Newport Coast Elementary

Located at 6655 Ridge Park Rd., in Newport Beach, California, Newport Coast Elementary is an average-sized K-5 school that serves 429 students (grades K through 6), operated by Newport-Mesa Unified.

Newport Coast Elementary is one of 31 schools operated by Newport-Mesa Unified, a district that teaches 17,540 students overall.

Demographically, Newport Coast Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 55%; the rest reads as 24% Asian, 14% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Orange County's rate of about 55%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Newport Coast Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.1%; this one delivers 80.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household income runs about $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 Newport Coast Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Vista Verde, around 1.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Newport Coast Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 76.6%.

Newport Coast Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Newport Coast Elementary's enrollment has edged down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 548 (now 429). White enrollment moved from 61% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

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