Best Public Schools in Costa Mesa, California

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School												Students/Teachers											Ranking (2016)				Ranking (2015)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2016)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2016)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	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 (2016)	Statewide Rank (2016)	State Percentile (2016)	SchoolDigger Rating (2016)	Average Standard Score (2015)	Statewide Rank (2015)	State Percentile (2015)	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
Coastline Regional Occupational Program	Public	9-12	1001 Presidio Sq.	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Coastline Regional Occupational Program	No	No	(n/a)	(714) 979-1955																			(n/a)
Pacific Technology School Santa Ana	Public, Charter, Alternative	6-12	102 Baker St East	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Sbc - Pacific Technology	Yes	No	Yes	(714) 557-7002	176	9	19.4	48.0 %	59 (33.5 %)	1 (0.6 %)	93 (52.8 %)	12 (6.8 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	11 (6.3 %)								(n/a)
Victoria Elementary	Public	K-6	1025 Victoria St	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	Yes	(949) 515-6985	382	17	22.4	65.0 %	91 (23.8 %)	5 (1.3 %)	258 (67.5 %)	18 (4.7 %)	1 (0.3 %)	2 (0.5 %)	7 (1.8 %)	37.5	3220^th of 5601 public elementary schools	42.5 %		47.4	2580^th of 5567 public elementary schools	53.7 %	640	30.0	34.0	41.0	48.0				41.0	21.0	29.0	26.0
California Elementary	Public	K-6	3232 California Ave	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	Yes	(714) 424-7940	441	16	28.4	48.0 %	221 (50.1 %)	7 (1.6 %)	164 (37.2 %)	25 (5.7 %)	1 (0.2 %)	6 (1.4 %)	17 (3.9 %)	79	1160^th of 5601 public elementary schools	79.3 %		77.7	1188^th of 5567 public elementary schools	78.7 %	28	57.0	53.0	62.0	65.0				70.0	54.0	48.0	57.0
College Park Elementary	Public	K-6	2380 Notre Dame Rd	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	Yes	(714) 424-7960	591	23	25.6	86.0 %	79 (13.4 %)	3 (0.5 %)	469 (79.4 %)	14 (2.4 %)	1 (0.2 %)	9 (1.5 %)	16 (2.7 %)	21.4	4483^rd of 5601 public elementary schools	20.0 %		23.6	4241^st of 5567 public elementary schools	23.8 %	242	23.0	29.0	22.0	30.0				40.0	22.0	9.0	12.0
Costa Mesa High	Public	7-12	2650 Fairview Rd	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	Yes	(714) 424-8700	1,763	71	24.9	73.0 %	417 (23.7 %)	31 (1.8 %)	1,128 (64.0 %)	140 (7.9 %)	4 (0.2 %)	25 (1.4 %)	18 (1.0 %)	52.9	978^th of 2033 public high schools	51.9 %		65.3	653^rd of 1999 public high schools	67.3 %	325					41.0	38.0	54.0					35.0	31.0	21.0
Estancia High	Public	9-12	2323 Placentia Ave	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	Yes	(949) 515-6500	1,271	56	22.7	73.0 %	276 (21.7 %)	18 (1.4 %)	909 (71.5 %)	36 (2.8 %)	5 (0.4 %)	17 (1.3 %)	10 (0.8 %)	67.2	665^th of 2033 public high schools	67.3 %		53.9	902^nd of 1999 public high schools	54.9 %	237							64.0							29.0
Heinz Kaiser Elementary	Public	3-6	2130 Santa Ana Ave	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	(949) 515-6950	691	23	30.0	39.0 %	457 (66.1 %)	12 (1.7 %)	193 (27.9 %)	17 (2.5 %)	1 (0.1 %)	2 (0.3 %)	9 (1.3 %)	85.8	867^th of 5601 public elementary schools	84.5 %		86.5	793^rd of 5567 public elementary schools	85.8 %	74	61.0	69.0	68.0	69.0				64.0	62.0	57.0	59.0
