Schools · Mission Viejo
Mission Viejo, CA schools
Mission Viejo’s public schools score well above California’s averages: 72% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 96% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 11 schools through grade 6, then La Paz Intermediate or Los Alisos Intermediate.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A
Mission Viejo’s School Grade: A
The public schools Mission Viejo’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 87% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
ATest scoresAGraduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 87%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (374)Better than 87%
High confidence. Built on 4,744 tested students and a graduating class of 3,946; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Mission Viejo kids go to school
Grades 7–8
La Paz Intermediate or Los Alisos Intermediate
Depends on your address Saddleback Valley Unified School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades K–6, Capistrano Unified)72%
State average 48.5%
Reading (grades 7–8, Saddleback Valley Unified)73%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades K–6, Capistrano Unified)50%
State average 33.4%
Math (grades 7–8, Saddleback Valley Unified)51%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
96% graduate on time
Graduation rate
96%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
3,946
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Mission Viejo
Capistrano Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 59 schools · 40,251 students
$17,395 per studentCA $21,206ASaddleback Valley Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 34 schools · 22,646 students
$17,411 per studentCA $21,206AEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 30 schools in Mission Viejo
Showing 1–30 of 30 schools
Oxford Preparatory Academy - South Orange CountyElementary · Grades K–5 · 704 students
BCharterBathgate ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 570 students
PublicDe Portola ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 540 students
PublicCastille ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 482 students
PublicViejo ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 447 students
PublicMontevideo ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 444 students
PublicPhilip J. Reilly ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 421 students
A-PublicDel Cerro ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 390 students
PublicDel Lago ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 362 students
PublicGlen Yermo ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 308 students
PublicCarl Hankey ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 284 students
PublicLinda Vista Magnet ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 263 students
PublicFred Newhart MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,105 students
CPublicLa Paz IntermediateMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 713 students
PublicLos Alisos IntermediateMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 595 students
PublicCarl Hankey MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 181 students
PublicTrabuco Hills HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,475 students
APublicCapistrano Valley HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,991 students
APublicMission Viejo HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,566 students
APublicSilverado HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 200 students
C-PublicEsperanza Education CenterHigh · Grades 7–12 · 80 students
PublicSVUSD Virtual Academy (Alternative)Other · Grades K–12 · 149 students
APublicLa Tierra Early Childhood CenterGrades M
PublicFUSION ACADEMY MV: MISSION VIEJO
PrivateMARGUERITE CHRISTIAN PRE SCHOOL
PrivateMISSION MONTESSORI
PrivateMISSION VIEJO CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
PrivatePILLARS ACADEMY
PrivateSUNFLOWER MONTESSORI
PrivateVILLAGE MONTESSORI CENTER
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.