Los Alisos Intermediate

Summary:

Los Alisos Intermediate is a public middle school in Mission Viejo, California, serving 656 students in grades 7-8 and part of the Saddleback Valley Unified School District.

While the Saddleback Valley Unified School District is ranked 376 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, Los Alisos Intermediate's academic performance, as measured by Smarter Balanced Assessments and CAST, is generally lower than the district and state averages across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science were significantly lower than the district and state averages. The school's performance also varies across different student subgroups, with lower rankings for Hispanic students, English Language Learners, Special Education students, and Low Socioeconomic Status students compared to other California middle schools. Additionally, Los Alisos Intermediate has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 10.2% in 2018-2019 to 18.3% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the district and state averages.

Interestingly, the nearby schools in the Capistrano Unified School District, such as Niguel Hills Middle, Arroyo Vista Middle, and Don Juan Avila Middle, consistently outperform Los Alisos Intermediate in academic achievement, with higher proficiency rates and lower chronic absenteeism rates. The high percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch at Los Alisos Intermediate, reaching 73.63% in 2022-2023, may be a contributing factor to the school's lower academic performance, as socioeconomic status is often correlated with educational outcomes.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 25171 Moor Ave.
       Mission Viejo, CA  92691-3099


(949) 830-9700

District: Saddleback Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1063rd of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,772 Help


Feeder schools for Los Alisos Intermediate:

Elementary:    Del Lago Elementary
    Glen Yermo Elementary
    San Joaquin Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  20.1 Help
Number of students:  611

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
72.2%
White:
16.9%
Asian:
7.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  74.8% Help


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Compare Details Los Alisos Intermediate ranks better than 61.7% of middle schools in California. It also ranks last among 4 ranked middle schools in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 53.11. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Los Alisos Intermediate has the smallest middle school student body size in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (72.2%), White (16.9%), Asian (7.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 74.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Los Alisos Intermediate is 20.1, which is the lowest among 4 middle schools in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District! (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Los Alisos Intermediate is $6,772, which is the highest among 4 middle schools in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Los Alisos Intermediate:

SchoolDigger ranks Los Alisos Intermediate 1063rd of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Los Alisos Intermediate in the ranking list.)

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Saddleback Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Saddleback Valley Unified 376th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Los Alisos Intermediate

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Rank History for all students at Los Alisos Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 81.90 256th 1769 85.5%
2005 82.37 249th 1777 86.0%
2006 81.03 271st 1804 85.0%
2007 77.70 337th 1999 83.1%
2008 76.18 352nd 2005 82.4%
2009 74.75 402nd 2063 80.5%
2010 65.64 649th 2179 70.2%
2011 78.43 328th 2236 85.3%
2012 79.83 309th 2259 86.3%
2013 79.95 322nd 2379 86.5%
2015 70.15 641st 2477 74.1%
2016 70.55 644th 2497 74.2%
2017 59.79 884th 2508 64.8%
2018 61.51 811th 2480 67.3%
2019 61.38 884th 2715 67.4%
2022 53.01 1081st 2740 60.5%
2023 44.95 1314th 2802 53.1%
2024 53.11 1063rd 2777 61.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Los Alisos Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 83.97 57th 554 89.7%
2022 53.68 316th 665 52.5%
2023 56.66 309th 678 54.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Los Alisos Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.18 354th 1364 74.0%
2019 61.69 280th 1442 80.6%
2022 75.92 145th 1540 90.6%
2023 48.01 492nd 1529 67.8%
2024 47.87 491st 1477 66.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Los Alisos Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 39.24 793rd 1538 48.4%
2024 48.39 602nd 1550 61.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Los Alisos Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.41 876th 2230 60.7%
2019 49.97 1018th 2369 57.0%
2022 43.68 1212th 2458 50.7%
2023 40.40 1317th 2549 48.3%
2024 47.97 1106th 2575 57.0%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Los Alisos Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 57.53 110th 336 67.3%
2023 42.84 153rd 321 52.3%
2024 54.53 132nd 394 66.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Los Alisos Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.50 943rd 2262 58.3%
2019 56.69 900th 2380 62.2%
2022 50.86 1053rd 2509 58.0%
2023 43.62 1229th 2547 51.7%
2024 49.03 1088th 2546 57.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Los Alisos Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.39 594th 1369 56.6%
2019 54.64 477th 1491 68.0%
2022 42.82 690th 1531 54.9%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Los Alisos Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 25.53 144th 197 26.9%
2024 38.25 115th 191 39.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Los Alisos Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.59 647th 2273 71.5%
2019 63.52 735th 2407 69.5%
2022 54.22 952nd 2527 62.3%
2023 45.23 1198th 2558 53.2%
2024 54.45 937th 2547 63.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Los Alisos Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.66 165th 700 76.4%
2019 68.38 269th 745 63.9%
2022 72.91 206th 733 71.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Los Alisos Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.31 806th 2072 61.1%
2019 48.49 990th 2213 55.3%
2022 49.76 1008th 2359 57.3%
2023 38.23 1335th 2391 44.2%
2024 47.61 1048th 2383 56.0%
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Rank History for White students at Los Alisos Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.56 447th 1496 70.1%
2019 68.75 474th 1602 70.4%
2022 64.98 500th 1555 67.8%
2023 58.60 605th 1552 61.0%
2024 73.95 347th 1535 77.4%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Los Alisos Intermediate

