Impact of COVID-19 on Costa Mesa High
The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America.
Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased.
SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school.
Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores,
enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.
Rankings
Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Ranks 993rd of 2715 Middle schools | Ranks 1097th of 2788 Middle schools | 2.8% |
Ranks 756th of 2133 High schools | Ranks 830th of 2335 High schools | 0.1% |
Test Scores
|
% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Costa Mesa High) | 54.3 | 45.9 | 8.4% |
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Newport-Mesa Unified) | 62.1 | 57.8 | 4.4% |
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California) | 51.4 | 47.4 | 3.9% |
7th Grade Mathematics (Costa Mesa High) | 36.4 | 37 | 0.6% |
7th Grade Mathematics (Newport-Mesa Unified) | 48.7 | 49.3 | 0.6% |
7th Grade Mathematics (California) | 37.9 | 33.2 | 4.7% |
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Costa Mesa High) | 44.4 | 40.2 | 4.3% |
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Newport-Mesa Unified) | 55.7 | 55.2 | 0.5% |
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California) | 49.4 | 45.7 | 3.8% |
8th Grade Mathematics (Costa Mesa High) | 33.8 | 26 | 7.7% |
8th Grade Mathematics (Newport-Mesa Unified) | 50.1 | 43.7 | 6.3% |
8th Grade Mathematics (California) | 36.6 | 29.9 | 6.7% |
8th Grade Science (Costa Mesa High) | 36.4 | 30.4 | 6% |
8th Grade Science (Newport-Mesa Unified) | 44.8 | 40.5 | 4.3% |
8th Grade Science (California) | 30.8 | 28.8 | 2.1% |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Costa Mesa High) | 55.6 | 50.6 | 5% |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Newport-Mesa Unified) | 63.7 | 57.3 | 6.4% |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California) | 57.3 | 55.4 | 1.9% |
11th Grade Mathematics (Costa Mesa High) | 26.6 | 22.7 | 3.9% |
11th Grade Mathematics (Newport-Mesa Unified) | 40.3 | 33.1 | 7.2% |
11th Grade Mathematics (California) | 32.2 | 27.4 | 4.9% |
12th Grade Science (Costa Mesa High) | 22.9 | 31.7 | 8.7% |
12th Grade Science (Newport-Mesa Unified) | 34.7 | 34.9 | 0.3% |
12th Grade Science (California) | 25.6 | 26.8 | 1.2% |
Student Body
|
Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Total Students | 1846 | 1776 | 3.8% |
African American | 20 | 30 | 50% |
American Indian | 4 | 4 | |
Asian | 148 | 114 | 23% |
Hispanic | 1164 | 1222 | 5% |
Pacific Islander | 24 | 25 | 4.2% |
White | 452 | 298 | 34.1% |
Two or More Races | 34 | 81 | 138.2% |
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients | 62.7% | 75.2% | 12.4% |