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Brywood Elementary

Public Grades K-6

315^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 95% of California elementary schools

Summary

Brywood Elementary is a highly-regarded K-6 public school serving 578 students in the top-tier Irvine Unified School District, consistently ranking in the top 5-6% of all California elementary schools for over a decade.

Academically, Brywood is a model of stable excellence, with students significantly outperforming both district and state averages in English, Math, and Science. Its strength is particularly evident in the upper grades, where sixth graders achieve over 88% proficiency. The school shows notable effectiveness in supporting diverse learners, including English Language Learners and students in Special Education. However, an area for potential growth is its chronic absenteeism rate of 8.7%, which is higher than some top-performing neighbors like Santiago Hills Elementary (5.2%) and Canyon View Elementary (5.0%), despite being well below the state average.

When compared to nearby schools, Brywood represents a reliable, high-performing choice. It spends more per student than some higher-ranked schools, which may reflect resources dedicated to specialized support programs. While specialized schools like the Irvine Chinese Immersion Academy may rank slightly higher, Brywood offers remarkable consistency and a strong track record of helping students grow from grade to grade, making it an excellent and steady option for families.

578

Students ?

27.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,486

Per pupil spending ?

17.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1 Westwood
Irvine, CA 92620-6200

(949) 936-5500

District: Irvine Unified

Students who attend Brywood Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Sierra Vista Middle
High:	Northwood High

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

57.1%

White:

18.0%

Two or more races:

11.8%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 95th percentile in 2013 → 95th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (78% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 5% of California elementary schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 28 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school78%

District avg71%

California avg41%

315^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 5%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

9^th of 30Elementary Schools in the Irvine Unified

114^th of 1,543Irvine Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	95.2	315 of 5857	94.6%	★★★★★
2024	95.9	271 of 5869	95.4%	★★★★★
2023	96.3	246 of 5859	95.8%	★★★★★
2022	96.5	242 of 5883	95.9%	★★★★★
2019	94.9	297 of 5789	94.9%	★★★★★
2018	96.0	219 of 5662	96.1%	★★★★★
2017	97.8	103 of 5692	98.2%	★★★★★
2016	96.0	229 of 5614	95.9%	★★★★★
2015	96.2	255 of 5611	95.5%	★★★★★
2013	92.3	300 of 5530	94.6%	★★★★★
2012	92.3	267 of 5390	95.0%	★★★★★
2011	92.8	266 of 5377	95.1%	★★★★★
2010	94.2	189 of 5314	96.4%	★★★★★
2009	93.7	243 of 5193	95.3%	★★★★★
2008	90.6	448 of 5113	91.2%	★★★★★
2007	93.5	315 of 5113	93.8%	★★★★★
2006	94.7	229 of 4818	95.2%	★★★★★
2005	93.8	280 of 4822	94.2%	★★★★★
2004	90.7	474 of 4809	90.1%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	75.8	274 of 1203	77.2%	★★★★☆
2024	72.6	352 of 1205	70.8%	★★★★☆
2023	74.2	292 of 1190	75.5%	★★★★☆
2022	77.8	209 of 1154	81.9%	★★★★☆
2019	76.3	223 of 1149	80.6%	★★★★☆
2018	77.5	205 of 1071	80.9%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	76.0	355 of 2227	84.1%	★★★★☆
2019	72.4	466 of 2585	82.0%	★★★★☆
2018	82.7	249 of 2128	88.3%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	93.9	114 of 3275	96.5%	★★★★★
2018	91.4	159 of 3246	95.1%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	95.1	254 of 5597	95.5%	★★★★★
2024	95.5	248 of 5612	95.6%	★★★★★
2023	95.2	264 of 5609	95.3%	★★★★★
2022	96.1	220 of 5635	96.1%	★★★★★
2019	93.7	305 of 5492	94.4%	★★★★★
2018	96.3	130 of 5413	97.6%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	79.0	749 of 4963	84.9%	★★★★☆
2018	70.4	1124 of 4830	76.7%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	79.8	768 of 5460	85.9%	★★★★☆
2024	85.4	608 of 5517	89.0%	★★★★☆
2023	88.0	457 of 5363	91.5%	★★★★★
2022	86.3	503 of 5264	90.4%	★★★★★
2019	80.7	681 of 5173	86.8%	★★★★☆
2018	72.3	1057 of 5084	79.2%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	93.6	361 of 5628	93.6%	★★★★★
2024	94.7	305 of 5643	94.6%	★★★★★
2023	95.8	239 of 5638	95.8%	★★★★★
2022	95.8	247 of 5663	95.6%	★★★★★
2019	94.3	291 of 5510	94.7%	★★★★★
2018	93.4	363 of 5431	93.3%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	83.9	69 of 718	90.4%	★★★★★
2024	77.3	140 of 670	79.1%	★★★★☆
2023	66.6	238 of 669	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	81.9	76 of 610	87.5%	★★★★☆
2019	83.5	41 of 445	90.8%	★★★★★
2018	78.1	58 of 339	82.9%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	86.7	237 of 2635	91.0%	★★★★★
2023	82.3	281 of 2420	88.4%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	72.4	674 of 2598	74.1%	★★★★☆
2024	81.7	363 of 2651	86.3%	★★★★☆
2023	76.5	564 of 2661	78.8%	★★★★☆
2022	66.8	917 of 2726	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	64.0	1060 of 2834	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	76.6	573 of 2737	79.1%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2019)97th percentile~ school

