Irvine Unified School District
Irvine California
The Irvine Unified School District has more than twenty elementary schools, seven middle schools and five high schools. Irvine Unified School District saw more than twenty-five thousand enrolled in the year 2005, with a ninety-nine percent completion rate. This is an ethnically diverse school district with thirty-seven percent of the students of Asian descent; seven percent of the students are Hispanic with the remaining forty-six percent of white/non-Hispanic origin.
There is more than eleven hundred certified staff working for Irvine Unified School District, with more than five hundred of the teaching staff holding advanced degrees.
Class size averages close to twenty students per class for elementary primary; elementary upper, middle school and high school class sizes average around thirty students per class. The average Irvine Unified School District per-pupil spending comes to about seven thousand dollars each.
Parents considering enrollment in an Irvine Unified School District school should review http://www.iusd.k12.ca.us/enrollment/comtyfaq.htm that answers a wide variety of questions parents may have about school placement, transfers, and requirements for enrollment.
Irvine Unified School District has programs available for parents of students who need to develop their English skills. The English-as-a-Second-Language Immersion Program was adopted by Irvine Unified School District to help the rising number of ESL students attending IUSD schools.
Enrollment at Irvine Unified School District schools can take place at the individual school, or at One Stop Enrollment on the web at http://www.iusd.k12.ca.us/enrollment/onestop.htm. Check with Irvine Unified School District for requirements for in-person enrollment by calling 949.936.5000.