Enrollment
344
Elementary
DISTRICT 405 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT-MESA UNIFIED·NCES 062724007193
Everett A. Rea Elementary
661 Hamilton St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627 · (949) 515-6905 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
321 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 24% larger than its 6th grade class (49).
Student demographics
7%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
40.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +29.0pp since 2014
Math
40.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +29.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 29 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.0% | 24.0% | 24.6% | 35.4% |
| Math | 16.3% | 24.2% | 28.6% | 30.9% |
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 | 40.0% | 40.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.8% | 28.9% |
| 2021-22 | 26.7% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | N/A | 21.9% |
| 2018-19 | 34.2% | 27.5% |
| 2017-18 | 23.7% | 19.3% |
| 2016-17 | 18.0% | 15.8% |
| 2015-16 | 13.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 11.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 25% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 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 Everett A. Rea Elementary
Everett A. Rea Elementary's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everett A. Rea Elementary this school | 344 | 93.3% | 39.4% |
| O'Melveny Elementary San Fernando | 345 | 93.6% | 45.3% |
| George L. Snowden Elementary Farmersville | 356 | 93.0% | 22.0% |
| Hope Street Elementary Huntington Park | 338 | 93.2% | 28.6% |
| Franklin Elementary Santa Ana | 343 | 94.2% | 18.2% |
| First Street Elementary Los Angeles | 349 | 94.6% | 40.3% |
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 Everett A. Rea Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #2,540 of 5,151 | #269 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #2,257 of 5,172 ▲ 522 | #248 of 382 ▲ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,933 of 5,172 ▼ 582 | #289 of 382 ▼ 35 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.4pp | #102 of 5,116 | #5 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #4,341 of 5,915 | #339 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #67 of 5,352 | #7 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.4% | #5,086 of 5,354 | #371 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #667 of 5,625 | #31 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.7% | #1,017 of 3,837 | #104 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
344
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
-54% since 2000-01, when it was 741
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 25.4:1
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 | 344 | 21.1 | 16.3:1 | 93% (321) |
| 2023-24 | 346 | 19.3 | 17.9:1 | 93% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 13.5 | 24.7:1 | 94% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 330 | 13 | 25.4:1 | 84% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 16.9 | 26.7:1 | 85% (384) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 22 | 22.4:1 | 94% (463) |
| 2010-11 | 445 | N/A | N/A | 94% (419) |
| 2000-01 | 741 | 32 | 23.2:1 | 38% (284) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Everett A. Rea Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (451 to 344); teachers up 25% (16.9 to 21.1).
About Everett A. Rea Elementary
Everett A. Rea Elementary is a small elementary school found in Costa Mesa, California. The school runs kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 344 students. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 26% lower.
The district, Newport-Mesa Unified, has 17,540 students enrolled across 31 schools.
At Everett A. Rea Elementary, 96% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 2% White. That is higher than the 34% Hispanic share among all Orange County residents. The diversity index for Everett A. Rea Elementary is 7%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Everett A. Rea Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1, with 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The school has 93% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Orange County average 55%.
Among California public elementary schools, Everett A. Rea Elementary outscored 77%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 39.4%, is 14.6 points above the 24.9% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of California schools.
In Orange County, median household income comes to about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 649, with about 430,458 students.
Everett A. Rea Elementary's nearest public school is Pomona Elementary (about 0.1 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Everett A. Rea Elementary places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
In 2020-21, Everett A. Rea Elementary enrolled 330 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 344. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 25.4:1 in 2020-21 to 16.3:1 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Everett A. Rea Elementary community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Nearby schools
- Pomona Elementary0.1 mi · 264
- Wilson Elementary0.5 mi · 323
- Estancia High0.8 mi · 976
- Victoria Elementary0.9 mi · 301
- Whittier Elementary1.1 mi · 454
- College Park Elementary1.1 mi · 473
Frequently asked questions
About Everett A. Rea ElementaryHow many students attend Everett A. Rea Elementary?
Everett A. Rea Elementary enrolls approximately 344 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Everett A. Rea Elementary serve?
Everett A. Rea Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Everett A. Rea Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Everett A. Rea Elementary is approximately 16.3:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Everett A. Rea Elementary?
At Everett A. Rea Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Everett A. Rea Elementary?
Everett A. Rea 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.