Corona del Mar High

Set in Newport Beach, California, Corona del Mar High is a heavily attended senior high, operated by Newport-Mesa Unified. It instructs 2,106 students across grades 7 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Corona del Mar High sits 151% above that benchmark.

Across the 31 schools in Newport-Mesa Unified (17,540 students total), Corona del Mar High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Corona del Mar High records that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 10% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 23% of students at Corona del Mar High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Corona del Mar High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Corona del Mar High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Eastbluff Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Corona del Mar High. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Corona del Mar High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 69.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Corona del Mar High's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 2,592 (now 2,106). White enrollment moved from 77% to 61% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 in 2025.

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