School district · Orange County

Capistrano Unified schools

Capistrano Unified’s 37 public elementary schools run from the 26th to the 98th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Elementary · 37 schools

from 26th to 98th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

0Needs Support
4Developing
4Solid
29Strong

Each column counts the schools in one five-percentile step; the number above it is that count.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 17 schools

from 68th to 95th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Bernice Ayer Middle: 95th percentile, Strong
  • Arroyo Vista Middle: 94th percentile, Strong
  • Ladera Ranch Middle: 94th percentile, Strong
  • Esencia Middle: 93rd percentile, Strong
  • Fred Newhart Middle: 93rd percentile, Strong
  • Don Juan Avila Middle: 92nd percentile, Strong
  • Vista del Mar Middle: 91st percentile, Strong
  • Las Flores Middle: 89th percentile, Strong
  • Capistrano Home/Virtual: 89th percentile, Strong
  • Shorecliffs Middle: 87th percentile, Strong
  • Aliso Viejo Middle: 87th percentile, Strong
  • Carl Hankey Middle: 81st percentile, Strong
  • Journey: 79th percentile, Strong
  • Marco Forster Middle: 77th percentile, Strong
  • Niguel Hills Middle: 76th percentile, Strong
  • Community Roots Academy: 74th percentile, Solid
  • California Online Public Schools Southern California: 68th percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
2Solid
15Strong

High · 8 schools

from 24th to 93rd · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Tesoro High: 93rd percentile, Strong
  • Aliso Niguel High: 88th percentile, Strong
  • San Juan Hills High: 87th percentile, Strong
  • Capistrano Valley High: 86th percentile, Strong
  • San Clemente High: 80th percentile, Strong
  • Dana Hills High: 70th percentile, Solid
  • California Preparatory Academy: 66th percentile, Solid
  • California Online Public Schools Southern California: 24th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
2Solid
5Strong

Each column counts the schools in one five-percentile step; the number above it is that count. One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 3 of the 58 ranked schools teach more than one level, 1 of them all three, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 58 ranked schools
  • 3 schools not ranked statewide

Schools around Capistrano Unified

61 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in Capistrano Unified score highest?

Chaparral Elementary is highest, at the 98th percentile.

That’s higher than 98 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Capistrano Unified

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Show the other 34 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in Capistrano Unified had 11 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

Middle schools

Which middle schools in Capistrano Unified score highest?

Bernice Ayer Middle is highest, at the 95th percentile.

That’s higher than 95 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Capistrano Unified

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Show the other 14 middle schools
Context

The average middle school in Capistrano Unified had 13 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

High schools

Which high schools in Capistrano Unified score highest?

Tesoro High is highest, at the 93rd percentile.

That’s higher than 93 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Capistrano Unified

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Show the other 5 high schools
Context

The average high school in Capistrano Unified had 18 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.

3 high schools not ranked statewide

Continuation schools, alternative schools and court and community schools enroll students differently from a regular school, so each is compared only with its own kind or not ranked.

The district

Where does Capistrano Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?

Capistrano Unified spent $17,166 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every Capistrano Unified dollar went to classroom instruction.

Spending by function

Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.

Share by function, 2024–25

  • Instruction64%
  • Instruction support10%
  • Student services10%
  • Administration6%
  • Buildings & maintenance9%
  • Other1%

Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.

What the district plans

$53.0 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 39 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 8% of its $669.9 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.

The plan in short

Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 234 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 66% of the money. The plan itself puts 75% of it toward staff.

  • Counselors $14.2 million
  • Expanded Learning Opportunity Program $11.5 million
  • Class Size Reduction $9.5 million
  • 36 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

8 of the plan’s 39 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name catch-up help or English learners
  • Catch-up help $3.6 million
  • English learners $1.3 million

Largest of these

  • Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant$2.5 million
  • Bilingual School Community Liaisons$1.2 million
  • Intervention$709,300
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students

It plans $32.4 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $32.2 million and estimates it spent $32.5 million, $0.3 million (1%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $1.4 million (3%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Class Size Reduction, which went from $7.1 million to $9.5 million.