Killybrooke Elementary	Public	K-6	3155 Killybrooke Ln	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	Yes	(714) 424-7945	428	18	23.7	71.0 %	98 (22.9 %)	13 (3.0 %)	254 (59.3 %)	37 (8.6 %)	1 (0.2 %)	5 (1.2 %)	20 (4.7 %)	75.3	1293^rd of 5601 public elementary schools	76.9 %		76	1267^th of 5567 public elementary schools	77.2 %	26	43.0	60.0	64.0	65.0				62.0	51.0	48.0	52.0
Back Bay High	Public	9-12	390 Monte Vista Ave	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	Yes	(949) 515-6900	142	9	15.4	68.0 %	46 (32.4 %)	3 (2.1 %)	87 (61.3 %)	4 (2.8 %)	1 (0.7 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.7 %)	10.6	1831^st of 2033 public high schools	9.9 %		10.3	1833^rd of 1999 public high schools	8.3 %	2							9.0							0.0
Paularino Elementary	Public	K-6	1060 Paularino Ave	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	Yes	(714) 424-7950	445	20	22.2	70.0 %	86 (19.3 %)	8 (1.8 %)	260 (58.4 %)	60 (13.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	8 (1.8 %)	23 (5.2 %)	61.8	1888^th of 5601 public elementary schools	66.3 %		52.6	2296^th of 5567 public elementary schools	58.8 %	408	58.0	47.0	57.0	52.0				48.0	42.0	32.0	42.0
Pomona Elementary	Public	K-6	2051 Pomona Ave	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	Yes	(949) 515-6980	501	20	25.6	67.0 %	2 (0.4 %)	1 (0.2 %)	494 (98.6 %)	4 (0.8 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	36.8	3258^th of 5601 public elementary schools	41.8 %		32.4	3489^th of 5567 public elementary schools	37.3 %	231	31.0	33.0	39.0	23.0				49.0	34.0	34.0	23.0
Sonora Elementary	Public	K-6	966 Sonora Rd	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	Yes	(714) 424-7955	512	21	24.0	79.0 %	75 (14.6 %)	7 (1.4 %)	380 (74.2 %)	31 (6.1 %)	1 (0.2 %)	9 (1.8 %)	9 (1.8 %)	65.2	1735^th of 5601 public elementary schools	69.0 %		54	2227^th of 5567 public elementary schools	60.0 %	492	42.0	76.0	64.0	46.0				44.0	56.0	34.0	42.0
Charles W. Tewinkle Middle	Public	7-8	3224 California Ave	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	Yes	(714) 424-7965	681	30	22.7	84.0 %	89 (13.1 %)	8 (1.2 %)	559 (82.1 %)	16 (2.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	9 (1.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	59.1	862^nd of 2409 public middle schools	64.2 %		50.2	1095^th of 2482 public middle schools	55.9 %	233					47.0	50.0						36.0	48.0
Whittier Elementary	Public	K-6	1800 Whittier Ave	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	Yes	(949) 515-6990	748	28	27.2	70.0 %	5 (0.7 %)	0 (0.0 %)	739 (98.8 %)	4 (0.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	18.3	4746^th of 5601 public elementary schools	15.3 %		19.9	4606^th of 5567 public elementary schools	17.3 %	140	14.0	18.0	25.0	28.0				28.0	19.0	11.0	25.0
Wilson Elementary	Public	K-6	801 Wilson St	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	Yes	(949) 515-6995	545	22	24.7	72.0 %	4 (0.7 %)	4 (0.7 %)	525 (96.3 %)	5 (0.9 %)	3 (0.6 %)	0 (0.0 %)	4 (0.7 %)	35	3345^th of 5601 public elementary schools	40.3 %		31.6	3549^th of 5567 public elementary schools	36.2 %	204	40.0	29.0	42.0	23.0				47.0	35.0	24.0	17.0
Everett A. Rea Elementary	Public	K-6	661 Hamilton St	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	Yes	(949) 515-6905	513	23	22.3	63.0 %	12 (2.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	493 (96.1 %)	6 (1.2 %)	1 (0.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.2 %)	12.2	5277^th of 5601 public elementary schools	5.8 %		10.8	5389^th of 5567 public elementary schools	3.2 %	112	19.0	8.0	7.0	19.0				32.0	11.0	9.0	11.0
