Schools in Costa Mesa, CA

Safety scores and transparency grades from federal incident data · 2021-22 collection

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SCHOOL	DISTRICT	GRADES	STUDENTS	SAFETY SCORE	GRADE
Sonora Elementary	Newport-Mesa Unified	KG–06	381	92	A
College Park Elementary	Newport-Mesa Unified	KG–06	488	91	A
Maude B. Davis Elementary	Newport-Mesa Unified	KG–06	518	86	A
California Elementary	Newport-Mesa Unified	KG–06	363	85	A
Woodland Elementary	Newport-Mesa Unified	KG–02	427	84	A
ACCESS County Community	Orange County Department of Education	KG–12	1,123	84	A
Paularino Elementary	Newport-Mesa Unified	KG–06	352	82	A
Whittier Elementary	Newport-Mesa Unified	KG–06	493	80	A
Victoria Elementary	Newport-Mesa Unified	KG–06	295	72	A
Killybrooke Elementary	Newport-Mesa Unified	KG–06	391	68	A
Wilson Elementary	Newport-Mesa Unified	KG–06	363	67	A
Pomona Elementary	Newport-Mesa Unified	KG–06	330	57	A
Adams Elementary	Newport-Mesa Unified	KG–06	353	54	A
Heinz Kaiser Elementary	Newport-Mesa Unified	03–06	517	50	A
Estancia High	Newport-Mesa Unified	09–12	1,152	34	A
Everett A. Rea Elementary	Newport-Mesa Unified	KG–06	322	30	A
Costa Mesa High	Newport-Mesa Unified	07–12	1,754	27	A
ACCESS Juvenile Hall	Orange County Department of Education	KG–12	191	18	B
Charles W. Tewinkle Middle	Newport-Mesa Unified	07–08	531	17	A
Back Bay High	Newport-Mesa Unified	09–12	134	10	A
Central Orange County CTE Partnership (CTEp)	Central Orange County CTE Partnership (CTEp)	10–12		— insufficient data
Coastline ROP	Coastline ROP	09–12		— insufficient data
Early College High	Newport-Mesa Unified	09–12	212	— insufficient data	C
Harper	Newport-Mesa Unified	M–M		— insufficient data
International School for Science and Culture	International School for Science and Culture District	KG–08	172	— insufficient data	C
Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus	Newport-Mesa Unified	KG–12	403	— insufficient data	D
Orange County Special Education	Orange County Department of Education	KG–12	363	— insufficient data	D