Horace Ensign Intermediate

Summary:

Horace Ensign Intermediate is a public middle school located in Newport Beach, California, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 915 students. It is part of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, which is ranked 430 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Horace Ensign Intermediate consistently outperforms the Newport-Mesa Unified School District and the state of California in standardized test scores across various subjects and grade levels. The school also has strong performance across various student subgroups, ranking highly in the state for White, Multi-racial, and Low Socio-Economic Status students. While Horace Ensign Intermediate has seen an increase in chronic absenteeism rates in recent years, reaching 25.5% in 2021-2022, the school still performs better than the district average and some nearby schools, such as Charles W. Tewinkle Middle (25.5% chronic absenteeism) and Ethel Dwyer Middle (16.5% chronic absenteeism).

When compared to nearby schools, Horace Ensign Intermediate stands out as a high-performing institution. For example, Fulton (Harry C.) Middle and Masuda (Kazuo) Middle, both part of the Fountain Valley Elementary School District, outperform Horace Ensign Intermediate in academic metrics, with higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics. However, Horace Ensign Intermediate's performance for specific student subgroups, such as Asian, Hispanic, and White students, is noteworthy, as the school ranks highly in the state for these subgroups.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 2000 Cliff Dr.
       Newport Beach, CA  92663-5223


(949) 515-6910

District: Newport-Mesa Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
351st of 2,777 California Middle Schools


Students who attend Horace Ensign Intermediate usually attend:

High:    Newport Harbor High

Feeder schools for Horace Ensign Intermediate:

Elementary:    Heinz Kaiser Elementary
    Mariners Elementary
    Newport Elementary
    Newport Heights Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  21.9 Help
Number of students:  924

Racial breakdown:

White:
47.1%
Hispanic:
41.5%
Two or more races:
8.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  49.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Horace Ensign Intermediate ranks better than 87.4% of middle schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 86.6. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (47.1%), Hispanic (41.5%), two or more races (8.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 49.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Horace Ensign Intermediate is 21.9. (See more...)
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Compare Horace Ensign Intermediate employs 42.1 full-time teachers.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Horace Ensign Intermediate:

SchoolDigger ranks Horace Ensign Intermediate 351st of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Horace Ensign Intermediate in the ranking list.)

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Newport-Mesa Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Newport-Mesa Unified 430th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Horace Ensign Intermediate

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Rank History for all students at Horace Ensign Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 61.47 570th 1769 67.8%
2005 68.69 469th 1777 73.6%
2006 67.22 496th 1804 72.5%
2007 70.40 477th 1999 76.1%
2008 65.30 590th 2005 70.6%
2009 77.09 347th 2063 83.2%
2010 73.89 457th 2179 79.0%
2011 78.62 321st 2236 85.6%
2012 77.39 367th 2259 83.8%
2013 74.61 470th 2379 80.2%
2015 78.54 463rd 2477 81.3%
2016 77.16 505th 2497 79.8%
2017 81.89 414th 2508 83.5%
2018 83.84 367th 2480 85.2%
2019 86.23 344th 2715 87.3%
2022 88.84 299th 2740 89.1%
2023 90.66 265th 2802 90.5%
2024 86.60 351st 2777 87.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Horace Ensign Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 68.16 180th 554 67.5%
2022 74.65 154th 665 76.8%
2023 83.30 86th 678 87.3%
2024 85.34 71st 699 89.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Horace Ensign Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.67 499th 1364 63.4%
2019 62.11 277th 1442 80.8%
2022 45.00 602nd 1540 60.9%
2023 41.82 702nd 1529 54.1%
2024 42.50 635th 1477 57.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Horace Ensign Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 82.21 149th 1538 90.3%
2024 70.64 273rd 1550 82.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Horace Ensign Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.64 387th 2230 82.6%
2019 74.30 408th 2369 82.8%
2022 81.84 273rd 2458 88.9%
2023 90.30 164th 2549 93.6%
2024 88.22 212th 2575 91.8%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Horace Ensign Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 86.52 22nd 394 94.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Horace Ensign Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.14 305th 2262 86.5%
2019 85.45 312th 2380 86.9%
2022 87.11 297th 2509 88.2%
2023 88.97 267th 2547 89.5%
2024 84.56 357th 2546 86.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Horace Ensign Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.08 291st 1369 78.7%
2019 62.66 369th 1491 75.3%
2022 64.22 344th 1531 77.5%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Horace Ensign Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 48.09 93rd 191 51.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Horace Ensign Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.63 401st 2273 82.4%
2019 85.22 332nd 2407 86.2%
2022 88.90 275th 2527 89.1%
2023 89.97 251st 2558 90.2%
2024 86.48 320th 2547 87.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at Horace Ensign Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.50 135th 700 80.7%
2019 79.31 117th 745 84.3%
2022 74.40 185th 733 74.8%
2024 64.56 311th 741 58.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Horace Ensign Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.41 631st 2072 69.5%
2019 67.11 543rd 2213 75.5%
2022 78.94 313th 2359 86.7%
2023 87.78 179th 2391 92.5%
2024 78.17 358th 2383 85.0%
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Rank History for White students at Horace Ensign Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.12 189th 1496 87.4%
2019 89.09 99th 1602 93.8%
2022 87.93 100th 1555 93.6%
2023 87.51 115th 1552 92.6%
2024 83.85 166th 1535 89.2%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Horace Ensign Intermediate

