📍 240 Via Socorro, San Clemente, Orange County, 92672
Shorecliffs Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in San Clemente, Orange County. The school has 721 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Josh Wellikson. It is part of the Capistrano Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
Shorecliffs Middle enrolls 721 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% White, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 10% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 393 | 55% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 237 | 33% |
| Two or more races | 74 | 10% |
| Asian | 12 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
342 of the school's 721 students (47%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Shorecliffs Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Shorecliffs Middle is one of 59 schools in Capistrano Unified, based in San Juan Capistrano, California. The district serves 40,358 students district-wide and employs 1,856 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 721 students, Shorecliffs Middle is close to the district average of about 684 students per school.