IUSD schools have received 12 GRAMMY Signature Awards.
IUSD schools are listed on the 2023 Best Schools in America report and ranked No. 1 district in Orange County by review site, Niche.com.
2024 marks 13 years of IUSD being nationally recognized as a “Best Community for Music Education” by the highly regarded NAMM Foundation.
IUSD schools have received the National Blue Ribbon Award 20 times since 1982.
Recognized by the state for a model School Attendance Review Board.
A Highest Performing School District In California
Awarded the California Distinguished Schools/Gold Ribbon designation 83 times since 1986.
U.S. News and World Report placed IUSD high schools in the California top 100 ranking.
Continuously ranks among the highest performing school districts in California in Math and English Language Arts/Literacy, outperforming both Orange County and State score averages.
IUSD students outperformed both state and county averages on the California Science Test (CAST), placing No. 1 in California among large public school districts.
98.7% completion of 2 or more college prep classes.
95.4% graduation rate.
83% scoring 3 or higher on AP assessments.
70% of students satisfy UC/CSU requirements.
In 2024, more than half of the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association Honor Group elementary musicians were from IUSD.
IUSD students continually place in the top 25 percent of the California MathCounts competition.
Seven IUSD high school students received baccalaureate scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Program, which is the most of any school district in Orange County.
IUSD students continue to receive top honors at the annual Orange County Science & Engineering Fair, sending the most students to the state competition.
Sierra Vista Middle School’s Science Olympiad Team placed first at the 2024 county and state Science Olympiad Tournaments.
IUSD high school Academic Decathlon teams consistently place first in the Orange County Academic Decathlon, advancing and placing among the top teams at the state competition.
In 2024, IUSD sent the most students to the California National History Day Competition with several teams advancing and placing at the national competition.
Among many accolades year after year, IUSD campuses are consistently named among the county’s best in the Orange County Register’s annual evaluation of elementary, middle and high schools.
Nationally Recognized
2022 marks ten years of IUSD being nationally recognized as a “Best Community for Music Education” by the highly regarded NAMM Foundation.
IUSD high schools have been consistently ranked top in the nation by Newsweek’s “List of America’s Top High Schools."
Woodbridge High School was named top school for music education in the nation by the GRAMMY Foundation in 2016 and IUSD was the first-ever district to have all four high schools named GRAMMY Signature Schools.
Named top five district in the nation for student achievement by the nonprofit Education Cities in 2016.
Consistently been recognized nationally as a “Best Community for Music Education” by the highly regarded NAMM Foundation.
IUSD schools have received the National Blue Ribbon Award 20 times since 1982.
Highest Performing School District in California
While IUSD has always had high academic performance, for the past two years, under new state testing, IUSD has ranked among the highest performing school districts in California in Math and English Language Arts/Literacy, outperforming both Orange County and State score averages.
In 2021, IUSD students exceeded the state and global averages on Visual and Performing Arts and Science Advanced Placement (AP) Assessments.
IUSD schools have been awarded the California Distinguished Schools/Gold Ribbon designation 83 times since 1986.
High school SAT scores consistently rank top in Orange County and in the state.
IUSD students continue to receive top honors at the annual Orange County Science & Engineering Fair, sending the most students to the state competition.
More than half of the Youth Ensemble Pacific Symphony musicians are IUSD students (152 or of 220 musicians), more than any district in the state.
In 2022, IUSD sent the most students to the California National History Day Competition with several teams advancing and placing at the national competition.
Among many accolades year after year, IUSD campuses are consistently named among the county’s best in the Orange County Register’s annual evaluation of elementary, middle and high schools.
