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Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus

Costa Mesa, CA · Grades 7-12 · Newport-Mesa Unified

The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.

33% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 0% in math. 77.3% graduate in four years. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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Math

0%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

English

33%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

—

Total enrollment

Graduation

77.3%

Four-year graduation rate

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The overall score is a starting point.

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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: 5%2022: 27%2023: 18%2024: 0%2025: 0%2019: 46%2022: 58%2023: 53%2024: 47%2025: 33%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 5%2022: 27%2023: 18%2024: 0%2025: 0%2019: 46%2022: 58%2023: 53%2024: 47%2025: 33%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
20195%46%
202227%58%
202318%53%
20240%47%
20250%33%

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 stayed near the 5th percentile since 2019.

Most rating sites would stop at “17% proficient” and call it done. Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus deserves a closer read. It sits at the 5th percentile of 1,647 California high schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.

Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.

39 tested · 1 of 1 grade published

Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus scores 32 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 5th percentile of 1,647 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 17% meet the standard today, versus 25% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.

Percentile among 1,647 high schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 9th percentile · Scope Score 36 of 1002022 · 29th percentile · Scope Score 45 of 1002023 · 26th percentile · Scope Score 45 of 1002024 · 8th percentile · Scope Score 35 of 1002025 · 5th percentile · Scope Score 32 of 100
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 5—63%67%——
Grade 6—73%54%——
Grade 7—50%57%——
Grade 8—50%58%—13%
Grade 1146%58%53%47%33%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 5—47%33%——
Grade 6—55%58%——
Grade 7—54%64%——
Grade 8—31%58%—13%
Grade 115%27%18%0%0%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

One in ten of students here meet the standard. 0% clear it by a lot.

ELA23% met or exceeded
Exceeded 3%Met 21%Nearly Met 33%Not Met 44%
Math8% met or exceeded
Exceeded 3%Met 5%Nearly Met 23%Not Met 69%
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 school320%17%77.3%33.3%54.7%3.0%
CA average · High School5420%43%92.5%43.0%23.1%3.3%
This schoolCA avg
Scope3254
% Exceeded0%20%
% Met+17%43%
Grad rate77.3%92.5%
College readiness33.3%43.0%
Absence54.7%23.1%
Suspension3.0%3.3%

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

How every group of students does here

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 15% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 15%, district —, state 43%15%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 14%, district 41%, state 32%14% · −0 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 14%, district 39%, state 32%14% · −0 vs school

10 of 13 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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No student-group growth record is available for this school in this data release.

Where graduates go

What happens after high school?

63%

Enrolled in college within a year

Class of 2023 · 25 of 40 completers · includes community colleges

40Completers
28%
Other colleges11 completers · Outside the California community college system
35%
California community colleges14 completers · Enrolled within a year
38%
Not recorded enrolled15 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
2024–25

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Where the class of 2023 went
63%enrolled in college within a year
  • University of California4 (10%)
  • California State University1 (3%)
  • California community college14 (35%)
  • In-state private3 (8%)
  • Out-of-state, 2-year3 (8%)
  • Not enrolled15 (38%)

CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate, class of 2023 · % = count ÷ completers, our arithmetic

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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

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus's teachers are authorized to teach 14 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — including Calculus AB, Computer Science Principles, and Statistics.

Teaching staff9 teachers
Avg. experience17.0 years
Fully credentialed98%
PrincipalRacquel Stephens
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 qualifiers1 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
Advanced coursework
AP subjects taught14
ShowHide the 14 AP courses by discipline
Math & Computer Science (3)Calculus AB · Computer Science Principles · Statistics
Sciences (2)Biology · Environmental Science
English (2)English Language and Composition · English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science (5)Human Geography · Psychology · U.S. Government and Politics · United States History · World History: Modern
World Languages & Cultures (2)French Language and Culture · Spanish Language and Culture

Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, 2025 - 2026 audit year (authorization, not enrollment) · IB World Schools directory, name-matched

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Showing up, and staying in class

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 54.7%, district 14.1%, state 23.1%54.7% · +31.7pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 3.0%, district —, state 3.3%3.0% · −0.3pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 7–864.3%
Grades 9–1282.5%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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

It spends $65,255 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$153 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

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: $65,255, CA average $14,491$65,255 · spent at this school
Federal share$153 per student
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

The neighborhood it serves

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 15% 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 Latino40.3% · district 46.5% · CA 56.1%
White48.4% · district 38.6% · CA 19.9%
Asian1.6% · district 5.4% · CA 10.2%
Black3.2% · district 0.7% · CA 4.8%
Other6.5% · district 8.8% · CA 9.0%
Median income$114K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.11M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+47% · CA 35%
ZIP population50,708
Median age38 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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Educator voices

What should families understand about teaching, support and the school community?

