Photo: Don Ramey Logan · CC BY 4.0Trabuco Canyon’s public schools outscore 81% of California districts
50% of students in Trabuco Canyon’s public schools are proficient in math, above the California average (33%). The grade covers the public school district serving Trabuco Canyon, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within California, not nationally.
From California state tests taken in spring 2022, when 97% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Trabuco Canyon’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 129 California towns with household incomes within a quarter of Trabuco Canyon’s, its schools beat 29%, lower than their 81% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 59% and math 50% in spring 2022, against 47% and 33% statewide; 92% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $17,411 per student, against $21,206 across California (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
22 elementary schools, then four middle and four high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. Enrollment is down 6% since 2020–21. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Trabuco Canyon’s grade
A−: better than 81% of California school districts. Test scores and graduation are both above the California average; test scores are the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Trabuco Canyon, with each school’s own grade.
Trabuco Canyon’s public schools are run by Saddleback Valley Unified School District, which also serves Laguna Hills, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest and Mission Viejo and others. Parts of Trabuco Canyon (4% of its land) are served by Orange Unified instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Trabuco Canyon vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the California towns that share Trabuco Canyon’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Trabuco Canyon | A− | Saddleback Valley Unified |
| Lake Forest | A− | Saddleback Valley Unified |
| Rancho Santa Margarita | A | Capistrano Unified K–12 · Saddleback Valley Unified K–12 |
All 2 neighbors share Saddleback Valley Unified with Trabuco Canyon, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.
Every school in Trabuco Canyon
30 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Trabuco Canyon’s schools
Are Trabuco Canyon’s schools good?
By California’s own tests, yes: the public schools Trabuco Canyon children attend outscore 81% of California’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A− Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 29%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Trabuco Canyon in?
Saddleback Valley Unified School District, which runs grades K–12 and enrolls 22,646 students in 33 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Trabuco Canyon are served by Orange Unified.
Where do Trabuco Canyon kids go to high school?
One of 4 high schools, depending on your address: Trabuco Hills High, El Toro High, Mission Viejo High and Laguna Hills High.
What is Trabuco Canyon’s graduation rate?
92% of the class of 2023 in Saddleback Valley Unified School District graduated in four years, against 86% across California.
How much does Trabuco Canyon spend per student?
$17,411 in Saddleback Valley Unified School District (FY2024), against $21,206 across California. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Trabuco Canyon families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.