High · California

Costa Mesa High

Free meals for all

Costa Mesa High, a public high school in Costa Mesa, California: grades 7–12, 1,730 students, 19.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Newport-Mesa Unified.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 1,730
Teachers (FTE): 88.9
Students per teacher: 19.5
Grades: 7–12; High

More students per teacher than 53% of high schools in California

Median 19.1 · 2,120 schools compared

More students per teacher than 80% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 80% of high schools in California

Median 462 · 2,126 schools compared

Larger than 89% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

California: 47%

46%proficient

+1.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 71% of high schools in California

Median 34% · 189 high schools compared

560 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

California: 38%

31%proficient

−2.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 73% of high schools in California

Median 18% · 190 high schools compared

564 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 7–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Newport-Mesa Unified

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Newport-Mesa Unified.

Location

Address: 2650 Fairview Rd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone: (714)424-8700
City or town: Costa Mesa
County: Orange County

Website Quality of life in Costa Mesa Schools in Costa Mesa

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Coastline ROPCareer and technical	9–12	0	—	—	—	0.3 mi
Monte Vista Independent StudyAlternative	7–12	48	5.5	13%	13%	0.4 mi
Early College HighAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	177	14.9	—	—	1.4 mi
Back Bay HighAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	143	8.2	—	—	1.5 mi
Central Orange County CTE Partnership (CTEp)Career and technical	10–12	0	—	—	—	1.5 mi
Estancia HighFree meals for all	9–12	976	18.5	—	—	1.8 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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