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What's one thing Charles W. Tewinkle Middle gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
501
Middle
DISTRICT 688 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT-MESA UNIFIED·NCES 062724004131
Charles W. Tewinkle Middle
3224 California Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626 · (714) 424-7965 · Orange County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of California public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
405 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 240 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 261 | 52% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
45.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.4pp since 2014
Math
30.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.6% | 34.8% | 27.1% | 27.5% |
| Math | 14.1% | 16.2% | 29.2% | 40.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.4% | 30.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 28.5% |
| 2022-23 | 32.7% | 27.1% |
| 2021-22 | 39.3% | 28.1% |
| 2020-21 | N/A | 25.9% |
| 2018-19 | 42.3% | 32.6% |
| 2017-18 | 36.6% | 34.9% |
| 2016-17 | 41.1% | 31.1% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 33.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Charles W. Tewinkle Middle
Charles W. Tewinkle Middle's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles W. Tewinkle Middle this school | 501 | 80.8% | 36.3% |
| Santa Barbara Junior High Santa Barbara | 512 | 79.7% | 28.5% |
| Imperial Middle La Habra | 495 | 83.4% | 31.9% |
| Cardozo Middle Riverbank | 544 | 82.5% | 21.8% |
| Sequoia Middle Porterville | 532 | 85.5% | 38.9% |
| Burton Middle Porterville | 586 | 83.6% | 37.0% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Charles W. Tewinkle Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #601 of 1,224 | #68 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #593 of 1,227 ▼ 5 | #65 of 85 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #591 of 1,227 ▲ 36 | #65 of 85 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.1pp | #391 of 1,214 | #27 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #922 of 1,377 | #74 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #34 of 1,279 | #2 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #924 of 1,278 | #69 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.8% | #527 of 1,329 | #34 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #251 of 930 | #35 of 74 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
501
-50 (-9%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 551
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 19.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 501 | 32.7 | 15.3:1 | 81% (405) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 31.6 | 16.3:1 | 84% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 30.8 | 16.4:1 | 83% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 28 | 19.7:1 | 85% (469) |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 31.1 | 21.1:1 | 79% (517) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 27 | 24.1:1 | 84% (550) |
| 2010-11 | 735 | N/A | N/A | 80% (591) |
| 2000-01 | 1,010 | 42 | 24.1:1 | 59% (595) |
| 1990-91 | 551 | 24 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles W. Tewinkle Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (654 to 501); teachers up 5% (31.1 to 32.7).
About Charles W. Tewinkle Middle
Charles W. Tewinkle Middle is a small middle-grades school that serves part of Costa Mesa, California. School enrollment was 501 students in 2024-25, in grades 7 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in California average about 659 students.
Across its 31 schools, Newport-Mesa Unified enrolls 17,540 students. Charles W. Tewinkle Middle is one of those schools.
Charles W. Tewinkle Middle's enrollment is 82% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 11% White, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Charles W. Tewinkle Middle's diversity index is 31%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 32.7 full-time equivalents, or about 15.3 students per teacher. On average, middle schools in California have 20.7:1, compared with 15.3:1 here. About 81% of students, or 405, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 55% for public schools in Orange County.
Charles W. Tewinkle Middle is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Charles W. Tewinkle Middle is 4.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (36.3% versus 32.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Orange County census figures show that the median household income is $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Orange County is home to 649 public schools and about 430,458 public school students.
California Elementary is located about 0.1 miles from Charles W. Tewinkle Middle. The five-mile area around Charles W. Tewinkle Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 36.3% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Charles W. Tewinkle Middle the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Charles W. Tewinkle Middle's enrollment declined from 551 in 2020-21 to 501 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 19.7:1 to 15.3:1.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newport-Mesa Unified
- Corona del Mar HighHigh · 2,106 students
- Newport Harbor HighHigh · 2,084 students
- Costa Mesa HighHigh · 1,730 students
- Estancia HighHigh · 976 students
- Horace Ensign IntermediateMiddle · 875 students
- Mariners ElementaryElementary · 573 students
Other schools in Costa Mesa
- Costa Mesa HighHigh · 1,730 students
- ACCESS County CommunityCombined · 1,315 students
- Estancia HighHigh · 976 students
- Maude B. Davis ElementaryElementary · 570 students
- Heinz Kaiser ElementaryElementary · 539 students
- Woodland ElementaryElementary · 487 students
Nearby schools
- California Elementary0.1 mi · 373
- Early College High0.6 mi · 177
- Killybrooke Elementary0.6 mi · 473
- Adams Elementary1.1 mi · 321
- Paularino Elementary1.3 mi · 371
- Gisler (Robert) Elementary1.4 mi · 470
Frequently asked questions
About Charles W. Tewinkle MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Charles W. Tewinkle Middle?
Charles W. Tewinkle Middle enrolls approximately 501 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Charles W. Tewinkle Middle serve?
Charles W. Tewinkle Middle serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Charles W. Tewinkle Middle have?
Charles W. Tewinkle Middle employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Charles W. Tewinkle Middle?
Charles W. Tewinkle Middle reports a student body of 11% White, 82% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Charles W. Tewinkle Middle in?
Charles W. Tewinkle Middle is part of Newport-Mesa Unified.
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