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Best High Schools in Zip Code 92627

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Summary:

This analysis covers two public high schools, Estancia High and Back Bay High, located in Costa Mesa, California (zip code 92627), both operating under the Newport-Mesa Unified district.

Estancia High stands out as the higher-performing school, with strong academic results, a 92.7% graduation rate, and a very low chronic absenteeism rate of 10.6%. In contrast, Back Bay High, a much smaller school, faces significant challenges, including very low academic proficiency and an extremely high chronic absenteeism rate of 82.7%, though it has shown recent improvement in its statewide ranking.

Interestingly, Back Bay High receives substantially more funding per student and has a much lower student-teacher ratio than Estancia High, highlighting that resources alone do not guarantee academic success. For parents, this comparison within the same area and district reveals that factors like student attendance and school environment can lead to dramatically different educational outcomes.

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Ranking:

E Elementary M Middle H High A Alternative P Private

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()
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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year

Cities Near Zip Code 92627

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Costa Mesa	0.61 mi	30	453^rd
Newport Beach	1.32 mi	10	125^th
Huntington Beach	2.86 mi	31	154^th
Fountain Valley	3.54 mi	16	130^th
Santa Ana	3.63 mi	93	601^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.