Vista del Mar Elementary
San Clemente, CA · Elementary School
Vista del Mar Elementary is a elementary school in San Clemente, CA with 734 students enrolled and a 67% proficiency rate. Part of Capistrano Unified. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Vista del Mar Elementary is a elementary school located in San Clemente, California. The school serves 734 students. The student-to-teacher ratio is 25.3:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 67% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
16% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Vista del Mar Elementary is part of the Capistrano Unified in California.
How This School Compares
Vista del Mar Elementary has 734 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Capistrano Unified (708 students). Its 67% proficiency rate is 12 percentage points above the district average of 55%. Compared to the California state average of 45%, the school performs 22 points higher. The 25.3:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Vista del Mar Elementary has 734 students enrolled. The student-to-teacher ratio is 25.3:1.
According to EDFacts data, 67% of students at Vista del Mar Elementary meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Vista del Mar Elementary is part of the Capistrano Unified in San Clemente, California. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.