Linda Vista Magnet Elementary: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.
Linda Vista Magnet posts 37% meeting the standard and 19.0% exceeding it, against 43% and 21.3% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46 | 19% | 37% | +10.6 | 16.4% | 1.8% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Linda Vista Magnet Elementary scores 46 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 59th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “37% proficient” and call it done. Linda Vista Magnet deserves a closer read. The school sits in Mission Viejo, where three in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 40th to the 59th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1000 elementary schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 37% of students meet the standard today, above the 29% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 34% | 28% | 35% | 21% | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 27% | 38% | 43% | 32% | 38% |
| Grade 5 | 42% | 34% | 44% | 39% | 53% |
| Grade 6 | 51% | 44% | 46% | 63% | 58% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 31% | 36% | 37% | 24% | 30% |
| Grade 4 | 24% | 50% | 38% | 40% | 38% |
| Grade 5 | 16% | 18% | 23% | 39% | 30% |
| Grade 6 | 36% | 40% | 27% | 42% | 56% |
The story this school is actually telling
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 5.9pp across grades; the floor rises 21.0pp. 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.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- 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 Linda Vista Magnet Elementary in Mission Viejo, 37.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 42.7% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Linda Vista Magnet Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 5.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (31.2% Math proficient); Hispanic students (33.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 33.8 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 128 students tested.
7 of 16 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 13.9pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +3.1pp.
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
$216 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
At 263 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 28% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 80
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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 | 40 | 15% | 18% | 18% | 50% | 33% | −11 |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 27% | 11% | 30% | 32% | 38% | −7 |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 21% | 33% | 12% | 35% | 53% | +6 |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 25% | 33% | 22% | 19% | 58% | +12 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 40 | 13% | 18% | 30% | 40% | 30% | −16 |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 27% | 11% | 35% | 27% | 38% | −4 |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 12% | 19% | 30% | 40% | 30% | −5 |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 22% | 33% | 8% | 36% | 56% | +21 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 43 | 7% | 21% | 58% | 14% |
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 | 128 | 37.5% | −5 | −1 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 109 | 33.9% | −7 | −5 |
| English Learners | 29 | 10.3% | +4 | −0 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Vista Magnet Elementary ← | — | 46 | 19.0% | 37.0% | +10.6 | 1.8% |
| Las Flores Elementary | 2.3 mi | 82 | 51.8% | 78.0% | +8.6 | 0.7% |
| Philip J. Reilly Elementary | 2.2 mi | 78 | 57.0% | 81.8% | −8.0 | 0.3% |
| Oxford Preparatory Academy - South Orange County | 2.3 mi | 78 | 54.5% | 78.7% | +13.5 | 0.2% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 38 | 40 | #3321 | 11.1% | 29.1% | 7.3% | 1.4% | -3.5pp |
| 2022 | 35 | 47 | #3034 | 13.9% | 33.9% | 24.8% | 1.3% | -5.7pp |
| 2023 | 40 | 52 | #2756 | 11.5% | 36.5% | 20.5% | 0.6% | -2.1pp |
| 2024 | 47 | 63 | #2143 | 13.8% | 32.6% | 18.5% | 1.7% | +16.7pp |
| 2025 | 46 | 59 | #2342 | 19.0% | 37.0% | 16.4% | 1.8% | +10.6pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 7.5% | 13.7% | +6.2pp |
| Male | 6.9% | 18.6% | +11.7pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 7.2% | 16.6% | +9.4pp |
| Two or More Races | 0.0% | 9.1% | +9.1pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 15.2% | 18.6% | +3.4pp |
| English Learners | 7.1% | 13.3% | +6.2pp |
| Homeless | 13.6% | 22.1% | +8.5pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 7.3% | 17.8% | +10.5pp |
| All Students | 7.2% | 16.2% | +9.0pp |
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