Cypress Village Elementary

Located at 355 Rush Lily, in Irvine, California, Cypress Village Elementary is a sizable elementary school that hosts 1,007 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Irvine Unified. That puts it 117% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Irvine Unified comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 37,948 students; Cypress Village Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Cypress Village Elementary lists that the largest single group is Asian, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 29.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Orange County's rate of about 55%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cypress Village Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.7%; this one delivers 66.2%.

In the surrounding community, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cypress Village Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Jeffrey Trail Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cypress Village Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 71.2%.

Cypress Village Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 1,024 students in 2018 compared to 1,007 in 2025.

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