Summary:
Zip code 92604 has nine schools serving elementary through high school: five elementary schools, two middle schools and two high schools; eight are in Irvine Unified, while Irvine International Academy is a separate K–8 school. In 2025–26, every school’s all-grades proficiency rates were above state results, but the biggest difference between schools was in science: a 36-percentage-point spread from highest to lowest.
Eastshore Elementary led in ELA and science, with 82% and 78% proficient; Irvine International Academy led in math at 78%. At the other end, Greentree Elementary had the lowest ELA and math results, at 59% and 57%, while Irvine High had the lowest science result, at 42%. Even these lowest results were above the state: by 10 points in ELA, 18 in math and 6 in science. Among the high schools, Woodbridge High led Irvine High in all three subjects, including by 23 points in science.
Area school averages dipped from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in ELA and math, by about 1 percentage point each, while science rose by about 1 point; the average school-to-state gap narrowed by about 2 points in each subject. School trends differed: Stone Creek Elementary improved in all three subjects, while Irvine High declined in all three. SchoolDigger ranked Lakeside Middle 76th of 2,703 middle schools, at the 97th percentile. Income figures offer context, not an explanation: the schools report free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25, ranging from 17% at Eastshore to 30% at Greentree; Irvine International Academy reports 28% and leads in math.
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