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 761 12 89 93 3 n/a n/a 0 958
1989 793 15 107 129 1 n/a n/a 0 1045
1990 846 23 118 128 0 n/a n/a 0 1115
1991 837 30 97 152 1 n/a n/a 0 1117
1992 787 31 108 188 1 n/a n/a 0 1115
1993 812 36 122 203 4 n/a n/a 0 1177
1994 631 27 109 159 4 n/a n/a 0 930
1995 597 29 108 160 2 n/a n/a 0 896
1996 597 29 108 160 2 n/a n/a 0 896
1997 669 35 106 201 3 n/a n/a 0 1014
1998 687 33 116 216 2 n/a n/a 0 1054
1999 675 30 136 251 1 n/a n/a 0 1093
2000 635 25 124 270 1 n/a n/a 0 1055
2001 680 28 120 306 4 n/a n/a 0 1138
2002 696 30 137 334 5 n/a n/a 0 1202
2003 696 30 137 334 5 n/a n/a 0 1202
2004 690 28 140 398 2 n/a n/a 0 1258
2005 642 28 121 451 5 n/a n/a 0 1247
2006 594 30 116 501 5 n/a n/a 0 1246
2007 576 34 127 509 2 n/a n/a 4 1252
2008 542 24 124 466 3 n/a n/a 0 1159
2009 457 20 127 466 2 5 9 0 1086
2010 379 20 108 485 5 2 32 0 1031
2011 327 19 85 439 5 3 21 0 899
2012 306 16 84 435 1 2 26 0 870
2013 289 13 67 454 4 1 43 0 871
2014 285 10 83 478 2 0 38 0 896
2015 300 7 102 495 0 1 43 0 948
2016 304 6 85 529 1 1 40 0 966
2017 257 8 76 545 1 0 28 0 915
2018 215 10 79 510 1 1 27 0 843
2019 197 8 81 488 0 3 30 0 807
2020 155 7 71 508 0 4 30 1 776
2021 143 4 58 504 0 3 35 0 747
2022 146 8 46 485 1 2 41 0 729
2023 126 5 42 456 1 0 25 1 656
2024 103 3 46 441 0 0 17 1 611

