📍 26782 Via Grande, Mission Viejo, Orange County, 92691
Viejo Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mission Viejo, Orange County. The school has 467 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Marie Finman. It is part of the Capistrano Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
Viejo Elementary enrolls 467 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 19 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Hispanic or Latino, 22% White and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 303 | 65% |
| White | 101 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 51 | 11% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.5% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
247 of the school's 467 students (53%) 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.
Viejo Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Viejo Elementary 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 467 students, Viejo Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 684 students per school.