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International School for Science and Culture, Costa Mesa, CA

Charter schoolCEP schoolInternational School for Science and Culture is a public elementary school in Costa Mesa, part of International School for Science and Culture District. It enrolled 97 students in 2024-25, with 19.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
97
Teachers (FTE)
5.0
Students per teacher
19.4
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 19.4. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.4
District19.4
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
1770 Tustin Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Phone
(949)441-4500
District
International School for Science and Culture District
County
Orange County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
060250714420
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
33
Reduced-price lunch
7
Free or reduced-price lunch
4041.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification
28Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Costa Mesa

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.