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Corona del Mar High

Newport Beach, CA · Grades 7-12 · 2,106 students · Newport-Mesa Unified

High scores, healthy climate, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.

75% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 53% in math. 96.5% graduate in four years. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

SchoolScope archetype

Strong All-Around

What this means for your family

Ask about what we don't score — class size, electives, the feel of a classroom — strong numbers everywhere on paper don't mean every classroom feels the same.

How archetypes are assigned →

Math

53%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

English

75%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

2,106

Total enrollment

Graduation

96.5%

Four-year graduation rate

What are you trying to decide?

The overall score is a starting point.

Look at subject results, trends and student groups, then consider the opportunities your child would use.

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grade 11 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

Share at Proficient or Advanced

0%25%50%75%100%2019: 64%2022: 48%2023: 53%2024: 52%2025: 53%2019: 74%2022: 69%2023: 70%2024: 69%2025: 75%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 64%2022: 48%2023: 53%2024: 52%2025: 53%2019: 74%2022: 69%2023: 70%2024: 69%2025: 75%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201964%74%
202248%69%
202353%70%
202452%69%
202553%75%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Has held the 92nd-percentile line every tested year since 2019.

Most rating sites would stop at “64% proficient” and call it done. Corona del Mar deserves a closer read. It sits at the 92nd percentile of 1,647 California high schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.

Corona del Mar's low-income kids hit 54.9% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.

951 tested · 1 of 1 grade published

Corona del Mar High scores 75 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 92nd percentile of 1,647 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 64% meet the standard today, versus 69% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.

Percentile among 1,647 high schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 92nd percentile · Scope Score 77 of 1002022 · 90th percentile · Scope Score 73 of 1002023 · 91st percentile · Scope Score 74 of 1002024 · 91st percentile · Scope Score 73 of 1002025 · 92nd percentile · Scope Score 75 of 100
ELAGreen(Increased)MathBlue(Increased Significantly)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 774%74%69%69%67%
Grade 860%69%70%67%69%
Grade 1174%69%70%69%75%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 766%67%68%62%56%
Grade 858%52%59%59%60%
Grade 1164%48%53%52%53%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

Three in five of students here meet the standard. One in four clear it by a lot.

ELA71% met or exceeded
Exceeded 31%Met 40%Nearly Met 17%Not Met 12%
Math56% met or exceeded
Exceeded 33%Met 23%Nearly Met 24%Not Met 20%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California high schools · average20% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Grad rateCollege readinessAbsenceSuspension
This school7533%64%96.5%87.9%9.0%2.2%
CA average · High School5420%43%92.5%43.0%23.1%3.3%
This schoolCA avg
Scope7554
% Exceeded33%20%
% Met+64%43%
Grad rate96.5%92.5%
College readiness87.9%43.0%
Absence9.0%23.1%
Suspension2.2%3.3%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

California's own growth model splits here — the 17th percentile in reading against the 48th in math, among high schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model — it follows individual children in grades 4 through 8 and compares each one against a prediction from their own prior scores. On that measure this school sits a little below the middle of California high schools in reading, and the 48th in math. We show it; we don't score it.

— pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California high school lands at −3 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −13 and +5 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

California's growth model, ranked against the schools it scores
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: −10 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 17th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.17th pctile · −10 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: 0 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 48th percentile of 7,518 reported schools.48th pctile · 0 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard ahead of the same group statewide.

54.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. This comparison does not tell us what caused the difference.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 63% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 63%, district —, state 43%63%
WhiteWhite: this school 62%, district 70%, state 56%62% · −1 vs school
MaleMale: this school 62%, district 56%, state 42%62% · −2 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 66%, district 56%, state 44%66% · +2 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 48%, district 41%, state 32%48% · −16 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 76%, district 77%, state 72%76% · +13 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 54%, district 39%, state 32%54% · −9 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: this school 65%, district 72%, state 56%65% · +2 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 23%, district 23%, state 15%23% · −40 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 22%, district 12%, state 11%22% · −41 vs school

5 of 15 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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The state's growth model, by student group

California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California high school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.

