College Park Elementary

College Park Elementary, a mid-sized K-5 school in Costa Mesa, California, run under Newport-Mesa Unified, enrolls 473 students, covering grades K through 6.

College Park Elementary is one of 31 schools operated by Newport-Mesa Unified, a district that teaches 17,540 students overall.

In terms of who attends, College Park Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder is composed of 14% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, College Park Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.8%; this one delivers 32.1%.

Around the school, Orange County reports that median household income runs about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. College Park Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: Costa Mesa High, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around College Park Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts College Park Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 44.4%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at College Park Elementary has decreased 13%, going from 546 students in 2018 to 473 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 83% to 78% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

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