Best Public Schools in Rancho Mission Viejo, CA

Summary:

The city of Rancho Mission Viejo, California is home to two standout schools: Esencia Elementary School and Esencia Middle School. Both schools are part of the highly-ranked Capistrano Unified School District and have consistently earned exceptional ratings and rankings from SchoolDigger.

Esencia Elementary School is ranked 573 out of 5,862 California elementary schools and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school boasts impressive academic performance, with 75.18% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and 68.67% proficient or better in Mathematics, outperforming both the district and state averages. Additionally, Esencia Elementary has a low chronic absenteeism rate of 12.5% and a relatively low percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients at 17.3%.

At the middle school level, Esencia Middle School is ranked 93 out of 2,777 California middle schools and also holds a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's academic excellence is evident, with 77.66% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and 77.74% proficient or better in Mathematics, again outperforming the district and state. Esencia Middle School also has a low chronic absenteeism rate of 6.4% and a relatively low percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients at 20.09%.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				CAST Science (2024)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2024)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2024)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics End of Course	% Completely Immunized KG	Total
Esencia	Public	K-5	5 Aprender St.	Rancho Mission Viejo	92694	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 234-9200	904	37	24.4	13.4%	527 (58.3%)	3 (0.3%)	124 (13.7%)	106 (11.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	143 (15.8%)	92	573^rd of 5862 public elementary schools	90.2%		92.8	517^th of 5874 public elementary schools	91.2%	56	59.0		59.0	68.7	75.7	82.9				75.2	71.3	67.6	66.7				68.7	97.7
Esencia Middle	Public	6-8	5 Aprender St.	Rancho Mission Viejo	92694	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 234-9900	284	15	18.4	20.8%	159 (56.0%)	5 (1.8%)	56 (19.7%)	33 (11.6%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	28 (9.9%)	96.9	93^rd of 2777 public middle schools	96.7%		96.3	112^th of 2802 public middle schools	96.0%	19		69.3	69.3				72.7	74.7	89.2	77.7				76.9	78.0	78.7	77.7

Cities Near Rancho Mission Viejo

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Mission Viejo	0.95 mi	24	156^th
Laguna Niguel	1.26 mi	12	97^th
Ladera Ranch	1.69 mi	4	15^th
Laguna Hills	2.74 mi	4	187^th
Aliso Viejo	3.06 mi	9	84^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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