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Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano

San Juan Capistrano, CA · Grades 7-12 · 185 students · Capistrano Unified

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57% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 17% in math. 44.8% graduate in four years. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

Math

17%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

English

57%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

185

Total enrollment

Graduation

44.8%

Four-year graduation rate

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grade 11 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

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0%25%50%75%100%2019: 12%2022: 22%2023: 16%2024: 24%2025: 17%2019: 50%2022: 68%2023: 56%2024: 51%2025: 57%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 12%2022: 22%2023: 16%2024: 24%2025: 17%2019: 50%2022: 68%2023: 56%2024: 51%2025: 57%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201912%50%
202222%68%
202316%56%
202424%51%
202517%57%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

One in three of students here meet the standard. One in five clear it by a lot.

ELA56% met or exceeded
Exceeded 22%Met 34%Nearly Met 28%Not Met 16%
Math18% met or exceeded
Exceeded 12%Met 6%Nearly Met 22%Not Met 60%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California high schools · average20% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Grad rateCollege readinessAbsenceSuspension
This school2618%37%44.8%10.5%29.3%0.9%
CA average · High School5420%43%92.5%43.0%23.1%3.3%
This schoolCA avg
Scope2654
% Exceeded18%20%
% Met+37%43%
Grad rate44.8%92.5%
College readiness10.5%43.0%
Absence29.3%23.1%
Suspension0.9%3.3%

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

How every group of students does here

At Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, 50.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 55.1% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano trails its district average for low-income students by 5.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (18.2% Math proficient); Hispanic students (45.5% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 11.3 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 22 students tested.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 37% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 37%, district —, state 43%37%
FemaleFemale: this school 37%, district 69%, state 44%37% · −1 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 30%, district 45%, state 32%30% · −8 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 34%, district 49%, state 32%34% · −3 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 35%, district 74%, state 56%35% · −2 vs school
MaleMale: this school 36%, district 66%, state 42%36% · −2 vs school

7 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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No student-group growth record is available for this school in this data release.

AP access · 2020-21 federal civil rights snapshot (structural, dated — newest published; biennial)
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In the 2020-21 federal collection — the newest there is — Hispanic students were 40% of Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano's enrollment but 0% of its AP seats; ask the school what's changed since.

Hispanic0.0% AP · 40.3% enroll.
American Indian/Alaska Native0.0% AP · 0.0% enroll.
Asian33.3% AP · 3.6% enroll.
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.0% AP · 0.0% enroll.
Black0.0% AP · 1.4% enroll.
White66.7% AP · 50.4% enroll.
Two or more races0.0% AP · 4.3% enroll.
English learners0.0% AP · 5.0% enroll.
Students with disabilities0.0% AP · 17.3% enroll.

● share of AP enrollment vs share of total enrollment, this school only · not part of the Scope Score

Data source: U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, 2020-21 (biennial; newest published)

Where graduates go

What happens after high school?

57%

Enrolled in college within a year

Class of 2023 · 28 of 49 completers · includes community colleges

49Completers
12%
Other colleges6 completers · Outside the California community college system
45%
California community colleges22 completers · Enrolled within a year
43%
Not recorded enrolled21 completers · No college enrollment in this reporting window

Destination data describes this earlier graduating class, separately from current-year test results and graduation. Percentages are rounded.

College destinations and the full graduate record
2024–25

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Where the class of 2023 went
57%enrolled in college within a year
  • California State University2 (4%)
  • California community college22 (45%)
  • In-state private2 (4%)
  • Out-of-state, 4-year1 (2%)
  • Out-of-state, 2-year1 (2%)
  • Not enrolled21 (43%)

CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate, class of 2023 · % = count ÷ completers, our arithmetic

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The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 21 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano's teachers are authorized to teach 2 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — including Spanish Language and Culture and Spanish Literature and Culture.

Students per teacher21 · district 23
Teaching staff14 teachers
Avg. experience15.5 years
Fully credentialed23%
First-year teachers7%
PrincipalIleana Kiriakos
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Teacher salary schedule$65,219 – $130,638
Principal salary$185,421 – $206,216
Superintendent salary$348,333

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course breadth
AP exam qualifiers2 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers3 students
Advanced coursework
AP subjects taught2
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World Languages & Cultures (2)Spanish Language and Culture · Spanish Literature and Culture

+8 via online provider (EdOptions Academy) — not taught by school staff

Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, 2025 - 2026 audit year (authorization, not enrollment) · IB World Schools directory, name-matched · structural depth: 2020-21 federal snapshot, table 09

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here miss more school, and get suspended less, than the state average.

29.3% of students miss a month or more of school, versus 23.1% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — the data can't say why.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 29.3%, district 13.1%, state 23.1%29.3% · +6.3pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 0.9%, district —, state 3.3%0.9% · −2.4pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2024–25

Its district spends $12,431 per student, less than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $12,431, CA average $14,491$12,431 · district average
District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,166 per student
District averageCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 64%Instruction support 10%Student services 10%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

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district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$12,431 per pupil
2019$11,341 per pupil
2018$10,665 per pupil
2017$9,388 per pupil
2016$8,875 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

More than half of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 185 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).