Female (2025)95th percentile~ school

Male (2025)94th percentile~ school

Special Education (2024)91st percentile-4 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)90th percentile-4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)86th percentile-9 vs school

Hispanic (2019)85th percentile-10 vs school

Disabled (2022)84th percentile-12 vs school

Asian (2025)77th percentile-17 vs school

White (2025)74th percentile-21 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics79%+42 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy79%+30 vs state

Science69%+36 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Extremely RUDE front office employees who act like parents/children are a bother to them. If they were working for a private sector, they would have been fired long time ago. Totally unacceptable behavior and leaves a bad impression on the school. Put them out of their misery and please replace them with people who actually want to be there. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, December 10, 2015

The class sizes are very large. The APAAS program has a teacher who should not be teaching gifted students. She calls them her, "little nerds!" Imagine a teacher being so oblivious or uncaring about the impact of her words when parents are working hard to encourage their children in academics. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Brywood Elementary	Public	K-6	1 Westwood	Irvine	92620	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-5500	578	21	27.5	17.6%	104 (18.0%)	17 (2.9%)	52 (9.0%)	330 (57.1%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	68 (11.8%)	95.2	315^th of 5857 public elementary schools	94.6%		95.9	271^st of 5869 public elementary schools	95.4%	44	68.7		68.7	68.0	84.0	72.2	88.2			78.8	77.2	80.2	70.4	88.2			79.2	92.7	94.6		92.7	96.4	94.6	$14,486	$14,094	$392
Irvine Chinese Immersion Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	1 Liberty	Irvine	92620	Orange County	Irvine Chinese Immersion Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 559-6868	455	16	27.6	13.2%	17 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.3%)	373 (82.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	56 (12.3%)	97.5	113^th of 5857 public elementary schools	98.1%					(n/a)				75.0	97.3					85.2	86.4	97.3					91.4							$27,905	$27,460	$445
Northwood Elementary	Public	K-6	28 Carson	Irvine	92620	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-5950	508	17	29.8	33.3%	101 (19.9%)	24 (4.7%)	83 (16.3%)	252 (49.6%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	43 (8.5%)	83.9	966^th of 5857 public elementary schools	83.5%		85.5	931^st of 5869 public elementary schools	84.1%	35	59.4		59.4	51.4	58.8	74.6	68.7			63.5	62.0	65.2	52.9	67.7			62.5	96.4						$15,541	$14,698	$843
Santiago Hills Elementary	Public	K-6	29 Christamon West	Irvine	92620	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-6000	548	19	28.8	12.4%	84 (15.3%)	2 (0.4%)	38 (6.9%)	367 (67.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (10.0%)	98.3	49^th of 5857 public elementary schools	99.2%		98.1	73^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	98.8%	24	79.8		79.8	85.0	82.6	85.9	89.9			85.7	85.0	86.3	91.5	90.4			88.5							$15,457	$15,228	$229