Largest cuts

  • ELD Professional Development and Support−⁠$834,880
  • Intervention−⁠$479,539
  • Language Immersion Programs−⁠$441,668

Largest increases

  • Class Size Reduction+⁠$2.3 million
  • Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant+⁠$770,208
  • Curriculum and Instruction+⁠$618,851

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • Wellness, Counseling, and Behavioral Supports$205,500

Ask: What did ELD Professional Development and Support pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $834,880 less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 2 and 472%71%down 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 2 and 463%62%down 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoals 1 and 414 in 10014 in 100no change
Suspended at least onceGoals 1 and 41.9%1.8%down 0.1 pts

Goal 5 tracks named schools and Goal 3 tracks other measures, so they aren’t shown here.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Counselors · $14,199,379
  • Expanded Learning Opportunity Program · $11,498,349
  • Class Size Reduction · $9,473,080
The full plan5 goals, 78 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($53.0 million).

Where does the money go?

56% to Goal 3. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2
G3

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Empower students and educational partners to be skilled communicators, engaged citizens, and inspired leaders…$17.3 million33% of action budgets

“Empower students and educational partners to be skilled communicators, engaged citizens, and inspired leaders to promote and support student engagement and school climate” p. 27 ↗

14 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $17.6 million (−⁠$358,181)

Largest funded actions

  1. Counselors$14.2 millionaction 1.1 · p. 183 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Bilingual School Community Liaisons$1.2 millionaction 1.11 · p. 184 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Foster Youth/​Homeless Support$0.6 millionaction 1.10 · p. 184 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Credit Recovery$0.4 millionaction 1.2 · p. 183 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. District Communication Support$0.3 millionaction 1.12 · p. 184 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

8 more funded actions in this goal

  • Alternative to Suspension (ATS) Program · action 1.9 · p. 183 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • Multilingual Engagement Tools · action 1.15 · p. 184 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • Teen Parent Program @ Capistrano Union HS · action 1.3 · p. 183 ↗$0.1 million
  • Family Resource Center and Parent Institute for Quality Education · action 1.13 · p. 184 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Cultural Proficiency · action 1.4 · p. 183 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Contracted Translation Services · action 1.14 · p. 184 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • CUSD Cares - Well-being and Emotional Support · action 1.6 · p. 183 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Implementation · action 1.7 · p. 183 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Foster Youth/​Homeless Support+⁠$195,172$400,000 → $595,172 · p. 184 ↗
  2. Counselors+⁠$0.2 million$14.0 million → $14.2 million · p. 183 ↗
  3. Credit Recovery−⁠$177,269$587,000 → $409,731 · p. 183 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Bilingual School Community Liaisons · $1.2 million → $1.2 million · p. 184 ↗−⁠$46,639
  • District Communication Support · $238,200 → $263,315 · p. 184 ↗+⁠$25,115
  • Alternative to Suspension (ATS) Program · $337,300 → $192,616 · p. 183 ↗−⁠$144,684
  • Multilingual Engagement Tools · $165,700 → $170,500 · p. 184 ↗+⁠$4,800
  • Teen Parent Program @ Capistrano Union HS · $112,000 → $120,000 · p. 183 ↗+⁠$8,000
  • Title not confirmed · $82,500 · p. 183 ↗not compared
  • Family Resource Center and Parent Institute for Quality Education · $74,100 → $28,515 · p. 184 ↗−⁠$45,585
  • Cultural Proficiency · $20,000 → $20,000 · p. 183 ↗unchanged
  • Contracted Translation Services · $15,000 → $15,000 · p. 184 ↗unchanged
  • CUSD Cares - Well-being and Emotional Support · $7,200 → $10,000 · p. 183 ↗+⁠$2,800
  • Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Implementation · $21,000 → $7,500 · p. 183 ↗−⁠$13,500

How the plan measures it · 11 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 27 ↗.