On the state's science test (CAST), 23% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino33.0% · district 26.7% · CA 56.1%
White45.4% · district 51.0% · CA 19.9%
Asian4.3% · district 7.4% · CA 10.2%
Black1.6% · district 0.7% · CA 4.8%
Other15.7% · district 14.2% · CA 9.0%
GenderFemale 49.7% · Male 47.0% · Non-binary 3.2%
Free or reduced lunch52.4% · CA 64%
Median income$129K · CA $85K
Median home value$994K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+43% · CA 35%
ZIP population35,095
Median age46 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

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2025 · high schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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SchoolTypePerformance bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedDistanceSelect
Opportunities for Learning - Capistranoalternative comparison groupCharterSolid18%37%School being viewed
San Juan Hills HighPublicStrong38%68%1.3 mi
Dana Hills HighPublicStrong25%55%2.6 mi
California Preparatory AcademyPublicSolid22%49%1.2 mi
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Is Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano a good high school?
Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano has a Scope Score of 26 out of 100, placing it in the 64th percentile of California alternative high schools and ranked #40 in that group. This is a rank inside that group, not a statewide one: SchoolScope compares alternative schools with one another rather than with California's comprehensive campuses, so it cannot be read against a statewide figure. Why these schools are ranked separately. 18.1% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is near the California average of 19.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 37.2% of students at Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 18.1% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 19.2% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 18.1% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 94 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano rank among California alternative schools?
Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano ranks #40 among California alternative high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 64th percentile. This is a rank inside that group, not a statewide one: SchoolScope compares alternative schools with one another rather than with California's comprehensive campuses, so it cannot be read against a statewide figure. Why these schools are ranked separately. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano?
29.3% of students at Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 23.1%. The suspension rate is 0.9%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano compare to other schools in San Juan Capistrano?
Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano scores 26/100 (64th percentile) among California alternative high schools. This is a rank inside that group, not a statewide one: SchoolScope compares alternative schools with one another rather than with California's comprehensive campuses, so it cannot be read against a statewide figure. Why these schools are ranked separately. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 185 students. Use the schools in San Juan Capistrano page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.
How does Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, 50.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 55.1% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano trails its district average for low-income students by 5.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (18.2% Math proficient); Hispanic students (45.5% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 11.3 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 22 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What AP courses are offered at Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano?
Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano's teachers are authorized to teach 2 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers, per the 2025 - 2026 AP Course Audit: Spanish Language and Culture, Spanish Literature and Culture. Authorization means the school may teach a course, not that a section is running this year, and it's separate from AP exam pass rates. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.

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How the Scope Score is calculated

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What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 6 things our score weighs

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Graduation rate44.8%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard18.1%19.8%22%
College readiness10.5%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded37.2%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism29.3%23.1%5%
Suspension rate0.9%3.3%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures graduation, test performance, college readiness, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano: reading the evidence

Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano posts 37% meeting the standard and 18.1% exceeding it, against 43% and 19.8% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

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Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano is ranked #40 of California alternative high schools.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Graduation rate44.8%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard18.1%19.8%22%
College readiness10.5%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded37.2%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism29.3%23.1%5%
Suspension rate0.9%3.3%5%
Graduation rate
↓ vs CA 92.5% · index 5 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 19.8% · index 52 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
College readiness
↓ vs CA 43.0% · index 37 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 43.2% · index 51 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 23.1% · index 51 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 0.6pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.3% · index 62 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 0.1pp lower vs 2024
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 8———————
Grade 114723%34%26%17%57%+9
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 8———————
Grade 114713%4%21%62%17%−7

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide303%20%73%3%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged2250.0%−5+12
Hispanic/Latino2245.5%−6+7
White1758.8%−19−3
03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Susp
Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano ←—2618.1%37.2%0.9%
San Juan Hills High1.3 mi7437.8%67.8%1.2%
Dana Hills High2.6 mi6425.0%55.4%1.3%
California Preparatory Academy1.2 mi6122.1%49.2%0.7%
California average—5419.8%43.2%3.3%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
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Graduation Rate
44.8%
AP Exam Prepared
10.5%
A-G Completion
44.2%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
57.1%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSusp
20192367#368.3%30.9%9.4%1.4%
20222672#3013.7%45.1%29.4%1.5%
20232462#4110.5%36.0%23.8%1.2%
20242672#3116.3%37.8%29.9%1.0%
20252664#4018.1%37.2%29.3%0.9%
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
What we can't show
  • — This school's rank and percentile are computed against California alternative high schools, not California's comprehensive campuses — see the Enrollment Axiom at /methodology#peer-class.
05AP course catalog2025 - 2026
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SubjectTaught by
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Spanish Literature and Culturethis school
Biologyonline provider (EdOptions Academy)
Calculus ABonline provider (EdOptions Academy)
Chemistryonline provider (EdOptions Academy)
Computer Science Principlesonline provider (EdOptions Academy)
English Literature and Compositiononline provider (EdOptions Academy)
Psychologyonline provider (EdOptions Academy)
Spanish Language and Cultureonline provider (EdOptions Academy)
United States Historyonline provider (EdOptions Academy)

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

06Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
ShowHide table 06 — Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count8
AP enrollment3
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8offered · 3 enrolled
Calculus sections2
Physics sections2
Chemistry sections2
Total enrollment (CRDC)139

Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.

07College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
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DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California00.0%
California State University24.1%
California community college2244.9%
In-state private24.1%
Out-of-state, 4-year12.0%
Out-of-state, 2-year12.0%
Not enrolled2142.9%

49 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 57% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · a missing cell is CDE suppression, never a fabricated zero · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=1,647 high schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · AP Course Ledger 2025 - 2026 (November refresh; authorization not enrollment) · CRDC 2020-21 (biennial; next expected 2021-22) · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-09-18

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