Irvine International Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	4782 Karen Ann Ln.	Irvine	92604	Orange County	Irvine International Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 242-6164	530	23	23.0	27.9%	116 (21.9%)	11 (2.1%)	13 (2.5%)	362 (68.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.3%)	92.8	488^th of 5857 public elementary schools	91.7%		98	77^th of 5869 public elementary schools	98.7%	411	63.3	73.3	65.6	82.0	58.6	73.5	85.3	88.5	73.3	77.6	88.5	76.7	57.1	73.5	77.8	73.3	75.0							$18,699	$17,822	$877
Hicks Canyon Elementary	Public	K-5	3817 Viewpark	Irvine	92602	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 734-1878	830	31	26.7	37.5%	175 (21.1%)	11 (1.3%)	129 (15.5%)	425 (51.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	88 (10.6%)	93.7	427^th of 5857 public elementary schools	92.7%		94.1	426^th of 5869 public elementary schools	92.7%	1	62.1		62.1	73.8	70.1	77.3				73.9	81.6	73.3	76.6				77.1	97.3		98.2	98.2	98.2		$17,310	$16,402	$908
College Park Elementary	Public	K-6	3700 Chaparral Ave.	Irvine	92606	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-5550	430	16	26.1	19.3%	106 (24.7%)	9 (2.1%)	77 (17.9%)	197 (45.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	39 (9.1%)	90.5	627^th of 5857 public elementary schools	89.3%		93.6	463^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	92.1%	164	68.3		68.3	80.0	67.1	77.1	67.6			72.2	81.8	68.0	52.4	67.6			67.0							$16,902	$16,524	$378
Irvine Unified School District Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	K-6	3700 Chaparral Ave.	Irvine	92606	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(949) 517-1500	58	3	19.4	20.7%	11 (19.0%)	3 (5.2%)	19 (32.8%)	16 (27.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (15.5%)	91.8	560^th of 5857 public elementary schools	90.4%		92.5	538^th of 5869 public elementary schools	90.8%	22	73.7		73.7		76.9	79.0				83.3		76.9	52.6				66.7							$25,441	$24,400	$1,041
Greentree Elementary	Public	K-6	4200 Manzanita	Irvine	92604	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-5800	434	16	26.8	29.7%	87 (20.0%)	4 (0.9%)	119 (27.4%)	153 (35.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (16.4%)	76.1	1329^th of 5857 public elementary schools	77.3%		70	1598^th of 5869 public elementary schools	72.8%	269	41.8		41.8	57.9	64.1	49.3	67.1			59.7	63.8	66.2	41.8	58.0			57.1	95.2						$17,624	$16,592	$1,032
Eastwood Elementary	Public	K-6	99 Meander	Irvine	92620	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-8100	647	25	25.9	15.6%	103 (15.9%)	4 (0.6%)	48 (7.4%)	429 (66.3%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	57 (8.8%)	89.7	682^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	88.4%		90.9	635^th of 5869 public elementary schools	89.2%	47	56.0		56.0	57.7	70.4	78.0	72.2			70.1	70.9	71.4	64.2	68.8			68.6							$14,347	$14,054	$293

Frequently Asked Questions about Brywood Elementary

How many students attend Brywood Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 578 students attended Brywood Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Brywood Elementary attend?

Students who attend Brywood Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Sierra Vista Middle
High : Northwood High

Is Brywood Elementary a good school?

Yes. Brywood Elementary ranks in the top 5.4% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Brywood Elementary?

Students at Brywood Elementary are 57% Asian, 18% White, 12% Two or more races, 9% Hispanic, 3% African American.

What district is Brywood Elementary in?

Irvine Unified

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