Early College High School (Costa Mesa, California)

Early College High School is a collaborative effort between the Newport-Mesa Unified School District and Coastline Community College. It is a public high school for grades 9 through 12 located at 2990 Mesa Verde Drive East in the Mesa Verde neighborhood of Costa Mesa, California, on the former site of Mesa Verde Elementary School. Previously ECHS was on the Back Bay/Monte Vista High School Campus.

Newport-Mesa Unified School District and Coastline Community College opened Early College High School in August 2006 under Principal Kathy Slawson. In August 2015, Dr. Dave Martinez was named as the school's second Principal. ECHS is an academic program intended to enable students to pursue post-secondary education at a community college, four-year college or university.

Students are offered not only the opportunity to earn a high school diploma and meet university entrance requirements, but they also take college courses for which they receive college units through concurrent enrollment.

ECHS has a maximum population of one hundred students per grade level, allowing for smaller class sizes, frequent opportunities for individual participation, and personalized attention from faculty and staff.

ECHS is a college preparatory educational program strategically designed to fulfill and exceed University of California “a-g” admission requirements.