Costa Mesa High School

Grades: 7-12
Students: 1730
Type: Public
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher Ratio: 21:1
Student-Counselor Ratio: 416:1
Certified Teachers: 100%
Community Reviews
11 Reviews
Additional GreatSchools Ratings
6/10
Test Scores
4/10
Equity
NA
Academic Progress
7/10
College Readiness
1/10
Student Growth

Community Reviews

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We have 2 kids at CMHS and are having a wonderful experience. Both are thriving and have made strong friendships. It is a great community school and provides a small school experience, but with lots of academic choices, sports, and clubs. CMHS embraces students who want to try lots of different thin
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Posted by a parent on 11/22/2025
this place is the worst! none of the staff does anything when someone is getting bullied they let it happen. they only step up when fights happen because of the bullying. people are very disrespectful here. the bathrooms always smell like smoke. people smoke in the bathrooms. nothing happens to them
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Posted by a student on 12/4/2024
Excellent basic skills teachers as well as most all regular Ed teachers! Highly recommend!
Posted by a parent on 3/17/2022
Review is for Grades 7-8 as we plan to move to another high school in the future. Alright so let me get started with the environment at the school, on the outside its appearance looks very new and modern, but upon looking inside many of the class rooms are still outdated with the exception of the en
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Posted by a parent on 4/13/2017
This is for the middle school. The curriculum is quite easy for the average classes and for some honors classes. It seems to cater more toward the medium to lower end on the academic scale so that most will do well with A's or B's. If the same course was taken in irvine or Newport, the same student
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Posted by a parent on 1/24/2017

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Costa Mesa schools - Costa Mesa High School is located at 2650 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa CA 92626. Costa Mesa High School is in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District. Costa Mesa High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 7-12.

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