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 573 3 30 96 0 n/a n/a 0 702
1989 541 6 31 107 1 n/a n/a 0 686
1990 602 6 33 130 1 n/a n/a 0 772
1991 586 4 32 128 0 n/a n/a 0 750
1992 633 3 32 157 0 n/a n/a 0 825
1993 660 5 26 170 1 n/a n/a 0 862
1994 646 10 28 188 2 n/a n/a 0 874
1995 737 4 26 244 1 n/a n/a 0 1012
1996 737 4 26 244 1 n/a n/a 0 1012
1997 724 7 26 265 1 n/a n/a 0 1023
1998 747 13 25 285 3 n/a n/a 0 1073
1999 815 20 31 295 5 n/a n/a 0 1166
2000 806 14 28 308 7 n/a n/a 0 1163
2001 790 11 21 315 7 n/a n/a 0 1144
2002 802 14 26 354 6 n/a n/a 0 1202
2003 802 14 26 354 6 n/a n/a 0 1202
2004 778 11 35 399 8 n/a n/a 0 1231
2005 745 19 35 399 4 n/a n/a 0 1202
2006 722 13 31 416 3 n/a n/a 0 1185
2007 697 13 29 429 4 n/a n/a 1 1173
2008 689 12 34 403 5 n/a n/a 0 1143
2009 621 13 28 453 6 7 1 0 1129
2010 616 15 29 433 5 13 0 0 1111
2011 616 15 29 403 5 8 1 0 1077
2012 667 18 26 435 7 4 2 0 1159
2013 619 17 29 455 9 4 3 0 1136
2014 591 10 39 429 6 4 10 0 1089
2015 662 11 43 436 1 3 17 0 1173
2016 674 14 39 439 2 2 20 0 1190
2017 687 10 50 411 2 1 21 0 1182
2018 685 10 47 399 0 0 23 0 1164
2019 629 12 31 461 1 0 41 0 1175
2020 586 11 26 458 2 1 68 0 1152
2021 532 5 27 345 0 1 67 0 977
2022 517 2 29 382 1 0 58 0 989
2023 436 2 26 377 1 1 70 2 915
2024 435 2 26 383 2 1 75 0 924

