Maude B. Davis Elementary

Maude B. Davis Elementary is a primary school of medium-sized scale in Costa Mesa, California, run under Newport-Mesa Unified, teacheing 570 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 23% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 31 schools in Newport-Mesa Unified (17,540 students total), Maude B. Davis Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Maude B. Davis Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 11% Asian. Compared to Orange County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Maude B. Davis Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.8%, the actual is 70.0%, a residual of +10.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Maude B. Davis Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: Monte Vista Independent Study, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Maude B. Davis Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maude B. Davis Elementary at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 39.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Maude B. Davis Elementary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 577 (now 570). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 52% to 44%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.5:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 today.

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