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What's the biggest difference between San Juan Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
662
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744000702
San Juan Elementary
31642 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 · (949) 493-4533 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL662 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
26.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
486 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 | 133 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
28%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
33.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.7pp since 2014
Math
29.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.4% | 20.9% | 22.6% | 44.1% |
| Math | 13.4% | 16.2% | 30.6% | 39.8% |
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 | 33.3% | 29.6% |
| 2023-24 | 21.4% | 23.2% |
| 2022-23 | 24.9% | 29.6% |
| 2021-22 | 34.5% | 36.6% |
| 2018-19 | 36.3% | 43.1% |
| 2017-18 | 36.5% | 43.7% |
| 2016-17 | 33.7% | 39.7% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 San Juan Elementary
San Juan Elementary's state test result (26.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan Elementary this school | 662 | 73.4% | 26.9% |
| Stone Avenue Elementary Jurupa Valley | 625 | 73.4% | 29.3% |
| Rio San Gabriel Elementary Downey | 747 | 72.7% | 50.0% |
| Imperial Elementary Downey | 653 | 75.7% | 48.3% |
| Myron D. Witter Elementary Brawley | 741 | 74.8% | 36.5% |
| Sunnyslope Elementary Hollister | 602 | 70.8% | 38.2% |
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 San Juan Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #3,875 of 5,151 | #328 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #3,262 of 5,172 ▲ 558 | #303 of 382 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #3,624 of 5,172 ▲ 987 | #318 of 382 ▲ 47 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.1pp | #706 of 5,116 | #46 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 662 | #942 of 5,915 | #65 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.5:1 | #5,005 of 5,352 | #326 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.9% | #4,043 of 5,354 | #307 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.4% | #2,736 of 5,625 | #155 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #2,021 of 3,837 | #190 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
662
-69 (-9%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,027
Student : Teacher
26.5:1
was 29.2:1
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 | 662 | 25 | 26.5:1 | 73% (486) |
| 2023-24 | 673 | 27 | 24.9:1 | 73% (491) |
| 2022-23 | 697 | 28 | 24.9:1 | 73% (510) |
| 2020-21 | 731 | 25 | 29.2:1 | 65% (473) |
| 2017-18 | 779 | 28 | 27.8:1 | 67% (521) |
| 2015-16 | 797 | 29 | 27.5:1 | 64% (514) |
| 2010-11 | 742 | N/A | N/A | 65% (481) |
| 2000-01 | 673 | 33 | 20.4:1 | 96% (646) |
| 1990-91 | 1,027 | 39 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for San Juan Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (779 to 662); teachers down 11% (28 to 25).
About San Juan Elementary
The public elementary school San Juan Elementary is located in San Juan Capistrano, California. The school's 662 students are in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Capistrano Unified oversees San Juan Elementary and 57 other schools, with 40,251 students in total.
The large majority of students at San Juan Elementary, 84%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 11% White and 4% multiracial. Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, San Juan Elementary comes in at 28%.
Its 25 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 26.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 73% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 18 points above the 55% average for public schools in Orange County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, San Juan Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, San Juan Elementary would score about 36.5%. It scores 26.9%, 9.7 points below that figure.
Orange County census figures show that median household income is about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. San Juan Elementary is among the 649 public schools in Orange County.
Bridges Community Day is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. San Juan Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
San Juan Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The number of students dropped from 731 to 662 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 29.2 to 26.5 over 4 years.
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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 San Juan Capistrano
- California Online Public Schools Southern CaliforniaCombined · 3,933 students
- San Juan Hills HighHigh · 2,641 students
- Marco Forster MiddleMiddle · 930 students
- Harold Ambuehl ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Del Obispo ElementaryElementary · 310 students
- Kinoshita ElementaryElementary · 302 students
Other San Juan Elementary schools
One other US public school is named San Juan Elementary. San Juan Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- SAN JUAN ELEMENTARYOHKAY OWINGEH, NM · 141 students
Nearby schools
- Bridges Community Day0.1 mi · 12
- OCASA College Prep0.1 mi · 83
- Capistrano Union High0.3 mi · 103
- Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano0.4 mi · 185
- California Republic Leadership Academy Capistrano0.9 mi · 260
- Harold Ambuehl Elementary0.9 mi · 324
Frequently asked questions
About San Juan ElementaryHow large is San Juan Elementary?
San Juan Elementary enrolls approximately 662 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does San Juan Elementary serve?
San Juan Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does San Juan Elementary have?
San Juan Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.5:1.
What is the student diversity at San Juan Elementary?
Student demographics at San Juan Elementary are roughly 11% White, 84% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees San Juan Elementary?
San Juan 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.