Elementary · California

Sonora Elementary

Free meals for all

Sonora Elementary, a public elementary school in Costa Mesa, California: grades k–6, 367 students, 18.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Newport-Mesa Unified.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary 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: 367
Teachers (FTE): 19.4
Students per teacher: 18.9
Grades: K–6; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 85% of elementary schools in California

Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared

More students per teacher than 83% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 69% of elementary schools in California

Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared

Smaller than 60% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades K–6
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: 966 Sonora Rd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone: (714)424-7955
City or town: Costa Mesa
County: Orange County

Website Quality of life in Costa Mesa Schools in Costa Mesa

Nearby elementary schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Maude B. Davis Elementary	K–6	570	23.3	0.5 mi
Paularino ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	371	15.8	0.6 mi
Killybrooke ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	473	18.2	1.3 mi
College Park ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	473	18.6	1.3 mi
Greenville Fundamental ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	817	24.0	1.6 mi
Taft ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	408	15.7	1.8 mi

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).

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