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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.

Private options →
SchoolTypePerformance bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedDistanceSelect
Monte Vista High/Cloud CampusPublicNeeds Support0%17%School being viewed
Corona del Mar HighPublicStrong33%64%2.8 mi
Early College HighPublicStrong60%85%1.7 mi
Segerstrom HighPublicStrong20%47%2.0 mi
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Your other options

Your other options

Nearby public schools across grade levels, plus private options within 10 miles.

All schools in Costa Mesa →

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

9 private schools within 10 miles
Not scored
What should I check before applying?
District public
Confirm the attendance boundary and any permit options.
Charter
Check applications, priorities and deadlines with each school.
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 changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.

  • Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
  • Ask what share of students complete the full college-prep course sequence, and who gets steered into it.
  • 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 Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus a good high school?
Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus has a Scope Score of 32 out of 100, placing it in the 5th percentile of California high schools and ranked #1,569 statewide. 0.0% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 19.8 percentage points below 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 Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 16.7% of students at Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 0.0% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 16.7% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 0.0% 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. 30 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus rank in California?
Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus ranks #1,569 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 5th 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 Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus?
54.7% of students at Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 23.1%. The suspension rate is 3.0%. 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 Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus compare to other schools in Costa Mesa?
Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus scores 32/100 (5th 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. Use the schools in Costa Mesa page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.
What AP courses are offered at Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus?
Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus's teachers are authorized to teach 14 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers, per the 2025 - 2026 AP Course Audit: Biology, Calculus AB, Computer Science Principles, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, French Language and Culture, Human Geography, Psychology, 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.

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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

The 6 things our score weighs

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Graduation rate77.3%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard0.0%19.8%22%
College readiness33.3%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded16.7%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism54.7%23.1%5%
Suspension rate3.0%3.3%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

Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus: reading the evidence

Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus posts low test scores — and test scores are one lens among several. If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.

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

This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.

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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.

Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus is ranked #1,569 statewide · #6 of 6 in Newport-Mesa Unified.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Graduation rate77.3%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard0.0%19.8%22%
College readiness33.3%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded16.7%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism54.7%23.1%5%
Suspension rate3.0%3.3%5%
Graduation rate
↓ vs CA 92.5% · index 40 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 19.8% · index 35 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
College readiness
↓ vs CA 43.0% · index 50 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 43.2% · index 37 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 23.1% · index 30 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 5.0pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.3% · index 53 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 0.3pp lower vs 2024
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 78——————
Grade 8160%13%31%56%13%−34
Grade 11150%33%47%20%33%−15
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 78——————
Grade 8166%6%25%63%13%−20
Grade 11150%0%13%87%0%−24

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
Schoolwide343%12%71%15%

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.

03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Susp
Monte Vista High/Cloud Campus ←—320.0%16.7%3.0%
Corona del Mar High2.8 mi7532.9%64.4%2.2%
Early College High1.7 mi7460.0%85.0%1.0%
Segerstrom High2 mi6419.9%46.6%3.5%
California average—5419.8%43.2%3.3%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
Graduation Rate
77.3%
AP Exam Prepared
33.3%
A-G Completion
11.8%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
62.5%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSusp
2019369#13817.7%25.5%52.7%2.1%
20224529#114114.6%42.4%23.0%1.4%
20234526#121117.1%35.7%22.9%2.1%
2024358#15056.7%23.3%59.7%3.3%
2025325#15690.0%16.7%54.7%3.0%
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
What we can't show
  • — No subgroup comparison could be shown for this school this year — either its group sizes fall under CDE's 15-student reporting floor, or district/state comparison data wasn't available for its groups.
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female62.5%81.0%+18.5pp
Male78.0%74.0%-4.0pp
Hispanic/Latino64.7%79.2%+14.5pp
White71.8%74.4%+2.6pp
English Learners80.0%92.3%+12.3pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged72.7%79.2%+6.5pp
All Students69.5%77.8%+8.3pp
Students with Disabilities—88.2%—
Homeless—86.7%—
06AP course catalog2025 - 2026
ShowHide table 06 — AP course catalog
SubjectTaught by
Biologythis school
Calculus ABthis school
Computer Science Principlesthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Environmental Sciencethis school
French Language and Culturethis school
Human Geographythis school
Psychologythis 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.

07College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
ShowHide table 07 — College destinations
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California410.0%
California State University12.5%
California community college1435.0%
In-state private37.5%
Out-of-state, 4-year00.0%
Out-of-state, 2-year37.5%
Not enrolled1537.5%

40 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 63% · % 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.

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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 · AP Course Ledger 2025 - 2026 (November refresh; authorization not enrollment) · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-09-18

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