Esperanza Education Center
Mission Viejo · CA · Saddleback Valley Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Creekside High → Capistrano Union High → Irvine Adult Transition Programs → Silverado High → Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano → Hillview High (Continuation) → OUSD Home Sch → Back Bay High →At a glance
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, 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: Creekside High, Capistrano Union High, Irvine Adult Transition Programs 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 +2.8%/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.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creekside High Irvine |
Public | 10.8 | 78 | -28.4% |
| Capistrano Union High San Juan Capistrano |
Public | 6.3 | 103 | -24.3% |
| Irvine Adult Transition Programs Irvine |
Public | 9.9 | 117 | +36.0% |
| Silverado High Mission Viejo |
Public | 1.8 | 200 | -18.4% |
| Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano San Juan Capistrano |
Public · charter | 6.9 | 182 | +95.7% |
| Hillview High (Continuation) Tustin |
Public | 12.5 | 142 | -28.3% |
| OUSD Home Sch Orange |
Public | 15.9 | 52 | — |
| Back Bay High Costa Mesa |
Public | 13.4 | 143 | +6.7% |
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