Esencia

Esencia

Public Elementary, Middle School | Grade K-5
5 Aprender St,  Rancho Mission Viejo, CA
Capistrano Unified School District
3.2
793 Students
A
Niche Grade

School Details

Head of School
Josh Wellikson
Student Teacher Ratio
24:1
Math Proficiency
71%
Reading Proficiency
70%

Niche Grade

A
Academics
A
Teachers
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Niche Grade Details

Academics
Reading Proficiency
70%
Math Proficiency
71%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
24:1
Teachers
36
Full Time Teachers
36

GreatSchools Rating

9
Test Scores
9
Equity
6
Student Progress
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Test Scores

Math
42.9%
State Average
17.9%
Science
22.2%
State Average
9.9%
GreatSchools Test Scores Rating
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The Test Score Rating reflects annual state test results for this school compared with scores statewide.

Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
1,885:1

Student Diversity

Female
50.6%
Male
49.4%
White
57.6%
Two or more races
16.2%
Hispanic
13.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander
11.5%
Black
<1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
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Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

GreatSchools Reviews
3.2 15 Reviews
1.0 parent
5/7/2025
This school is very disappointing. We thought since the school is small that they will provide relatively proper oversight , supervision as well as more caring environment. I was wrong. Even though it has capacity limits, they keep increasing enrollment so it is overcrowded. This Middle School provi...
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1.0 parent
3/5/2025
Kindergarten classes are much too large Sone teachers lack necessary experience needed. No real help for students with learning difficulties other than to recommend a different school
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2.0 parent
8/28/2024
As other reviews have stated, for the moment, we have amazing teachers at this school, but the school is very overcrowded and not equipped to handle the number of students. My guess is we start to see those teachers start to leave as better opportunities arise. Class sizes are well above what they s...
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1.0 parent
2/28/2024
Too many cliques, many kids go excluded and unnoticed. Endless homework every day. Some of the teachers really just have you practically copy entire text book chapters as “notes” each week then give you a test weekly so they don’t have to put any really effort into actual teaching. Just tedious busy...
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