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Does College Park Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 405 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT-MESA UNIFIED·NCES 062724004107
College Park Elementary
2380 Notre Dame Rd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626 · (714) 424-7960 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of California public elementary schools
- C+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.
- BThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
371 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 100 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 56% larger than its 6th grade class (64).
Student demographics
37%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
41.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +21.1pp since 2014
Math
35.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 21 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.1% | 26.0% | 26.4% | 32.5% |
| Math | 13.1% | 22.1% | 26.6% | 38.2% |
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 | 41.1% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 27.3% |
| 2022-23 | 39.8% | 32.8% |
| 2021-22 | 37.6% | 30.9% |
| 2020-21 | N/A | 29.2% |
| 2018-19 | 34.9% | 28.3% |
| 2017-18 | 30.4% | 23.3% |
| 2016-17 | 29.7% | 22.6% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 College Park Elementary
College Park Elementary's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Park Elementary this school | 473 | 78.4% | 34.7% |
| Grace Hudson Elementary Ukiah | 449 | 79.1% | 27.8% |
| Lemoore Elementary Lemoore | 508 | 79.5% | 37.6% |
| Willow Glen Elementary Visalia | 506 | 77.1% | 31.0% |
| Dena Boer Elementary Salida | 444 | 79.3% | 40.6% |
| George Washington Elementary Hanford | 460 | 80.0% | 35.4% |
Matched among California elementary 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 College Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #2,989 of 5,151 | #292 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #2,727 of 5,172 ▲ 625 | #272 of 382 ▲ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #2,808 of 5,172 ▲ 361 | #281 of 382 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.9pp | #2,006 of 5,116 | #142 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #2,757 of 5,915 | #211 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #409 of 5,352 | #21 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.1% | #3,610 of 5,354 | #282 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.4% | #2,328 of 5,625 | #126 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #2,230 of 3,837 | #215 of 324 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
473
+56 (+13%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 473 | 25.4 | 18.6:1 | 78% (371) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 25.3 | 18.6:1 | 81% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 25.1 | 19.0:1 | 82% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | 23 | 18.1:1 | 74% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 24 | 22.8:1 | 75% (409) |
| 2015-16 | 563 | 24 | 23.5:1 | 86% (482) |
| 2010-11 | 615 | N/A | N/A | 79% (483) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 24 | 19.1:1 | 68% (310) |
| 1990-91 | 559 | 26 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for College Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (546 to 473); teachers up 6% (24 to 25.4).
About College Park Elementary
College Park Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Costa Mesa, California, (ZIP code 92626). Enrollment totals 473 students across kindergarten through 6.
College Park Elementary sits within Newport-Mesa Unified, which has 31 schools and 17,540 students.
Hispanic students are 78% of those enrolled at College Park Elementary. Other reported shares: 14% White and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 34% Hispanic among all Orange County residents. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at College Park Elementary are from different groups.
A staff of 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 18.6:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 78%. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Orange County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, College Park Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 45% of California public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for College Park Elementary is +1.1 points: 34.7% actual, 33.6% predicted.
The school's county is Orange County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. College Park Elementary shares Orange County with 648 other public schools.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Costa Mesa High, is the closest to College Park Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, College Park Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 473, up from 417 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for College Park Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Charles W. Tewinkle MiddleMiddle · 501 students
Other College Park Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named College Park Elementary. College Park Elementary is the 6th largest of the 12.
- College Park ElementarySan Mateo, CA · 431 students
- College Park ElementaryIrvine, CA · 430 students
- COLLEGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 873 students
- College Park ElementaryLadson, SC · 750 students
- College Park Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Costa Mesa High0.7 mi · 1,730
- Maude B. Davis Elementary0.8 mi · 570
- Monte Vista Independent Study0.9 mi · 48
- Everett A. Rea Elementary1.1 mi · 344
- Heinz Kaiser Elementary1.2 mi · 539
- Pomona Elementary1.3 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About College Park ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at College Park Elementary?
College Park Elementary enrolls approximately 473 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does College Park Elementary serve?
College Park Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at College Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at College Park Elementary is approximately 18.6:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at College Park Elementary?
Student demographics at College Park Elementary are roughly 14% White, 78% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees College Park Elementary?
College Park Elementary is overseen by Newport-Mesa Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.