Irvine is one of the nation’s largest planned urban communities located in Orange County, California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The 65-square-mile city has a population of roughly 276,000. A number of corporations, particularly in the technology and semiconductor sectors, have their national or international headquarters in Irvine. Irvine is also home to several higher education institutions including the University of California, Irvine (UCI), Concordia University, Irvine Valley College, the Orange County Center of the University of Southern California (USC), and campuses of California State University Fullerton (CSUF), University of La Verne, and Pepperdine University.
Of important note, Irvine is also a city of artists. Irvine has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Irvine’s character. The most common language spoken in Irvine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Korean.
Irvine home prices are among the most expensive in California, but Irvine real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
The history of Irvine is not a long one. In fact, today’s growing city is less than 50 years old. But the Irvine region has a long and rich history, owing much to ranching, agriculture and, of course, education. The land that would become the City of Irvine was divided among large ranches supporting tens of thousands of cattle and horses: Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, Rancho San Joaquin and Rancho Lomas de Santiago.
In 1878, James Irvine bought out his partners for $150,000, creating the great Irvine Ranch — more than 110,000 acres stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Santa Ana River. Gradually the Irvine family shifted operations from ranching to agriculture, growing mainly lima beans, though crops would ultimately include olives, barley, avocados, asparagus, strawberries and oranges.
In the late 1800s, James Irvine, Jr. incorporated The Irvine Company, and a town slowly grew up around the agricultural center, what is now the preserved area just off of I-5 known as Old Town Irvine. In 1960, the Irvine Company sold to the University of California 1,000 acres for a new “Irvine” campus (UCI) at the hefty price of $1, and Irvine’s modern history was born. Beginning in 1970, the Irvine Company would oversee plans to transform 43 square miles of undeveloped land near the new UCI campus into a master-planned community of 50,000 people. Houses and neighborhoods took the place of crops as Irvine became California’s fastest-growing city.
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Generally known as a single-family home, a detached home shares no common walls with another house or dwelling.
An attached home is a structure that shares a common wall or walls with another unit such as townhomes and condominiums.
Irvine is home to some of the best schools all around. Most of Irvine is located in the Irvine Unified School District (IUSD). The six high schools in IUSD are University High School, Irvine High School, Northwood High School, Woodbridge High School, and Portola High School, and Creekside High School. Irvine’s high schools in IUSD have consistently placed in the upper range of Newsweek’s list of the Top 1,300 U.S. Public High Schools.
Irvine is also home to 24 elementary and 10 middle schools, including 4 popular year-round, open enrollment K-8 schools. Parts of the north and west of the city are within the Tustin Unified School District including the top-rated Arnold O. Beckman High School.
Beacon Park School (K-8)
200 Cultivate, Irvine, CA 92618
Bob Curley, Principal
(949) 936-8400
Bonita Canyon Elementary (K-6)
1 Sundance Drive, Irvine, CA 92603
Corey Pace, Principal
(949) 936-5450
Brywood Elementary (K-6)
Specialized Program:
Alternative Programs for Academically
Accelerated Students (APAAS)
1 Westwood, Irvine, CA 92620
Timothy Moeller, Principal
(949) 936-5500
Cadence Park School (K-8)
750 Benchmark, Irvine, CA 92618
Carlo Grasso, Principal
(949) 404-1300
Canyon View Elementary (K-6)
12025 Yale Court, Irvine, CA 92620
Christine Miller, Principal
(949) 936-6900
College Park Elementary (K-6)
3700 Chaparral, Irvine, CA 92606
Meg Gwyn, Principal
(949) 936-5550
Culverdale Elementary (K-6)
2 Paseo Westpark, Irvine, CA 92614
David Burke, Principal
(949) 936-5600
Cypress Village Elementary (K-6)
355 Rush Lily, Irvine, CA 92620
Carla Beal, Principal
(949) 936-8900
Deerfield Elementary (K-6)
Specialized Program:
Alternative Programs for Academically
Acceler ated Students (APAAS),
2 Deerfield Avenue, Irvine, CA 92604
Julie Hatchel, Principal
(949) 936-5650
Eastshore Elementary (K-6)
Specialized Program:
Alternative Programs for Academically
Accelerated Students (APAAS)
155 Eastshore, Irvine, CA 92604
Lisa Kadam, Principal
(949) 936-5700
Eastwood Elementary (K-6)
99 Meander, Irvine, CA 92620
Aaron Jetzer, Principal
(949) 936-8100
Greentree Elementary (K-6)
4200 Manzanita, Irvine, CA 92604
Tamara Brown, Principal
(949) 936-5800
Loma Ridge Elementary (K-6)
500 Tomato Springs, Irvine, CA 92618
Jenna Berumen, Principal
(949) 404-1400
Meadow Park Elementary (K-6)
50 Blue Lake South, Irvine, CA 92614
Thomas Potwora, Principal
(949) 936-5900
Northwood Elementary (K-6)
28 Carson, Irvine, CA 92620
Janelle Mazza, Principal
(949) 936-5950
Oak Creek Elementary (K-6)
1 Dove Creek, Irvine, CA 92618
Mandy Ferrell, Principal
(949) 936-8550
Plaza Vista School (K-8) •
•Year-Round School
670 Paseo Westpark, Irvine, CA 92606
James Parker, Principal
(949) 936-6950
Portola Springs Elementary (K-6)
12100 Portola Springs, Irvine, CA 92618
Megan Bricker, Principal
(949) 936-8800
Santiago Hills Elementary (K-6)
Specialized Program:
Alternative Programs for Academically
Acceler ated Students (APAAS)
29 Christamon West, Irvine, CA 92620
Michele Ogden, Principal
(949) 936-6000
Springbrook Elementary (K-6)
Specialized Program:
Elementary Montessori
Interim Site at El Camino Real
4782 Karen Ann Lane, Irvine, CA 92604
Sunny Shen, Principal
(949) 936-6050
Stone Creek Elementary (K-6)
2 Stone Creek South, Irvine, CA 92604
Christina Pierson, Principal
(949) 936-6200
Stonegate Elementary (K-6)
100 Honors, Irvine, CA 92620
Sam Joo , Principal
(949) 936-6450
Turtle Rock Elementary (K-6)
Specialized Program:
Alternative Programs for Academically
Accelerated Students (APAAS)
5151 Amalfi Drive, Irvine, CA 92603
Jeremy Stonebarger, Principal
(949) 936-6250
University Park Elementary (K-6)
4572 Sandburg Way, Irvine, CA 92612
Molly Daley, Principal
(949) 936-6300
Vista Verde School (K-8) •
•Year-Round School
6 Federation Way, CA 92603
Gerald Vlasic, Principal
(949) 936-6350
Westpark Elementary (K-6) •
•Year-Round School
Specialized Program:
Alternative Programs for Academically
Accelerated Students (APAAS)
25 San Carlo, Irvine, CA 92614
Deanna Rutter, Principal
(949) 936-6400
Woodbury Elementary (K-6) •
•Year-Round School
125 Great Lawn, Irvine, CA 92620
Alan Battenfield, Principal
(949) 936-5750
Beacon Park School (K-8)
200 Cultivate, Irvine, CA 92618
Bob Curley, Principal
(949) 936-8400
Cadence Park School (K-8)
750 Benchmark, Irvine, CA 92618
Carlo Grasso, Principal
(949) 404-1300
Jeffrey Trail Middle School (7-8)
155 Visions, Irvine, CA 92620
Michael Georgino, Principal
(949) 936-8700
Lakeside Middle School (7-8)
3 Lemongrass, Irvine, CA 92604
Scott Sodorff, Principal
(949) 936-6100
Plaza Vista School (K-8) •
•Year-Round School
670 Paseo Westpark, Irvine, CA 92606
James Parker, Principal
(949) 936-6950
Rancho San Joaquin Middle School (7-8)
Newcomer English Language
Development (ELD) for 7-8
4861 Michelson Drive, Irvine, CA 92612
Mike Modeer, Principal
(949) 936-6500
San Joaquin Middle School (7-8)
Blended Learning Middle School
3387 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA 92606
Rebecca Roberts, Director
(949) 936-7400
Sierra Vista Middle School (7-8)
2 Liberty, Irvine, CA 92620
Jeff Morano, Principal
(949) 936-6600
South Lake Middle School (7-8)
655 West Yale Loop, Irvine, CA 92614
Belinda Averill, Principal
(949) 936-6700
Venado Middle School (7-8)
Specialized Program:
Hearing Impaired Program (HIP)
(Orange County Dept. of Education)
4 Deerfield Avenue, Irvine, CA 92604
Luis Torres, Principal
(949) 936-6800
Vista Verde School (K-8) •
•Year-Round School
6 Federation Way, Irvine, CA 92603
Gerald Vlasic, Principal
(949) 936-6350
Creekside High School (9-12)
Alternative High School
3387 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA 92606
Rebecca Roberts, Principal
(949) 936-7400
lrvine High School (9-12)
4321 Walnut Avenue, Irvine, CA 92604
Monica Colunga, Principal
(949) 936-7000
Northwood High School (9-12)
4515 Portola Parkway, Irvine, CA 92620
Leslie Roach, Principal
(949) 936-7200
Portola High School (9-12)
1001 Cadence, Irvine, CA 92618
John Pehrson, Principal
(949) 936-8200
San Joaquin High School (9-12)
Blended Learning High School
3387 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA 92606
Rebecca Roberts, Director
(949) 936-7400
University High School (9-12)
Specialized Program:
Hearing Impaired Program (HIP)
(Orange County Dept. of Education)
Newcomer English Language Program
for All Schools 9-12
4771 Campus Drive, Irvine, CA 92612
Kevin Astor, Principal
(949) 936-7600
Woodbridge High School (9-12)
2 Meadowbrook, Irvine, CA 92604
Christopher Krebs, Principal
(949) 936-7800
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