Reading
English Only430 studentsEnglish Only, reading: −10 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California high school, 430 students.−10 pts · −7 vs typical
White322 studentsWhite, reading: −11 scale-score points versus expectation, against −4 for the same group at a typical California high school, 322 students.−11 pts · −7 vs typical
Low-income students120 studentsLow-income students, reading: −10 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California high school, 120 students.−10 pts · −5 vs typical
Asian80 studentsAsian, reading: −18 scale-score points versus expectation, against +2 for the same group at a typical California high school, 80 students.−18 pts · −20 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students62 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: −11 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California high school, 62 students.−11 pts · −8 vs typical
Math
English Only429 studentsEnglish Only, math: −2 scale-score points versus expectation, against −12 for the same group at a typical California high school, 429 students.−2 pts · +10 vs typical
White321 studentsWhite, math: −2 scale-score points versus expectation, against −8 for the same group at a typical California high school, 321 students.−2 pts · +6 vs typical
Low-income students120 studentsLow-income students, math: −2 scale-score points versus expectation, against −15 for the same group at a typical California high school, 120 students.−2 pts · +13 vs typical
Asian80 studentsAsian, math: +10 scale-score points versus expectation, against +9 for the same group at a typical California high school, 80 students.+10 pts · +1 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students62 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: −9 scale-score points versus expectation, against −13 for the same group at a typical California high school, 62 students.−9 pts · +4 vs typical
this school typical California high school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 2 more groups are reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.

AP access · 2020-21 federal civil rights snapshot (structural, dated — newest published; biennial)
Shown, never scored
Hispanic7.4% AP · 10.6% enroll.
American Indian/Alaska Native0.2% AP · 0.1% enroll.
Asian13.1% AP · 10.0% enroll.
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.5% AP · 0.6% enroll.
Black0.6% AP · 0.7% enroll.
White74.3% AP · 72.3% enroll.
Two or more races4.0% AP · 5.8% enroll.
English learners0.7% AP · 3.2% enroll.
Students with disabilities0.6% AP · 9.7% enroll.

● share of AP enrollment vs share of total enrollment, this school only · not part of the Scope Score

Data source: U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, 2020-21 (biennial; newest published)

Where graduates go

What happens after high school?

90%

Enrolled in college within a year

Class of 2023 · 374 of 414 completers · includes community colleges

414Completers
68%
Other colleges283 completers · Outside the California community college system
22%
California community colleges91 completers · Enrolled within a year
10%
Not recorded enrolled40 completers · No college enrollment in this reporting window

Destination data describes this earlier graduating class, separately from current-year test results and graduation. Percentages are rounded.

College destinations and the full graduate record
Where graduates go · 2024–25

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score

90%
College-going rate, class of 2023

Where they went after graduation

Of Corona del Mar's class of 2023, 90% enrolled in college somewhere within a year — a CSU, a community college, a UC, or out of state.

College destination mix, class of 2023

Class of 2023: 414 completers, 90% enrolled somewhere within a year

University of California 51 (12%)California State University 27 (7%)California community college 91 (22%)In-state private 28 (7%)Out-of-state, 4-year 176 (43%)Out-of-state, 2-year 1 (0%)Not enrolled 40 (10%)

Percentages are computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers) from CDE-reported counts, not a CDE-native rate. Data source: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort — the newest published; National Student Clearinghouse match.

UC application funnel — one destination of six, tracked in detail because UC is the only source with 30 years of history

In fall 2025, 50 of Corona del Mar's 360 graduates enrolled in the University of California system — Berkeley the most common landing, with 10 enrollees.

Applied176fall 2025, universitywide
Admitted123
Enrolled50
ShowHide the UC campus list and the 2014–2025 trend
Where they landed (fall 2025)
Berkeley 10Los Angeles 9Irvine 7San Diego 7Davis 6Riverside 5Santa Barbara 3Merced ‹3Santa Cruz ‹3

Campuses never sum to the universitywide figure — students apply to several.

UC enrollees, universitywide, 2014–2025

Peak: 61 enrolled, 2021

UC publishes this trend back to 1994 — no other destination has a comparable multi-year record.

UC is one road of many — the full destination mix for the class of 2023 is below. And who applied isn't who the school taught: the ratio between the two reflects the self-selected pool of students who chose to apply, not what happened in the classroom. By the state's 2023 count, 90% of this class's predecessors enrolled in college somewhere within a year. More of the class of 2023 enrolled at community colleges (91) than at UC (51).

Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle · college-going rate: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort.

