📍 5 Aprender St., Rancho Mission Viejo, Orange County, 92694
Esencia is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Rancho Mission Viejo, Orange County. The school has 873 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Greg Hauser. It is part of the Capistrano Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
Esencia enrolls 873 students across grades K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% White, 16% Two or more races and 14% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 503 | 58% |
| Two or more races | 141 | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 121 | 14% |
| Asian | 100 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 6 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
151 of the school's 873 students (17%) 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.
Esencia is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large).
Esencia 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 873 students, Esencia is larger than the district average of about 684 students per school.