% | 24.4% | 7.8% | 9.3% |
| Math | 55.4% | 25.4% | 12.4% | 6.7% |
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 | 82.9% | 80.8% |
| 2023-24 | 77.4% | 83.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.3% | 73.1% |
| 2021-22 | 77.3% | 75.0% |
| 2018-19 | 72.7% | 62.3% |
| 2017-18 | 72.6% | 63.3% |
| 2016-17 | 71.0% | 66.5% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 65.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.0% | 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% 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 Philip J. Reilly Elementary
Philip J. Reilly Elementary's state test result (81.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip J. Reilly Elementary this school | 421 | 27.3% | 81.0% |
| Maidu Elementary Roseville | 450 | 27.3% | 60.2% |
| Castille Elementary Mission Viejo | 482 | 27.6% | 80.0% |
| San Ramon Elementary Novato | 456 | 30.5% | 64.0% |
| California Montessori Project - Capitol Campus Sacramento | 417 | 24.7% | N/A |
| Breen Elementary Rocklin | 424 | 22.6% | 63.2% |
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 Philip J. Reilly Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #189 of 5,151 | #25 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #197 of 5,172 ▼ 57 | #20 of 382 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #164 of 5,172 ▲ 190 | #20 of 382 ▲ 37 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.7pp | #1,450 of 5,116 | #86 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #3,406 of 5,915 | #269 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,302 of 5,352 | #94 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #1,139 of 5,354 | #102 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.3% | #4,874 of 5,625 | #321 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #2,316 of 3,837 | #222 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
421
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 602
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 421 | 19 | 22.2:1 | 27% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 20.2 | 20.7:1 | 28% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 20 | 20.8:1 | 28% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 18 | 22.8:1 | 16% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 18 | 26.8:1 | 17% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 19 | 26.7:1 | 10% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | N/A | N/A | 8% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 715 | 32 | 22.3:1 | 3% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 602 | 22 | 27.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Philip J. Reilly Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (483 to 421); teachers up 6% (18 to 19).
About Philip J. Reilly Elementary
Philip J. Reilly Elementary is an elementary school in Mission Viejo, California, and it is part of Capistrano Unified. Its 421 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
Capistrano Unified (58 schools, 40,251 students) runs Philip J. Reilly Elementary.
At 51%, White students outnumber all other groups at Philip J. Reilly Elementary combined. The school is also 21% multiracial, 17% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 2% Black. The White share of the county population is lower, at 43%. The chance that two students picked at random at Philip J. Reilly Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
The school employs the equivalent of 19 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 22.2:1. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 27%. That is lower than the 55% average for public schools in Orange County.
Philip J. Reilly Elementary is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 99% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Philip J. Reilly Elementary scores 17.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 81.0% actual versus 63.5% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Orange County, median household income is about $116,289, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 649 public schools in Orange County, with a combined enrollment of about 430,458.
Of nearby public schools, Arroyo Vista Elementary is the closest, at about 1.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 71.7%, lower than Philip J. Reilly Elementary's 81.0%.
In the federal locale system, Philip J. Reilly 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.
Enrollment went from 411 in 2020-21 to 421 in 2024-25, a change of 10 students.
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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 Mission Viejo
- Trabuco Hills HighHigh · 2,475 students
- Capistrano Valley HighHigh · 1,991 students
- Mission Viejo HighHigh · 1,566 students
- Fred Newhart MiddleMiddle · 1,105 students
- La Paz IntermediateMiddle · 713 students
- Oxford Preparatory Academy - South Orange CountyElementary · 704 students
Nearby schools
- Arroyo Vista Elementary1.2 mi · 508
- Arroyo Vista Middle1.2 mi · 329
- Castille Elementary1.4 mi · 482
- Fred Newhart Middle1.5 mi · 1,105
- De Portola Elementary1.7 mi · 540
- Oxford Preparatory Academy - South Orange County1.7 mi · 704
Frequently asked questions
About Philip J. Reilly ElementaryHow many students attend Philip J. Reilly Elementary?
Philip J. Reilly Elementary enrolls approximately 421 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Philip J. Reilly Elementary serve?
Philip J. Reilly Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Philip J. Reilly Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Philip J. Reilly Elementary is approximately 22.2:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Philip J. Reilly Elementary?
At Philip J. Reilly Elementary, the student body is approximately 51% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 21% Two or more.
Who oversees Philip J. Reilly Elementary?
Philip J. Reilly 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.