The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 22 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Corona del Mar's teachers are authorized to teach 25 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — well above the 14-subject median among California schools that offer AP at all — including Calculus BC, Calculus AB, and Physics C: Mechanics.

Students per teacher22 · district 20
Teaching staff112 teachers
Avg. experience13.7 years
Fully credentialed92%
First-year teachers3%
PrincipalJacob Haley
ShowHide what the district pays
Teacher salary schedule$66,494 – $159,400
Principal salary$183,874 – $216,170
Superintendent salary$418,747

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course breadth
AP exam qualifiers239 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers17 students
Advanced coursework
AP subjects taught25
ShowHide the 25 AP courses by discipline
Math & Computer Science (4)Calculus AB · Calculus BC · Computer Science Principles · Statistics
Sciences (4)Biology · Chemistry · Environmental Science · Physics C: Mechanics
English (2)English Language and Composition · English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science (7)Comparative Government and Politics · Human Geography · Macroeconomics · Psychology · U.S. Government and Politics · United States History · World History: Modern
World Languages & Cultures (3)Chinese Language and Culture · French Language and Culture · Spanish Language and Culture
Arts (3)2-D Art and Design · Art History · Drawing
AP Capstone (2)Research · Seminar

Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, 2025 - 2026 audit year (authorization, not enrollment) · IB World Schools directory, name-matched · structural depth: 2020-21 federal snapshot, table 09

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here show up more, and get suspended less, than the state average.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 9.0%, district 14.1%, state 23.1%9.0% · −14.1pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 2.2%, district —, state 3.3%2.2% · −1.1pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 7–87.5%
Grades 9–128.2%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

Explore school spending and the district budget
What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $25,505 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $25,505, CA average $14,491$25,505 · spent at this school
District current expense · FY 2024–25$28,980 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 56%Instruction support 15%Student services 7%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 12%Other 1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$17,937 per pupil
2019$15,765 per pupil
2018$15,125 per pupil
2017$14,459 per pupil
2016$13,433 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

One in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 45% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino14.1% · district 46.5% · CA 56.1%
White61.5% · district 38.6% · CA 19.9%
Asian12.7% · district 5.4% · CA 10.2%
Black0.8% · district 0.7% · CA 4.8%
Other10.9% · district 8.8% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch22.9% · CA 64%
Median income$160K · CA $85K
Median home value$2.00M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+72% · CA 35%
ZIP population34,890
Median age45 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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A source-reviewed culture summary is not available for this profile yet. Ask how teaching, student support and family communication work day to day.

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Family voices

What would you want another family to know about the daily experience here?

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What are the alternatives?

Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.

2025 · high schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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Corona del Mar HighPublicStrong33%64%School being viewed
Newport Harbor HighPublicStrong30%56%2.3 mi
Costa Mesa HighPublicSolid18%42%3.0 mi
Back Bay Highcontinuation comparison groupPublicStrong0%8%1.5 mi
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Your other options

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Private schools do not receive a Scope Score or statewide ranking on SchoolScope.

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What should I check before applying?
District public
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Charter
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Private
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Moving & enrollment

Which schools could serve my child?

Check your address with the district

School location and nearby schools do not establish attendance eligibility. Confirm boundaries and permit requirements with Newport-Mesa Unified.

District information →School website →

Schools across the K–12 journey

Source: proximity. Schools are grouped by grade stage. Nearby schools are not confirmed feeder links or address assignments. Verify the current path and eligibility with the district.

Plan your next step

What should I do next?

Worth a school visit

Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.

  • Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
  • Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
  • Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
  • Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is Corona del Mar High a good high school?
Corona del Mar High has a Scope Score of 75 out of 100, placing it in the 92nd percentile of California high schools and ranked #136 statewide. 32.9% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 13.1 percentage points above the California average of 19.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Corona del Mar High's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 64.4% of students at Corona del Mar High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 32.9% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 31.5% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 32.9% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 683 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Corona del Mar High rank in California?
Corona del Mar High ranks #136 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 92nd percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Corona del Mar High?
9.0% of students at Corona del Mar High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 23.1%. The suspension rate is 2.2%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Corona del Mar High compare to other schools in Newport Beach?
Corona del Mar High scores 75/100 (92nd percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 2,106 students. Use the schools in Newport Beach page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.
How does Corona del Mar High serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Corona del Mar High in Newport Beach, 54.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 47.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Corona del Mar High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 7.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (40.4% Math proficient); White students (70.5% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 61.3 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 215 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What AP courses are offered at Corona del Mar High?
Corona del Mar High's teachers are authorized to teach 25 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers, per the 2025 - 2026 AP Course Audit: 2-D Art and Design, Art History, Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Chinese Language and Culture, Comparative Government and Politics, Computer Science Principles, Drawing, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, French Language and Culture, Human Geography, Macroeconomics, Physics C: Mechanics, Psychology, Research, Seminar, Spanish Language and Culture, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics, United States History, World History: Modern. Authorization means the school may teach a course, not that a section is running this year, and it's separate from AP exam pass rates. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.
How many students from Corona del Mar High go to UC?
In fall 2025, 50 Corona del Mar High graduates enrolled at University of California campuses, universitywide. That figure can't be split into a per-campus sum — students apply to several UC campuses at once, so campus-level counts don't add up to the universitywide total. UC is one destination among many: this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private college, a community college, or work, and it is a count, not a rate or a ranking. Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.

Use the published evidence to prepare questions, then verify fit and access with the school.

Behind the evidence

Inspect the full record

Public sources, visible methods and the underlying school record. Source years and limitations stay attached to the evidence.

How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

College readiness carries this score. The test levels clear the state's too.

87.9% of students leave measurably college-ready, versus 43.0% statewide.

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Graduation rate96.5%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard32.9%19.8%22%
College readiness87.9%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded64.4%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism9.0%23.1%5%
Suspension rate2.2%3.3%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)26.9%18.0%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures graduation, test performance, college readiness, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Corona del Mar High: reading the evidence

Corona del Mar posts 32.9% exceeding the standard — versus 19.8% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

Ask about what we don't score — class size, electives, the feel of a classroom — strong numbers everywhere on paper don't mean every classroom feels the same.

Explore the underlying data →
Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Corona del Mar High is ranked #136 statewide · #1 of 6 in Newport-Mesa Unified.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Graduation rate96.5%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard32.9%19.8%22%
College readiness87.9%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded64.4%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism9.0%23.1%5%
Suspension rate2.2%3.3%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)26.9%18.0%5%
Graduation rate
↑ vs CA 92.5% · index 61 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 19.8% · index 69 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
College readiness
↑ vs CA 43.0% · index 81 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 43.2% · index 71 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 23.1% · index 67 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 1.9pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.3% · index 57 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 0.7pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 18.0% · index 67 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 729227%40%18%15%67%+19
Grade 831727%42%21%10%69%+23
Grade 1134238%37%13%11%75%+27
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 730137%19%25%19%56%+23
Grade 831735%24%24%17%60%+28
Grade 1134128%26%23%24%53%+30

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide67615%30%49%6%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged21554.9%+7+17
White59070.5%−4+9
Asian14674.0%−3−0
03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Susp
Corona del Mar High ←—7532.9%64.4%2.2%
Newport Harbor High2.3 mi6829.6%55.8%1.2%
Costa Mesa High3 mi5918.2%42.4%3.9%
California average—5419.8%43.2%3.3%
Back Bay Highscored within its class, not statewide1.5 mi440.0%8.4%4.7%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
Graduation Rate
96.5%
AP Exam Prepared
87.9%
A-G Completion
71.4%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
90.3%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSusp
20197792#11933.5%68.7%9.4%1.0%
20227390#15629.1%58.5%18.9%2.1%
20237491#15228.7%61.3%17.0%1.7%
20247391#14429.9%60.9%10.9%2.9%
20257592#13632.9%64.4%9.0%2.2%
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female8.4%8.4%+0.0pp
Male9.1%7.6%-1.5pp
Asian6.3%6.7%+0.4pp
Black/African American4.3%11.1%+6.8pp
Hispanic/Latino8.2%8.8%+0.6pp
Two or More Races10.7%6.0%-4.7pp
White9.2%8.3%-0.9pp
Students with Disabilities16.3%14.9%-1.4pp
English Learners15.9%7.2%-8.7pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged14.8%11.1%-3.7pp
All Students8.8%8.0%-0.8pp
Homeless—22.6%—
06UC admissions, universitywide2014–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time
ShowHide table 06 — UC admissions, universitywide
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledGPA (applied)GPA (admitted)GPA (enrolled)
2025176123503.974.064.10
2024163101373.934.034.05
2023196112513.954.084.08
202218799474.004.084.13
2021225106613.964.124.15
2020181100503.934.034.07
2019203113533.904.074.12
2018184101483.904.044.02
2017197133523.904.023.96
2016216138513.813.993.94
201517598473.793.963.93
2014188118563.854.014.02

