Irvine High

Irvine High operates as an expansive four-year high school in Irvine, California, run under Irvine Unified. Current enrollment sits at 1,964 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 134% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Irvine Unified runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 37,948 students. Irvine High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Irvine High logs that 53% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 20% White, 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Irvine High has 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 23% of students at Irvine High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Irvine High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.1%, the actual is 65.7%, a residual of -0.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household income runs about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Irvine High is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Greentree Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Irvine High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 2,055 students in 2018 compared to 1,964 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 26% to 20% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.2:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.