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Newport Heights Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,004 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
478 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
20:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
35%
Teachers
24 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 25.5%
White 60.5%
Asian 2.5%
Black 0.8%
Other 10.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Newport Heights Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard45.0%
Met Standard30.0%
Below Standard25.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "75% proficient" for Newport Heights Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

45.0% of students exceeded standard while 30.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 24.1 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 13.1 points above the Newport-Mesa Unified district average of 32.0%. Compared to the 4 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 12.1 points higher (vs 32.9% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 7.8 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 7.2%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
45.0%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
75.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+7.8pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
7.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.6%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,004
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 64 45.3% 23.4% 18.8% 12.5% 68.8%
4th 64 62.5% 18.8% 15.6% 3.1% 81.3%
5th 66 48.5% 30.3% 12.1% 9.1% 78.8%
6th 57 40.4% 49.1% 3.5% 7.0% 89.5%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 64 40.6% 28.1% 21.9% 9.4% 68.8%
4th 64 39.1% 31.3% 21.9% 7.8% 70.3%
5th 66 48.5% 25.8% 12.1% 13.6% 74.2%
6th 57 35.1% 33.3% 14.0% 17.5% 68.4%