Goal 2Cultivate a continuous learning mindset so all students become innovative problem solvers, demonstrate…$5.7 million11% of action budgets

“Cultivate a continuous learning mindset so all students become innovative problem solvers, demonstrate mastery of grade-level content, and graduate prepared to succeed in college, career, and beyond” p. 53 ↗

14 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $6.9 million (−⁠$1.2 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Curriculum and Instruction$1.4 millionaction 2.2 · p. 184 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Futureology: College & Career Counseling Program$1.1 millionaction 2.1 · p. 184 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Language Immersion Programs$0.9 millionaction 2.8 · p. 185 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Language Acquisition$0.7 millionaction 2.5 · p. 184 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Intervention$0.7 millionaction 2.3 · p. 184 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

9 more funded actions in this goal

  • ELPAC Administration and Data Support · action 2.6 · p. 185 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • Educational Technology - Teachers on Special Assignment · action 2.14 · p. 186 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) · action 2.13 · p. 185 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • ELD Professional Development and Support · action 2.7 · p. 185 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Career Technical Education (CTE) · action 2.9 · p. 185 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • International Baccalaureate · action 2.10 · p. 185 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Early Childhood Program · action 2.4 · p. 184 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Long Term English Learner Professional Development · action 2.11 · p. 185 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Test Fee Reimbursement · action 2.12 · p. 185 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. ELD Professional Development and Support−⁠$834,880$937,000 → $102,120 · p. 185 ↗
  2. Curriculum and Instruction+⁠$0.6 million$0.8 million → $1.4 million · p. 184 ↗
  3. Intervention−⁠$0.5 million$1.2 million → $0.7 million · p. 184 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Futureology: College & Career Counseling Program · $1.0 million → $1.1 million · p. 184 ↗+⁠$0.1 million
  • Language Immersion Programs · $1.4 million → $0.9 million · p. 185 ↗−⁠$0.4 million
  • Language Acquisition · $526,100 → $737,500 · p. 184 ↗+⁠$211,400
  • ELPAC Administration and Data Support · $357,100 → $224,600 · p. 185 ↗−⁠$132,500
  • Educational Technology - Teachers on Special Assignment · $175,000 → $175,000 · p. 186 ↗unchanged
  • Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) · $188,880 → $133,500 · p. 185 ↗−⁠$55,380
  • Career Technical Education (CTE) · $57,900 → $60,795 · p. 185 ↗+⁠$2,895
  • International Baccalaureate · $210,000 → $50,000 · p. 185 ↗−⁠$160,000
  • Early Childhood Program · $25,000 → $25,000 · p. 184 ↗unchanged
  • Long Term English Learner Professional Development · $20,000 → $20,000 · p. 185 ↗unchanged
  • Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Test Fee Reimbursement · $28,000 → $20,000 · p. 185 ↗−⁠$8,000

How the plan measures it · 13 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 53 ↗.

Goal 3 · Maintenance of Progress GoalEnsure equitable access to a high-quality education for all students by providing them with fully…$29.6 million56% of action budgets

“Ensure equitable access to a high-quality education for all students by providing them with fully credentialed teachers, instructional materials aligned with state standards, and well-maintained facilities” p. 83 ↗

6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $26.8 million (+⁠$2.8 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Expanded Learning Opportunity Program$11.5 millionaction 3.4 · p. 186 ↗
  2. Class Size Reduction$9.5 millionaction 3.1 · p. 186 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Arts and Music in Schools$5.8 millionaction 3.5 · p. 186 ↗
  4. Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant$2.5 millionaction 3.6 · p. 186 ↗
  5. New Teacher and Administrator Induction$0.3 millionaction 3.2 · p. 186 ↗

1 more funded action in this goal

  • Transportation · action 3.3 · p. 186 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Class Size Reduction+⁠$2.3 million$7.1 million → $9.5 million · p. 186 ↗
  2. Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant+⁠$0.8 million$1.7 million → $2.5 million · p. 186 ↗
  3. New Teacher and Administrator Induction−⁠$247,892$575,577 → $327,685 · p. 186 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Expanded Learning Opportunity Program · $11.5 million → $11.5 million · p. 186 ↗unchanged
  • Arts and Music in Schools · $5.8 million → $5.8 million · p. 186 ↗unchanged
  • Transportation · $60,000 → $47,000 · p. 186 ↗−⁠$13,000

How the plan measures it · 7 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 83 ↗.