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Los Alisos Intermediate

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 958 40.7 23.5 n/a
1989 1045 44.7 23.3 n/a
1990 1115 44.9 24.8 n/a
1991 1117 44.4 25.1 n/a
1992 1115 45.1 24.7 14.2
1993 1177 52.0 22.6 12.7
1994 930 43.0 21.6 15.1
1995 896 39.6 22.6 18.1
1996 896 39.6 22.6 18.1
1997 1014 44.6 22.7 16
1998 1054 48.0 22.0 16.3
1999 1093 47.0 23.3 16
2000 1055 46.4 22.7 16.9
2001 1138 50.2 22.7 19
2002 1202 52.0 23.1 22.8
2003 1202 52.0 23.1 22.8
2004 1258 50.4 25.0 25.5
2005 1247 50.2 24.8 28.8
2006 1246 52.2 23.9 29.5
2007 1252 52.4 23.9 27.7
2008 1159 53.6 21.6 28.7
2009 1086 46.0 21.7 30.6
2010 1031 42.0 24.5 37
2011 899 n/a n/a 37.3
2012 870 34.4 25.2 n/a
2013 871 33.2 26.2 49.6
2014 896 34.9 25.6 53.5
2015 948 40.0 23.7 48
2016 966 40.0 24.1 47.8
2017 915 41.7 21.9 47.3
2018 843 38.7 21.7 52.9
2019 807 34.7 23.2 50.8
2020 776 n/a n/a 54.4
2021 747 32.2 23.1 54.2
2022 729 33.3 21.8 60.2
2023 656 30.7 21.3 73.6
2024 611 30.2 20.1 74.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Los Alisos Intermediate

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 958 40.7 23.5 n/a
1989 1045 44.7 23.3 n/a
1990 1115 44.9 24.8 n/a
1991 1117 44.4 25.1 n/a
1992 1115 45.1 24.7 14.2
1993 1177 52.0 22.6 12.7
1994 930 43.0 21.6 15.1
1995 896 39.6 22.6 18.1
1996 896 39.6 22.6 18.1
1997 1014 44.6 22.7 16
1998 1054 48.0 22.0 16.3
1999 1093 47.0 23.3 16
2000 1055 46.4 22.7 16.9
2001 1138 50.2 22.7 19
2002 1202 52.0 23.1 22.8
2003 1202 52.0 23.1 22.8
2004 1258 50.4 25.0 25.5
2005 1247 50.2 24.8 28.8
2006 1246 52.2 23.9 29.5
2007 1252 52.4 23.9 27.7
2008 1159 53.6 21.6 28.7
2009 1086 46.0 21.7 30.6
2010 1031 42.0 24.5 37
2011 899 n/a n/a 37.3
2012 870 34.4 25.2 n/a
2013 871 33.2 26.2 49.6
2014 896 34.9 25.6 53.5
2015 948 40.0 23.7 48
2016 966 40.0 24.1 47.8
2017 915 41.7 21.9 47.3
2018 843 38.7 21.7 52.9
2019 807 34.7 23.2 50.8
2020 776 n/a n/a 54.4
2021 747 32.2 23.1 54.2
2022 729 33.3 21.8 60.2
2023 656 30.7 21.3 73.6
2024 611 30.2 20.1 74.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Los Alisos Intermediate

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $6,772

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Los Alisos Intermediate

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 884th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1314th of 2802 Middle schools
 14.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Los Alisos Intermediate)57.145.5
 11.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Saddleback Valley Unified)69.765
 4.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Los Alisos Intermediate)34.631.5
 3.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Saddleback Valley Unified)54.451.2
 3.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Los Alisos Intermediate)5637.6
 18.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Saddleback Valley Unified)65.557.7
 7.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Los Alisos Intermediate)42.324.9
 17.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Saddleback Valley Unified)54.548.1
 6.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Los Alisos Intermediate)34.523
 11.5%
   8th Grade Science (Saddleback Valley Unified)52.746.4
 6.3%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students807656
 18.7%
African American85
 37.5%
American Indian01
Asian8142
 48.1%
Hispanic488456
 6.6%
Pacific Islander30
 100%
White197126
 36%
Two or More Races3025
 16.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients50.8%73.6%
 22.8%


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Students at Los Alisos Intermediate are 72% Hispanic, 17% White, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

Los Alisos Intermediate ranks 1063rd of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 611 students attended Los Alisos Intermediate.


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