High · California

Esperanza Education Center

Special educationFree meals for all

Esperanza Education Center, a public high school in Mission Viejo, California: grades 7–12, 80 students, 10.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Saddleback Valley Unified.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 80
Teachers (FTE): 7.5
Students per teacher: 10.7
Grades: 7–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 85% of high schools in California

Median 19.1 · 2,120 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 77% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 79% of high schools in California

Median 462 · 2,126 schools compared

Smaller than 84% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 7–12
Type: District school · Special education
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Saddleback Valley Unified

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Saddleback Valley Unified.

Location

Address: 25121 Pradera Dr., Mission Viejo, CA 92691
Phone: (949)830-5470
City or town: Mission Viejo
County: Orange County

Quality of life in Mission Viejo Schools in Mission Viejo

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Mission Viejo HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,566	22.2	0.3 mi
Silverado HighAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	200	9.2	1.8 mi
Laguna Hills HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,317	21.4	2.1 mi
El Toro HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,902	21.5	3.0 mi
Tesoro High	9–12	2,030	22.7	3.3 mi
Capistrano Valley High	9–12	1,991	21.8	3.9 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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