NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Aliso Viejo, CA

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8 public K-12 schools in Aliso Viejo from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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8
Schools
7,045
Students
32/100
Avg Resource Index
23.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Aliso Viejo has more public-school enrollment than 70% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Aliso Niguel High enrolls 36.4% of Aliso Viejo's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

5 of Aliso Viejo's 8 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 28-point gap between Don Juan Avila Elementary and Journey shows the range hidden by Aliso Viejo's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 30%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
17th percentile
Teacher staffing
4th percentile

Aliso Niguel High accounts for 36.4% of all Aliso Viejo public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Aliso Viejo-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Aliso Viejo school enrollment varies 6.0× across entities

Aliso Viejo school enrollment ranges from 425 students (lowest) to 2,563 students (highest), a spread of 2,138 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Aliso Viejo student-teacher ratio is 23.8:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Aliso Viejo's 8 listed schools are charters

13% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Don Juan Avila Elementary 43
2. Aliso Viejo Middle 39
3. Don Juan Avila Middle 38
4. Aliso Niguel High 35
5. Oak Grove Elementary 30
6. Canyon Vista Elementary 30
7. Wood Canyon Elementary 26
8. Journey 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Aliso Viejo

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Don Juan Avila Middle 69.0/100
  2. 2 Don Juan Avila Elementary 68.9/100
  3. 3 Wood Canyon Elementary 68.2/100
  4. 4 Oak Grove Elementary 67.1/100
  5. 5 Aliso Niguel High 66.9/100

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Which Aliso Viejo school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Don Juan Avila Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Aliso Viejo schools in this federal-data comparison at 43/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Aliso Viejo, CA? ▼

Aliso Viejo has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,045 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 23.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.