Del Obispo Elementary: 47% of kids clear the bar — ahead of the state's 43%. But English learner progress trails the state.
Del Obispo posts 47% meeting the standard, against 43% across the state. The number below is the one to ask about on a visit.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51 | 22% | 47% | +4.7 | 20.5% | 1.0% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Del Obispo Elementary scores 51 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 69th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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📈 On the Rise — Ask how many years the improvement has held, not just the latest one — one strong cohort and a real turnaround can look identical in a single year of data.
Most rating sites would stop at “47% proficient” and call it done. Del Obispo deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Juan Capistrano, where two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Del Obispo's low-income kids hit 48.4% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 69th percentile since 2019.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 47% of students meet the standard today, above the 43% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 39% | 43% | 41% | 51% | 45% |
| Grade 4 | 44% | 43% | 38% | 49% | 43% |
| Grade 5 | 54% | 58% | 67% | 56% | 65% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 43% | 46% | 39% | 55% | 49% |
| Grade 4 | 38% | 35% | 38% | 37% | 40% |
| Grade 5 | 43% | 46% | 39% | 38% | 39% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students met or exceeded the standard, versus 42.7% statewide.
of English learners reached the top ELPAC level, versus 18.0% statewide — worth asking about on a tour.
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding rises 2.9pp across grades; the floor rises 19.6pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Del Obispo's most underrated number
48.4% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask how English learners are supported — and what happens after reclassification.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask how English learners are supported, and what changes for them after they reclassify.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Del Obispo Elementary in San Juan Capistrano, 48.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 55.1% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Del Obispo Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 6.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (38.8% Math proficient); Hispanic students (38.5% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 23.2 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 122 students tested.
5 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 15.2pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.8pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$686 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 40% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 51 | 24% | 22% | 25% | 29% | 45% | +2 |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 21% | 21% | 14% | 43% | 43% | −2 |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 26% | 38% | 13% | 22% | 65% | +17 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 51 | 25% | 24% | 16% | 35% | 49% | +3 |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 17% | 24% | 36% | 24% | 40% | −1 |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% | 22% | 34% | 27% | 39% | +4 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 67 | 15% | 25% | 51% | 9% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 122 | 48.4% | −7 | +10 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 78 | 38.5% | −13 | −0 |
| White | 59 | 67.8% | −11 | +6 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Obispo Elementary ← | — | 51 | 21.7% | 46.8% | +4.7 | 1.0% |
| John Malcom Elementary | 1.6 mi | 66 | 41.1% | 69.4% | −4.0 | 1.4% |
| George White Elementary | 2 mi | 66 | 39.9% | 67.3% | +5.4 | 1.5% |
| Capistrano Home/Virtual | 0.5 mi | 64 | 38.0% | 68.6% | −14.2 | 0.5% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 51 | 69 | #1730 | 19.4% | 43.3% | 10.8% | 1.3% | +7.5pp |
| 2022 | 45 | 69 | #1771 | 20.0% | 45.1% | 32.2% | 0.6% | +7.5pp |
| 2023 | 47 | 68 | #1830 | 17.5% | 43.5% | 28.3% | 2.3% | +12.9pp |
| 2024 | 44 | 55 | #2591 | 20.5% | 47.7% | 24.2% | 1.8% | -6.4pp |
| 2025 | 51 | 69 | #1762 | 21.7% | 46.8% | 20.5% | 1.0% | +4.7pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 11.4% | 16.9% | +5.5pp |
| Male | 10.4% | 23.9% | +13.5pp |
| Filipino | 14.3% | 30.4% | +16.1pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 10.2% | 22.6% | +12.4pp |
| Two or More Races | 0.0% | 43.8% | +43.8pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 14.4% | 25.8% | +11.4pp |
| English Learners | 10.3% | 20.3% | +10.0pp |
| Homeless | 10.2% | 27.1% | +16.9pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 12.8% | 21.5% | +8.7pp |
| All Students | 10.8% | 20.7% | +9.9pp |
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