Summary:
ZIP code 92612 has three Irvine Unified schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: University Park Elementary (K–6; 509 students), Rancho San Joaquin Middle (grades 7–8; 860 students), and University High (grades 9–12; 2,307 students). All three are above state proficiency in ELA, math, and science in 2025–26. The most important area-wide finding is that this above-state performance is not equally strong across schools, especially in science.
Rancho San Joaquin Middle leads the group in all three subjects, with 77% proficiency in ELA, 77% in math, and 73% in science—28, 39, and 37 percentage points above the state, respectively. University Park Elementary is lowest in the All Grades results, at 59% in ELA, 64% in math, and 38% in science; its science result is just 2 points above the state. Its sixth-grade results are a notable exception: 75% in ELA and 84% in math, respectively 27 and 46 points above state results. University High is also above the state in all three subjects, by 21 points in ELA, 30 in math, and 34 in science.
Recent changes are mixed: the three-school average rose 2 points in ELA and 4 in math from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while science fell 1 point; University High improved in all three subjects, while University Park Elementary’s science score fell 12 points. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 statewide rankings place Rancho at the 96th percentile, University High at the 93rd, and University Park at the 76th; SchoolDigger gives Irvine Unified five stars and ranks it 69 of 968 districts. Student-teacher ratios range from 24.3 at Rancho to 27.3 at University Park. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 22% at Rancho, 23% at University High, and 35% at University Park; these are context, not explanations for school results.
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