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Enrollment
875
Middle
DISTRICT 688 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT-MESA UNIFIED·NCES 062724004113
Horace Ensign Intermediate
2000 Cliff Dr., Newport Beach, CA 92663 · (949) 515-6910 · Orange County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL875 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of California public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
20.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
413 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 | 431 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 444 | 51% |
Student demographics
58%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
66.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.3pp since 2014
Math
53.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.1% | 37.3% | 19.4% | 14.3% |
| Math | 37.1% | 16.8% | 21.7% | 24.4% |
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 | 66.3% | 53.9% |
| 2023-24 | 66.2% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 70.3% | 56.2% |
| 2021-22 | 68.4% | 54.9% |
| 2020-21 | N/A | 49.0% |
| 2018-19 | 68.0% | 58.4% |
| 2017-18 | 66.2% | 58.8% |
| 2016-17 | 64.0% | 55.5% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 51.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Horace Ensign Intermediate
Horace Ensign Intermediate's state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Ensign Intermediate this school | 875 | 47.2% | 60.1% |
| Cabrillo Middle Ventura | 936 | 46.7% | 49.5% |
| Kenilworth Junior High Petaluma | 812 | 45.2% | 45.1% |
| Jacobsen Middle Tehachapi | 925 | 46.5% | 24.9% |
| La Colina Junior High Santa Barbara | 832 | 41.5% | 63.5% |
| Marston Middle San Diego | 702 | 47.6% | 54.1% |
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 Horace Ensign Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #219 of 1,224 | #39 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #241 of 1,227 ▼ 33 | #39 of 85 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #234 of 1,227 ▼ 18 | #37 of 85 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #240 of 1,214 | #14 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 875 | #331 of 1,377 | #27 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #608 of 1,279 | #21 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #484 of 1,278 | #41 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #963 of 1,329 | #50 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #212 of 930 | #30 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
875
-102 (-10%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 750
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 875 | 41.8 | 20.9:1 | 47% (413) |
| 2023-24 | 924 | 42.2 | 21.9:1 | 50% (458) |
| 2022-23 | 915 | 42.2 | 21.7:1 | 48% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 977 | 42 | 23.3:1 | 37% (362) |
| 2017-18 | 1,164 | 46.9 | 24.8:1 | 39% (450) |
| 2015-16 | 1,190 | 43 | 27.7:1 | 40% (475) |
| 2010-11 | 1,077 | N/A | N/A | 40% (426) |
| 2000-01 | 1,144 | 47 | 24.3:1 | 28% (320) |
| 1990-91 | 750 | 35 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horace Ensign Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (1,164 to 875); teachers down 11% (46.9 to 41.8).
About Horace Ensign Intermediate
Horace Ensign Intermediate is a middle-grades school located in Newport Beach, California, in Orange County. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 875 students. The average among middle schools in California is roughly 659 students; this school is 33% larger than that.
Horace Ensign Intermediate is one of the 31 schools that make up Newport-Mesa Unified (17,540 students in total).
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Horace Ensign Intermediate, at 49%. Beyond that, enrollment is 42% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 41.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 20.9:1. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 47%. The 55% average for public schools in Orange County is 8 points higher.
Measured against California public middle schools, Horace Ensign Intermediate receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In California, Horace Ensign Intermediate is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.1% actual against a predicted 51.9%.
Among Orange County residents, the median household income is $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Horace Ensign Intermediate, Orange County has 648 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Newport Harbor High, at about 0.4 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Horace Ensign Intermediate ranks 5th on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment dropped 10% from its 2020-21 level of 977. The ratio of students to teachers went from 23.3:1 to 20.9:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Horace Ensign Intermediate. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Mariners ElementaryElementary · 573 students
- Maude B. Davis ElementaryElementary · 570 students
Other schools in Newport Beach
- Corona del Mar HighHigh · 2,106 students
- Newport Harbor HighHigh · 2,084 students
- Suncoast Preparatory AcademyCombined · 1,459 students
- Mariners ElementaryElementary · 573 students
- Newport Heights ElementaryElementary · 502 students
- Newport Coast ElementaryElementary · 429 students
Nearby schools
- Newport Harbor High0.4 mi · 2,084
- Newport Heights Elementary0.6 mi · 502
- Newport Elementary0.9 mi · 339
- International School for Science and Culture1.0 mi · 97
- Mariners Elementary1.1 mi · 573
- Woodland Elementary1.7 mi · 487
Frequently asked questions
About Horace Ensign IntermediateHow many students attend Horace Ensign Intermediate?
Horace Ensign Intermediate enrolls approximately 875 students in grades 07-08.
Is Horace Ensign Intermediate an elementary, middle, or high school?
Horace Ensign Intermediate is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Horace Ensign Intermediate have?
Horace Ensign Intermediate employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Horace Ensign Intermediate?
At Horace Ensign Intermediate, the student body is approximately 49% White, 42% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Horace Ensign Intermediate public or private?
Horace Ensign Intermediate is a public K-12 school, overseen by Newport-Mesa Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.