Best Public Schools in Costa Mesa, California

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2018)				Ranking (2017)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2018)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2018)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	SchoolDigger Rating (2018)	Average Standard Score (2017)	Statewide Rank (2017)	State Percentile (2017)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade
Central Orange County CTE Partnership (CTEp)	Public	10-12	2910 Red Hill Ave. Ste 200	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Central Orange County Cte Partnership (Ctep)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 966-3528	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Victoria Elementary	Public	K-6	1025 Victoria St.	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(949) 515-6985	359	17	21.1	66.0%	78 (21.7%)	5 (1.4%)	258 (71.9%)	11 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (1.9%)	39.5	3192^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	43.6%		42.4	2954^th of 5692 public elementary schools	48.1%	238	50.0	26.8	30.4	53.9				50.0	26.8	19.6	37.7
California Elementary	Public	K-6	3232 California Ave.	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	No	(714) 424-7940	437	16	27.3	37.0%	195 (44.6%)	6 (1.4%)	173 (39.6%)	19 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.3%)	34 (7.8%)	79.8	1142^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	79.8%		84.5	934^th of 5692 public elementary schools	83.6%	208	67.3	57.1	65.6	77.6				50.9	58.9	50.0	70.2
College Park Elementary	Public	K-6	2380 Notre Dame Rd.	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(714) 424-7960	551	24	22.9	68.0%	58 (10.5%)	5 (0.9%)	458 (83.1%)	11 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.1%)	12 (2.2%)	22	4513^th of 5662 public elementary schools	20.3%		25.2	4239^th of 5692 public elementary schools	25.5%	274	32.9	21.6	29.3	37.5				41.1	23.0	9.8	21.3
Costa Mesa High	Public	7-12	2650 Fairview Rd.	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(714) 424-8700	1,846	77	23.8	62.0%	439 (23.8%)	29 (1.6%)	1,177 (63.8%)	149 (8.1%)	4 (0.2%)	20 (1.1%)	28 (1.5%)	55.7	893^rd of 2017 public high schools	55.7%		57.9	841^st of 2021 public high schools	58.4%	52					49.7	37.3	49.3					41.5	32.7	25.4
Estancia High	Public	9-12	2323 Placentia Ave.	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(949) 515-6500	1,300	54	23.8	71.0%	242 (18.6%)	9 (0.7%)	989 (76.1%)	36 (2.8%)	3 (0.2%)	13 (1.0%)	8 (0.6%)	50.1	1014^th of 2017 public high schools	49.7%		43.3	1169^th of 2021 public high schools	42.2%	155							48.3							20.3
Heinz Kaiser Elementary	Public	3-6	2130 Santa Ana Ave.	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	No	(949) 515-6950	678	26	26.0	29.0%	404 (59.6%)	10 (1.5%)	197 (29.1%)	21 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (6.8%)	87.8	747^th of 5662 public elementary schools	86.8%		86.6	834^th of 5692 public elementary schools	85.3%	87	71.6	65.7	66.9	75.2				68.7	68.6	62.4	72.5
Killybrooke Elementary	Public	K-6	3155 Killybrooke Ln.	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(714) 424-7945	393	18	21.8	61.0%	72 (18.3%)	10 (2.5%)	255 (64.9%)	31 (7.9%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	21 (5.3%)	86.6	818^th of 5662 public elementary schools	85.6%		81.3	1075^th of 5692 public elementary schools	81.1%	257	70.5	74.0	64.4	69.2				63.6	76.0	54.8	73.1
Back Bay High	Public	9-12	390 Monte Vista Ave.	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(949) 515-6900	144	10	14.0	65.0%	28 (19.4%)	6 (4.2%)	102 (70.8%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	3 (2.1%)	3 (2.1%)	10.3	1827^th of 2017 public high schools	9.4%		14.2	1614^th of 2021 public high schools	20.1%	213							7.1							0.0
Paularino Elementary	Public	K-6	1060 Paularino Ave.	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(714) 424-7950	416	22	18.9	67.0%	81 (19.5%)	3 (0.7%)	253 (60.8%)	53 (12.7%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.4%)	19 (4.6%)	62.6	1934^th of 5662 public elementary schools	65.8%		59.1	2064^th of 5692 public elementary schools	63.7%	130	63.6	51.8	58.9	50.0				68.9	56.1	31.6	30.8
Pomona Elementary	Public	K-6	2051 Pomona Ave.	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(949) 515-6980	496	20	24.8	89.0%	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	493 (99.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37.6	3297^th of 5662 public elementary schools	41.8%		37	3313^th of 5692 public elementary schools	41.8%	16	36.9	50.0	36.4	32.9				46.2	55.4	20.8	26.8
Sonora Elementary	Public	K-6	966 Sonora Rd.	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(714) 424-7955	506	21	24.0	72.0%	64 (12.6%)	1 (0.2%)	376 (74.3%)	30 (5.9%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.2%)	23 (4.5%)	68.8	1626^th of 5662 public elementary schools	71.3%		72.6	1443^rd of 5692 public elementary schools	74.6%	183	66.7	64.6	52.9	69.0				52.0	55.4	26.5	47.1
Charles W. Tewinkle Middle	Public	7-8	3224 California Ave.	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(714) 424-7965	692	31	22.6	78.0%	101 (14.6%)	4 (0.6%)	546 (78.9%)	29 (4.2%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.9%)	4 (0.6%)	39.6	1378^th of 2480 public middle schools	44.4%		41.2	1361^st of 2508 public middle schools	45.7%	17					37.2	36.0						33.9	35.7