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Horace Ensign Intermediate

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 702 32.8 21.4 n/a
1989 686 31.5 21.7 n/a
1990 772 33.2 23.2 n/a
1991 750 35.4 21.1 n/a
1992 825 36.0 22.9 19.9
1993 862 32.9 26.2 24.1
1994 874 35.0 25.0 25.4
1995 1012 38.6 26.2 29.1
1996 1012 38.6 26.2 29.1
1997 1023 41.1 24.9 29
1998 1073 41.1 26.1 20.5
1999 1166 46.0 25.3 27.5
2000 1163 44.8 26.0 32.6
2001 1144 47.0 24.3 28
2002 1202 48.4 24.8 28.9
2003 1202 48.4 24.8 28.9
2004 1231 47.8 25.8 31.9
2005 1202 42.6 28.2 34.4
2006 1185 42.2 28.1 32.7
2007 1173 42.7 27.5 34.1
2008 1143 46.7 24.5 32.7
2009 1129 40.6 23.6 44.5
2010 1111 41.0 27.1 43.3
2011 1077 n/a n/a 39.6
2012 1159 40.8 28.4 n/a
2013 1136 42.0 27.0 44.5
2014 1089 39.9 27.2 43.8
2015 1173 43.0 27.2 41.5
2016 1190 43.0 27.6 39.9
2017 1182 43.7 27.0 36.4
2018 1164 46.9 24.8 38.7
2019 1175 48.1 24.4 40
2020 1152 n/a n/a 39.3
2021 977 42.5 22.9 37.1
2022 989 43.8 22.5 31.4
2023 915 42.1 21.6 47.5
2024 924 42.1 21.9 49.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Horace Ensign Intermediate

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 702 32.8 21.4 n/a
1989 686 31.5 21.7 n/a
1990 772 33.2 23.2 n/a
1991 750 35.4 21.1 n/a
1992 825 36.0 22.9 19.9
1993 862 32.9 26.2 24.1
1994 874 35.0 25.0 25.4
1995 1012 38.6 26.2 29.1
1996 1012 38.6 26.2 29.1
1997 1023 41.1 24.9 29
1998 1073 41.1 26.1 20.5
1999 1166 46.0 25.3 27.5
2000 1163 44.8 26.0 32.6
2001 1144 47.0 24.3 28
2002 1202 48.4 24.8 28.9
2003 1202 48.4 24.8 28.9
2004 1231 47.8 25.8 31.9
2005 1202 42.6 28.2 34.4
2006 1185 42.2 28.1 32.7
2007 1173 42.7 27.5 34.1
2008 1143 46.7 24.5 32.7
2009 1129 40.6 23.6 44.5
2010 1111 41.0 27.1 43.3
2011 1077 n/a n/a 39.6
2012 1159 40.8 28.4 n/a
2013 1136 42.0 27.0 44.5
2014 1089 39.9 27.2 43.8
2015 1173 43.0 27.2 41.5
2016 1190 43.0 27.6 39.9
2017 1182 43.7 27.0 36.4
2018 1164 46.9 24.8 38.7
2019 1175 48.1 24.4 40
2020 1152 n/a n/a 39.3
2021 977 42.5 22.9 37.1
2022 989 43.8 22.5 31.4
2023 915 42.1 21.6 47.5
2024 924 42.1 21.9 49.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Horace Ensign Intermediate

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 344th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 265th of 2802 Middle schools
 3.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Horace Ensign Intermediate)6970.1
 1.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Newport-Mesa Unified)62.157.8
 4.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Horace Ensign Intermediate)54.757.2
 2.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Newport-Mesa Unified)48.749.3
 0.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Horace Ensign Intermediate)6770.5
 3.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Newport-Mesa Unified)55.755.2
 0.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Horace Ensign Intermediate)62.255.1
 7.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Newport-Mesa Unified)50.143.7
 6.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Horace Ensign Intermediate)54.650.5
 4.2%
   8th Grade Science (Newport-Mesa Unified)44.840.5
 4.3%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students1175915
 22.1%
African American122
 83.3%
American Indian11
Asian3126
 16.1%
Hispanic461377
 18.2%
Pacific Islander01
White629436
 30.7%
Two or More Races4170
 70.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients40%47.5%
 7.5%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 924 students attended Horace Ensign Intermediate.

Students at Horace Ensign Intermediate are 47% White, 41% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

Horace Ensign Intermediate ranks 351st of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Horace Ensign Intermediate usually go on to attend Newport Harbor High


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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