Goal 4 · Focus GoalIn 2026-2027, provide strategic and systemic support for student groups underperforming at the district and…$00% of action budgets

“In 2026-2027, provide strategic and systemic support for student groups underperforming at the district and school site levels to improve student outcomes as measured by the California Dashboard” p. 95 ↗

No funded actions in this plan · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

How the plan measures it · 42 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 95 ↗.

Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy June 2027, Capistrano Union High School will implement evidence-based services and supports specifically…$359,5001% of action budgets

“By June 2027, Capistrano Union High School will implement evidence-based services and supports specifically designed to improve outcomes for student groups identified as performing at the lowest level (“Red”) on one or more California School Dashboard indicators. These include: (1) English Learners, who performed in the Red on the English Learner Progress Indicator, with targeted metrics to improve English language proficiency growth, reclassification rates, and progress toward English proficiency as measured by ELPAC and state growth metrics. (2) Hispanic students, who performed in the Red on the College/​Career Indicator, with targeted metrics to increase the percentage of students meeting College/​Career readiness through A–G course completion, CTE pathway completion, AP/​IB exam participation and scores, and dual enrollment. Capistrano Union High School will use disaggregated data to monitor and evaluate the implementation of services, ensuring improvement in the specified metrics and alignment with state Dashboard indicators” p. 135 ↗

5 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Wellness, Counseling, and Behavioral Supports$205,500action 5.2 · p. 192 ↗
  2. Instructional Improvement and English Learner Supports$51,000action 5.4 · p. 192 ↗
  3. Student Engagement, Cultural Proficiency, and Learning Environment$51,000action 5.5 · p. 192 ↗
  4. Attendance, Engagement, and Graduation Supports$41,000action 5.1 · p. 192 ↗
  5. Family Engagement and Bilingual Outreach$11,000action 5.3 · p. 192 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Wellness, Counseling, and Behavioral Supports · $205,500 · p. 192 ↗new or renamed
  • Instructional Improvement and English Learner Supports · $51,000 · p. 192 ↗new or renamed
  • Student Engagement, Cultural Proficiency, and Learning Environment · $51,000 · p. 192 ↗new or renamed
  • Attendance, Engagement, and Graduation Supports · $41,000 · p. 192 ↗new or renamed
  • Family Engagement and Bilingual Outreach · $11,000 · p. 192 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 5 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 135 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 46,660 students
1. White: 49%2. Hispanic or Latino: 28%3. Two or more races: 8%4. Asian: 7%5. Not reported: 4%6. Filipino: 2%7. Black or African American: 2%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%9. Pacific Islander: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. White49%
  2. Hispanic or Latino28%
  3. Two or more races8%
  4. Asian7%
  5. Not reported4%
  6. Filipino2%
  7. Black or African American2%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  9. Pacific Islander<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.

Free or reduced-price meals

36%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 16,790 of 46,553 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The district’s state records

Is the state giving the district extra help?

Capistrano Unified isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 54% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (1,370 of 2,550 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

4 schools getting state support, 2025–26

4 in targeted support

This list covers the district’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗ · School support (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

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Common questions

Which public schools in Capistrano Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Chaparral Elementary, 98th percentile (Strong). Middle: Bernice Ayer Middle, 95th percentile (Strong). High: Tesoro High, 93rd percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in the Capistrano Unified district decide which school my child attends?

Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
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Are the public schools in Capistrano Unified good?

Capistrano Unified’s 37 public elementary schools run from the 26th to the 98th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 29 Strong, 4 Solid and 4 Developing. Capistrano Unified’s 17 public middle schools run from the 68th to the 95th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 15 Strong and 2 Solid. Capistrano Unified’s 8 public high schools run from the 24th to the 93rd percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 5 Strong, 2 Solid and 1 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in Capistrano Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Capistrano Unified had 11 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. The average middle school in Capistrano Unified had 13 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Capistrano Unified had 18 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does Capistrano Unified spend per student?

Capistrano Unified spent $17,166 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every Capistrano Unified dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.

What is in Capistrano Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $53.0 million into 39 funded actions in 5 goals, 8% of its $669.9 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $29.6 million, 56% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary and middle schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools governed and funded by Capistrano Unified, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

View CDE data ↗ (opens in a new tab)How Scope Scores work →

Download these schools (CSV)Free to use under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.