U.S. News & World Report released its latest ranking of the country's "Best High Schools" this week, and four of IUSD’s comprehensive high schools made the list. Additionally, IUSD is the only Orange County school district to have three schools in the California top 100 ranking. Below are the rankings.
| School | State Ranking | National Ranking |
| University | # 57 | # 451 |
| Northwood | # 80 | # 580 |
| Woodbridge | #95 | #693 |
| Irvine | #240 | #1,723 |
| Portola* | NA | NA |
* Portola High School, which opened in 2016, was not eligible for consideration, because this year is its first-ever graduating senior class. Portola will be eligible next year.
According to the report, the highest-ranked schools are those whose students excelled on state tests and performed beyond expectations, participated in and passed a variety of college-level exams, and graduated in high proportions. More than 24,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia were ranked. For more information, click here.