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Capistrano Unified

San Juan Capistrano, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

40,358
Students enrolled
59
Public schools
1,757
Classroom teachers (FTE)
23.0:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 3,572
  • Grade 1 2,484
  • Grade 2 2,678
  • Grade 3 2,707
  • Grade 4 2,820
  • Grade 5 2,971
  • Grade 6 2,943
  • Grade 7 3,027
  • Grade 8 3,095
  • Grade 9 3,382
  • Grade 10 3,374
  • Grade 11 3,499
  • Grade 12 3,806

By race/ethnicity

  • White 51%
  • Hispanic/Latino 27%
  • Two or more races 12%
  • Asian 9%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

35% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 14,123 of 40,251 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 27%
  • Reduced-price lunch 8%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$17,395 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $11,385
  • Support services $5,612
  • Other (food service, etc.) $398

Where the money comes from

  • Local 62%
  • State 32%
  • Federal 5%

Total revenue $799.6 milliontotal spending $742.0 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

3,877

District office

33122 Valle Rd., San Juan Capistrano CA 92675

County

Orange County

Official website

NCES District ID

607440

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About Capistrano Unified

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

CUSD’s mission, in partnership with the home and our richly diverse community, is to educate students and to assist them in realizing their full potential as responsible, productive, and contributing members of society by providing an educational environment in which students are challenged, excellence is expected, and differences are valued.
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Public Schools in Capistrano Unified (65)

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San Clemente High

San Clemente, CA · Grades 09–12 · 2,740 students · High

San Juan Hills High

San Juan Capistrano, CA · Grades 09–12 · 2,641 students · High

Aliso Niguel High

Aliso Viejo, CA · Grades 09–12 · 2,563 students · High

Tesoro High

Las Flores, CA · Grades 09–12 · 2,030 students · High

Capistrano Valley High

Mission Viejo, CA · Grades 09–12 · 1,991 students · High

Dana Hills High

Dana Point, CA · Grades 09–12 · 1,725 students · High

Fred Newhart Middle

Mission Viejo, CA · Grades 06–08 · 1,105 students · Middle

Ladera Ranch Middle

Ladera Ranch, CA · Grades 06–08 · 1,064 students · Middle

Esencia

Rancho Mission Viejo, CA · Grades KG–05 · 996 students · Elementary

Marco Forster Middle

San Juan Capistrano, CA · Grades 06–08 · 930 students · Middle

Bernice Ayer Middle

San Clemente, CA · Grades 06–08 · 919 students · Middle

Oso Grande Elementary

Ladera Ranch, CA · Grades KG–05 · 867 students · Elementary

Don Juan Avila Middle

Aliso Viejo, CA · Grades 06–08 · 863 students · Middle

Aliso Viejo Middle

Aliso Viejo, CA · Grades 06–08 · 803 students · Middle

Las Palmas Elementary

San Clemente, CA · Grades KG–05 · 743 students · Elementary

Niguel Hills Middle

Laguna Niguel, CA · Grades 06–08 · 693 students · Middle

Vista del Mar Elementary

San Clemente, CA · Grades KG–05 · 692 students · Elementary

Don Juan Avila Elementary

Aliso Viejo, CA · Grades KG–05 · 672 students · Elementary

San Juan Elementary

San Juan Capistrano, CA · Grades KG–05 · 662 students · Elementary

Shorecliffs Middle

San Clemente, CA · Grades 06–08 · 634 students · Middle

Chaparral Elementary

Ladera Ranch, CA · Grades KG–05 · 604 students · Elementary

Truman Benedict Elementary

San Clemente, CA · Grades KG–05 · 602 students · Elementary

Las Flores Middle

Las Flores, CA · Grades 06–08 · 593 students · Middle

Ladera Ranch Elementary

Ladera Ranch, CA · Grades KG–05 · 580 students · Elementary