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Top 10 Elementary Schools in Mission Viejo, California

The highest-scoring elementary schools in Mission Viejo based on our 6-dimension composite analysis of 2025 CAASPP data (state average: 45.5).

What separates the top from the rest: The top 3 schools average 51.7% Exceeded Standard, compared to 22.0% for the bottom 3 on this list. The exceeded rate — not just the met rate — is the clearest differentiator between good and great schools.

# School County Score Exceeded Met+ Absent Susp.
1 Castille Elementary
Capistrano Unified
Orange 70.8 51.1% 79.7% 7.9% 0.2%
2 Philip J. Reilly Elementary
Capistrano Unified
Orange 70.5 57.0% 81.8% 7.0% 0.2%
3 De Portola Elementary
Saddleback Valley Unified
Orange 68.7 47.2% 74.7% 4.5% 1.1%
4 Carl Hankey Elementary
Capistrano Unified
Orange 64.1 36.0% 64.0% 10.1% 1.3%
5 Bathgate Elementary
Capistrano Unified
Orange 63.8 44.3% 69.8% 8.9% 1.7%
6 Del Cerro Elementary
Saddleback Valley Unified
Orange 58.8 34.5% 62.7% 13.2% 1.4%
7 Viejo Elementary
Capistrano Unified
Orange 55.8 22.9% 51.3% 11.0% 0.0%
8 Montevideo Elementary
Saddleback Valley Unified
Orange 53.9 27.6% 57.4% 13.5% 2.6%
9 Linda Vista Magnet Elementary
Saddleback Valley Unified
Orange 49.2 20.1% 41.9% 16.2% 1.8%
10 Glen Yermo Elementary
Saddleback Valley Unified
Orange 47.1 18.3% 45.5% 14.3% 0.3%