‹n = UC masks counts below n · a missing year means zero or masked — never assume zero · GPA cells blank for years with more than one contributing CEEB code (a summed GPA would be fabricated math) · GPAs live here and nowhere else on this page · Applied/Admitted/Enrolled reflect who applied, not what the school taught — no admit rate is computed or implied by this table. Series shown from 2014; full record to 1994 at the UC Infocenter.

07UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file
ShowHide table 07 — UC admissions by campus
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley20251171710
Berkeley2024100174
Berkeley2023130154
Berkeley20221222515
Berkeley20211201812
Davis202581416
Davis20247525‹3
Davis202384297
Davis20227925‹3
Davis202181303
Irvine2025101437
Irvine202481333
Irvine2023100339
Irvine202288255
Irvine2021903917
Los Angeles2025157159
Los Angeles20241291712
Los Angeles20231661511
Los Angeles2022153134
Los Angeles20211731411
Merced20253129‹3
Merced20241817‹3
Merced20231010‹3
Merced20222018‹3
Merced20211010‹3
Riverside202552505
Riverside20244134‹3
Riverside20233622‹3
Riverside20223226‹3
Riverside20212721‹3
San Diego2025138247
San Diego2024121283
San Diego2023160307
San Diego2022134205
San Diego2021146345
Santa Barbara2025147373
Santa Barbara2024134438
Santa Barbara2023163386
Santa Barbara2022152338
Santa Barbara20211824610
Santa Cruz20257451‹3
Santa Cruz20246836‹3
Santa Cruz202390615
Santa Cruz202266276
Santa Cruz20217616‹3
Universitywide202517612350
Universitywide202416310137
Universitywide202319611251
Universitywide20221879947
Universitywide202122510661

Σ campuses ≠ universitywide — students apply to several campuses; the Universitywide row (muted) is its own independent count, never a sum of the rows above it.

08AP course catalog2025 - 2026
ShowHide table 08 — AP course catalog
SubjectTaught by
2-D Art and Designthis school
Art Historythis school
Biologythis school
Calculus ABthis school
Calculus BCthis school
Chemistrythis school
Chinese Language and Culturethis school
Comparative Government and Politicsthis school
Computer Science Principlesthis school
Drawingthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Environmental Sciencethis school
French Language and Culturethis school
Human Geographythis school
Macroeconomicsthis school
Physics C: Mechanicsthis school
Psychologythis school
Researchthis school
Seminarthis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Statisticsthis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
United States Historythis school
World History: Modernthis school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

09Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
ShowHide table 09 — Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count24
AP enrollment835
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8offered · 53 enrolled
Calculus sections6
Physics sections9
Chemistry sections17
Total enrollment (CRDC)2,169

Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.

10College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
ShowHide table 10 — College destinations
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California5112.3%
California State University276.5%
California community college9122.0%
In-state private286.8%
Out-of-state, 4-year17642.5%
Out-of-state, 2-year10.2%
Not enrolled409.7%

414 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 90% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · a missing cell is CDE suppression, never a fabricated zero · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.

11California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 11 — California growth model, by student group
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students−10531Moderate0530Average
English Only−10430not categorised−2429not categorised
White−11322Moderate−2321Average
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−10120Moderate−2120Average
Asian−1880Moderate+1080Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino−1162Moderate−962Moderate
Students with Disabilities−3753Minimal−1353Moderate
Two or More Races+850Accelerated+350Average
English Learner−1749Moderate+749Accelerated
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only−2825not categorised−2425not categorised
English Learners Only−524not categorised+3924not categorised

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=1,647 high schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · UC Infocenter (annual refresh, summer) — ‹5/‹3 = masked, never summed across campuses · AP Course Ledger 2025 - 2026 (November refresh; authorization not enrollment) · CRDC 2020-21 (biennial; next expected 2021-22) · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-09-18

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