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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CSA Spanish Overall (2026)				CSA Spanish Listening (2026)				CSA Spanish Writing (2026)				CSA Spanish Reading (2026)				CAST Science (2026)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)						Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)						% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Distance	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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 All Grades	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 All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Esencia	0.0mi	Public	K-5	5 Aprender St.	Rancho Mission Viejo	92694	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 234-9200	996	37	26.9	17.6%	561 (56.3%)	5 (0.5%)	144 (14.5%)	130 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	156 (15.7%)	92.8	489^th of 5804 public elementary schools	91.6%		95.3	305^th of 5857 public elementary schools	94.8%	184																	61.9	61.9	72.7	80.4	73.8			75.5	77.3	81.8	61.3			73.2	97.7						$12,841	$12,054	$787
Oso Grande Elementary	2.5mi	Public	K-5	30251 Sienna Pkwy.	Ladera Ranch	92694	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 234-5966	867	32	27.0	13.8%	587 (67.7%)	3 (0.3%)	85 (9.8%)	69 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	123 (14.2%)	95.7	262^nd of 5804 public elementary schools	95.5%		95.6	274^th of 5857 public elementary schools	95.3%	12																	63.8	63.8	84.1	84.0	78.1			82.1	80.2	88.9	68.8			79.4	98.4			98.4	98.4	98.4	$17,031	$16,244	$787
Ladera Ranch Elementary	2.6mi	Public	K-5	29551 Sienna Pkwy.	Ladera Ranch	92694	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 234-5915	580	24	24.1	24.8%	336 (57.9%)	3 (0.5%)	85 (14.7%)	68 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	88 (15.2%)	94.6	361^st of 5804 public elementary schools	93.8%		95	328^th of 5857 public elementary schools	94.4%	33																	67.0	67.0	68.9	75.3	81.4			75.4	77.8	77.1	81.3			78.7	95.8		97.5	98.3	97.5		$17,300	$16,350	$950
Chaparral Elementary	2.8mi	Public	K-5	29001 Sienna Pkwy.	Ladera Ranch	92694	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 234-5349	604	26	23.2	18.0%	350 (57.9%)	3 (0.5%)	82 (13.6%)	52 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	114 (18.9%)	97.8	80^th of 5804 public elementary schools	98.6%		97.7	96^th of 5857 public elementary schools	98.4%	16																	81.2	81.2	77.8	81.0	92.2			84.1	84.0	83.0	92.2			86.6	97.4	98.3		98.3	97.4	98.3	$19,063	$18,276	$787
Wagon Wheel Elementary	3.2mi	Public	K-5	30912 Bridle Path	Coto De Caza	92679	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 589-1953	441	19	23.2	20.0%	261 (59.2%)	2 (0.5%)	49 (11.1%)	60 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (15.6%)	92.2	533^rd of 5804 public elementary schools	90.8%		95.3	306^th of 5857 public elementary schools	94.8%	227																	63.8	63.8	78.6	61.5	80.0			74.8	84.5	60.4	72.5			73.5							$17,389	$16,602	$787
California Republic Leadership Academy Capistrano	3.5mi	Public, Charter	K-8	31711 San Juan Creek Rd.	San Juan Capistrano	92675	Orange County	California Republic Leadership Academy Capistrano District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 298-6040	260	10	25.8	17.7%	190 (73.1%)	2 (0.8%)	40 (15.4%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	22 (8.5%)	82.1	1043^rd of 5804 public elementary schools	82.0%		72.3	1505^th of 5857 public elementary schools	74.3%	462																	56.7	56.7	73.3	72.4	63.3	70.8	75.0	70.7	56.7	75.9	46.7	41.7	47.6	54.5							$24,514	$23,434	$1,080
Harold Ambuehl Elementary	3.5mi	Public	K-5	28001 San Juan Creek Rd.	San Juan Capistrano	92675	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 661-0400	324	14	23.1	35.2%	181 (55.9%)	3 (0.9%)	88 (27.2%)	6 (1.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (13.6%)	76.6	1290^th of 5804 public elementary schools	77.8%		75.8	1340^th of 5857 public elementary schools	77.1%	50																	37.2	37.2	59.1	60.7	65.1			61.2	59.1	65.6	51.2			59.4	92.0			94.0	96.0	94.0	$18,397	$17,294	$1,103
Las Flores Elementary	4.0mi	Public	K-5	25862 Antonio Pkwy.	Rancho Santa Margarita	92688	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 589-6935	328	13	25.2	26.5%	169 (51.5%)	3 (0.9%)	59 (18.0%)	59 (18.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (11.6%)	95	329^th of 5804 public elementary schools	94.3%		95.1	320^th of 5857 public elementary schools	94.5%	9																	69.4	69.4	66.7	85.4	85.5			80.0	70.5	82.9	79.0			77.6	95.9	97.3	97.3	97.3	97.3	97.3	$19,005	$18,218	$787
Carl Hankey Elementary	4.1mi	Public	K-5	27252 Nubles St.	Mission Viejo	92692	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 234-5315	284	12	23.6	57.0%	95 (33.5%)	2 (0.7%)	118 (41.5%)	20 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (17.3%)	77	1267^th of 5804 public elementary schools	78.2%		84	960^th of 5857 public elementary schools	83.6%	307																	44.4	44.4	56.4	51.0	66.7			58.5	79.5	57.1	53.7			62.0							$21,067	$19,758	$1,309
San Juan Elementary	4.3mi	Public	K-5	31642 El Camino Real	San Juan Capistrano	92675	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 493-4533	662	25	26.4	73.4%	70 (10.6%)	5 (0.8%)	557 (84.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.2%)	32.6	3763^rd of 5804 public elementary schools	35.2%		27.6	4161^st of 5857 public elementary schools	29.0%	398	3.2	8.3	3.5	5.2	41.9	11.1	24.1	25.0	3.2	22.9	6.9	11.6	0.0	8.6	3.5	4.2	16.9	16.9	27.6	41.4	38.6			35.2	37.4	40.4	21.7			34.2	95.7	97.4		96.6	97.4	97.4	$17,826	$16,994	$832

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