Plaza Vista

Plaza Vista, a sprawling K-5 school in Irvine, California, part of Irvine Unified, serves 835 students, covering grades K through 8. That puts it 80% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Plaza Vista shows that Asian students make up the majority at 55%. Other groups include 20% White, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Plaza Vista higher than the state norm the norm. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Plaza Vista tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Orange County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Plaza Vista is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Stone Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Plaza Vista. On composite proficiency, Plaza Vista comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 71.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Plaza Vista has declined 8%, going from 905 students in 2018 to 835 in 2025.

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