Maude B. Davis Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-6	1050 Arlington Dr	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	Yes	No	(714) 424-7930	561	20	28.7	23.0 %	350 (62.4 %)	14 (2.5 %)	104 (18.5 %)	63 (11.2 %)	1 (0.2 %)	4 (0.7 %)	25 (4.5 %)	96.1	253^rd of 5601 public elementary schools	95.5 %		95.5	291^st of 5567 public elementary schools	94.8 %	38	71.0	83.0	76.0	92.0				81.0	82.0	77.0	80.0
Monte Vista High	Public	9-12	390 Monte Vista Ave	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	(949) 515-6900	54	4	15.0	17.0 %	32 (59.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	17 (31.5 %)	2 (3.7 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	3 (5.6 %)	40.1	1199^th of 2033 public high schools	41.0 %		38.5	1207^th of 1999 public high schools	39.6 %	8							43.0							16.0
Adams Elementary	Public	K-6	2850 Club House Rd	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	Yes	(714) 424-7935	425	18	23.6	86.0 %	49 (11.5 %)	7 (1.6 %)	348 (81.9 %)	12 (2.8 %)	0 (0.0 %)	7 (1.6 %)	2 (0.5 %)	54.4	2242^nd of 5601 public elementary schools	60.0 %		34.9	3310^th of 5567 public elementary schools	40.5 %	1068	43.0	33.0	52.0	58.0				53.0	32.0	34.0	40.0
Woodland Elementary	Public	K-2	2025 Garden Ln	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	No	(949) 515-6945	510	22	23.1	31.0 %	298 (58.4 %)	3 (0.6 %)	155 (30.4 %)	14 (2.7 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	40 (7.8 %)								(n/a)
Early College High	Public	9-12	2990 Mesa Verde Dr	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	No	Yes	(714) 241-6108	233	12	20.1	74.0 %	44 (18.9 %)	1 (0.4 %)	174 (74.7 %)	12 (5.2 %)	1 (0.4 %)	1 (0.4 %)	0 (0.0 %)	85.5	300^th of 2033 public high schools	85.2 %		90.5	172^nd of 1999 public high schools	91.4 %	128							75.0							46.0
Occs:chep/Pchs	Public, Alternative	K-12	2910 Redhill Ave	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange	Orange County Department Of Education	No	No	No	(714) 327-1000	1,334	43	31.0	11.0 %	608 (45.6 %)	31 (2.3 %)	283 (21.2 %)	274 (20.5 %)	5 (0.4 %)	4 (0.3 %)	129 (9.7 %)								(n/a)	58.0	46.0	76.0	60.0	81.0	78.0		67.0	43.0	56.0	47.0	68.0	57.0
Orange County Special Education	Public, Alternative	K-12	200 Kalmus Dr	Costa Mesa	92628	Orange	Orange County Department Of Education	No	No	No	(714) 966-4130	426	45	9.4	16.0 %	126 (29.6 %)	15 (3.5 %)	196 (46.0 %)	75 (17.6 %)	1 (0.2 %)	2 (0.5 %)	11 (2.6 %)								(n/a)					7.0	11.0						13.0	6.0
Access County Community	Public, Alternative	K-12	200 Kalmus Dr	Costa Mesa	92628	Orange	Orange County Department Of Education	No	No	Yes	(714) 966-4485	3,533	140	25.2	68.0 %	569 (16.1 %)	79 (2.2 %)	2,652 (75.1 %)	86 (2.4 %)	23 (0.7 %)	19 (0.5 %)	105 (3.0 %)								(n/a)					10.0	11.0	10.0					5.0	3.0	1.0

City	Distance	Number of Schools	SchoolDigger Statewide Rank
Santa Ana	1.36 mi	78	613^th
Fountain Valley	2.45 mi	14	123^rd
Newport Beach	2.77 mi	13	70^th
Huntington Beach	2.81 mi	33	122^nd
Garden Grove	4.25 mi	53	267^th

Best Public Schools in Costa Mesa, CA

Maude B. Davis Elementary

Heinz Kaiser Elementary

Early College High

California Elementary

Killybrooke Elementary

Estancia High

Sonora Elementary

Paularino Elementary

Charles W. Tewinkle Middle

Adams Elementary

Costa Mesa High

Monte Vista High

Victoria Elementary

Pomona Elementary

Wilson Elementary

College Park Elementary

Whittier Elementary

Everett A. Rea Elementary

Back Bay High

Access County Community

Coastline Regional Occupational Program

Occs:chep/Pchs

Orange County Special Education

Pacific Technology School Santa Ana

Woodland Elementary

Cities Near Costa Mesa