Viejo Elementary

Viejo Elementary is an average-sized K-5 school in Mission Viejo, California, operated by Capistrano Unified. The school instructs 447 students in grades K through 5.

Capistrano Unified runs 58 schools in total, collectively educating 40,251 students. Viejo Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Viejo Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. The remainder reads as 20% White, 10% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Viejo Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.8:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Viejo Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.7%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household income runs about $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Viejo Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Carl Hankey Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Viejo Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Viejo Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 59.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Viejo Elementary's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 474 (now 447). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.9:1 in 2018 to 24.8:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Viejo Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.