Whittier Elementary	Public	K-6	1800 Whittier Ave.	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(949) 515-6990	700	28	25.4	91.0%	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	690 (98.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	22.3	4482^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	20.8%		14.6	5150^th of 5692 public elementary schools	9.5%	668	38.7	25.0	26.8	28.3				49.5	15.5	15.0	17.9
Wilson Elementary	Public	K-6	801 Wilson St.	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(949) 515-6995	469	21	22.3	87.0%	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	461 (98.3%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28.4	3958^th of 5662 public elementary schools	30.1%		31.2	3737^th of 5692 public elementary schools	34.3%	221	48.0	30.2	27.7	42.9				46.0	24.6	16.2	18.6
Everett A. Rea Elementary	Public	K-6	661 Hamilton St.	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(949) 515-6905	451	19	23.7	90.0%	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	437 (96.9%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	15.8	5028^th of 5662 public elementary schools	11.2%		14.2	5180^th of 5692 public elementary schools	9.0%	152	35.2	19.0	22.1	19.6				37.0	27.6	8.8	6.9
Maude B. Davis Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-6	1050 Arlington Dr.	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	Yes	No	No	(714) 424-7930	572	21	27.2	20.0%	305 (53.3%)	11 (1.9%)	135 (23.6%)	51 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	69 (12.1%)	95.1	282^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	95.0%		94.3	373^rd of 5692 public elementary schools	93.4%	91	74.0	80.0	76.5	86.2				82.2	82.4	70.6	77.7
Monte Vista High	Public	9-12	390 Monte Vista Ave.	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	No	(949) 515-6900	43	3	14.0	28.0%	26 (60.5%)	1 (2.3%)	14 (32.6%)	1 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.3%)	34.7	1316^th of 2017 public high schools	34.8%		39.8	1244^th of 2021 public high schools	38.4%	72							33.3							15.8
Adams Elementary	Public	K-6	2850 Club House Rd.	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(714) 424-7935	443	19	23.3	66.0%	62 (14.0%)	8 (1.8%)	349 (78.8%)	15 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.6%)	49.3	2610^th of 5662 public elementary schools	53.9%		57.2	2167^th of 5692 public elementary schools	61.9%	443	47.9	34.9	70.4	48.3				47.9	30.2	41.8	31.7
Woodland Elementary	Public	K-2	2025 Garden Ln.	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	No	(949) 515-6945	532	23	23.1	23.0%	320 (60.2%)	2 (0.4%)	145 (27.3%)	13 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (9.8%)								(n/a)
Early College High	Public	9-12	2990 Mesa Verde Dr.	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(714) 241-6108	246	10	24.3	65.0%	59 (24.0%)	3 (1.2%)	162 (65.9%)	15 (6.1%)	4 (1.6%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	97.3	43^rd of 2017 public high schools	97.9%		94.6	94^th of 2021 public high schools	95.3%	51							89.8							69.4
Occs:chep/Pchs	Public, Alternative	K-12	2910 Redhill Ave. Ste. 200	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Orange County Department Of Education	No	No	No	No	(714) 327-1000	935	35	26.4	21.0%	446 (47.7%)	10 (1.1%)	247 (26.4%)	129 (13.8%)	8 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	93 (9.9%)								(n/a)	53.6	38.7	65.0	66.7	77.8	80.6	58.1	53.6	35.5	41.0	51.9	67.9	44.4	29.8
Orange County Special Education	Public, Alternative	K-12	200 Kalmus Dr.	Costa Mesa	92628	Orange	Orange County Department Of Education	No	No	No	No	(714) 966-4130	362	53	6.8	20.0%	88 (24.3%)	15 (4.1%)	186 (51.4%)	60 (16.6%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	9 (2.5%)								(n/a)							6.3							6.3
Access County Community	Public, Alternative	K-12	200 Kalmus Dr.	Costa Mesa	92628	Orange	Orange County Department Of Education	No	No	No	No	(714) 245-6403	2,137	106	20.1	73.0%	373 (17.5%)	48 (2.2%)	1,589 (74.4%)	45 (2.1%)	13 (0.6%)	11 (0.5%)	58 (2.7%)								(n/a)				9.1	8.3	8.2	10.0					2.8	3.1	0.7
Coastline Regional Occupational Program	Public	9-12	1001 Presidio Sq.	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Coastline Regional Occupational Program	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 979-1955	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Santa Ana	1.41 mi	84	587^th
Fountain Valley	2.45 mi	14	119^th
Huntington Beach	2.82 mi	34	126^th
Newport Beach	3.13 mi	9	56^th
Garden Grove	4.26 mi	52	209^th

Best Public Schools in Costa Mesa, CA

Early College High

Maude B. Davis Elementary

Heinz Kaiser Elementary

Killybrooke Elementary

California Elementary

Sonora Elementary

Paularino Elementary

Costa Mesa High

Estancia High

Adams Elementary

Charles W. Tewinkle Middle

Victoria Elementary

Pomona Elementary

Monte Vista High

Wilson Elementary

Whittier Elementary

College Park Elementary

Everett A. Rea Elementary

Back Bay High

Access County Community

Central Orange County CTE Partnership (CTEp)

Coastline Regional Occupational Program

Occs:chep/Pchs

Orange County Special Education

Woodland Elementary

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