Esperanza Education Center
Mission Viejo · CA · Saddleback Valley Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Mission Viejo High → Fusion Alisa Viejo → Silverado High → Laguna Hills High → El Toro High → Heritage Christian School → Tesoro High → Capistrano Valley High →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Esperanza Education Center compares for families
What families should know about Esperanza Education Center.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Mission Viejo High, Fusion Alisa Viejo, Silverado High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +2.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 80 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Viejo High Mission Viejo |
Public | 0.3 | 1,566 | -13.2% |
| Fusion Alisa Viejo Aliso Viejo |
Private | 1.3 | 64 | -7.2% |
| Silverado High Mission Viejo |
Public | 1.8 | 200 | -18.4% |
| Laguna Hills High Laguna Hills |
Public | 2.1 | 1,317 | -8.4% |
| El Toro High Lake Forest |
Public | 3.0 | 1,902 | -12.4% |
| Heritage Christian School Mission Viejo |
Private | 3.1 | 254 | +59.7% |
| Tesoro High Las Flores |
Public | 3.3 | 2,028 | -10.6% |
| Capistrano Valley High Mission Viejo |
Public | 3.9 | 1,991 | -4.1% |