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What do you wish you knew before starting at Killybrooke Elementary?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 405 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT-MESA UNIFIED·NCES 062724004117
Killybrooke Elementary
3155 Killybrooke Ln., Costa Mesa, CA 92626 · (714) 424-7945 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of California public elementary 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.
- CThree-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
18.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
336 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 | 97 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 49% larger than its 6th grade class (65).
Student demographics
56%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
63.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.0pp since 2014
Math
55.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.9% | 29.1% | 17.6% | 19.4% |
| Math | 28.8% | 27.1% | 21.0% | 23.1% |
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 | 63.0% | 55.9% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 56.1% |
| 2022-23 | 61.8% | 58.1% |
| 2021-22 | 63.5% | 55.4% |
| 2020-21 | N/A | 46.6% |
| 2018-19 | 74.9% | 70.7% |
| 2017-18 | 69.3% | 66.3% |
| 2016-17 | 67.3% | 55.9% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% 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 20 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 Killybrooke Elementary
Killybrooke Elementary's state test result (57.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killybrooke Elementary this school | 473 | 71.0% | 57.6% |
| Olivehurst Elementary Olivehurst | 489 | 72.6% | 19.0% |
| North Broadway Elementary Escondido | 517 | 70.4% | 36.6% |
| Lomarena Elementary Laguna Hills | 487 | 69.0% | 46.5% |
| Donald Graham Elementary Wildomar | 470 | 69.8% | 41.9% |
| Portola Elementary Ventura | 444 | 70.3% | 55.0% |
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 Killybrooke Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #1,242 of 5,151 | #165 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #1,265 of 5,172 ▼ 87 | #173 of 382 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #1,139 of 5,172 ▲ 278 | #155 of 382 ▲ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #3,334 of 5,116 | #242 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #2,758 of 5,915 | #212 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #309 of 5,352 | #19 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #2,267 of 5,354 | #190 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.0% | #2,891 of 5,625 | #163 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.5% | #379 of 1,139 | #21 of 55 |
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
+191 (+68%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 26 | 18.2:1 | 71% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 21.9 | 20.3:1 | 71% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 20.7 | 20.4:1 | 70% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 282 | 16 | 17.6:1 | 61% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 18 | 22.9:1 | 65% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 17 | 24.6:1 | 68% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | N/A | N/A | 61% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 454 | 22 | 20.6:1 | 49% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 433 | 19 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Killybrooke Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (413 to 473); teachers up 44% (18 to 26).
About Killybrooke Elementary
In Costa Mesa, California, part of Orange County, Killybrooke Elementary is an elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 6, and the school has 473 students.
Newport-Mesa Unified is the local district for Killybrooke Elementary. It runs 31 schools with 17,540 students.
Roughly 62% of students at Killybrooke Elementary are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 21% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 2% Black. Among people living in Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 34%. Killybrooke Elementary's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 26 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 18.2:1. That is 4.1 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 71%. The 55% average for public schools in Orange County is 16 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Killybrooke Elementary is A. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 85% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 57.6%, is 19.7 points above the 37.9% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of California schools.
Among Orange County residents, the median household income is $116,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Besides Killybrooke Elementary, Orange County has 648 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Charles W. Tewinkle Middle, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Killybrooke Elementary's average proficiency of 57.6% compares with 45.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Killybrooke Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
Killybrooke Elementary enrolled 282 in 2020-21 and 473 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size.
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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
- Charles W. Tewinkle Middle0.6 mi · 501
- California Elementary0.7 mi · 373
- Paularino Elementary0.7 mi · 371
- Early College High0.9 mi · 177
- Costa Mesa High1.1 mi · 1,730
- California Pacific Charter - San Diego1.1 mi · 310
Frequently asked questions
About Killybrooke ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Killybrooke Elementary?
Killybrooke Elementary enrolls approximately 473 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Killybrooke Elementary serve?
Killybrooke Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Killybrooke Elementary?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at Killybrooke Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Killybrooke Elementary?
At Killybrooke Elementary, the student body is approximately 21% White, 62% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Killybrooke Elementary public or private?
Killybrooke Elementary 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.