Woodbridge High School (WHS) Entertainment Corps has once again demonstrated its musical and visual arts excellence by capturing the California State Band Championships (CSBC) title for Division 6A, earning first place for the eighth year in the past decade.
The U.S. News & World Report ranked seven IUSD elementary and middle schools among the top 100 Best Elementary and Middle Schools in California in their latest rankings for 2026.
Katherine Findlay, music teacher at Meadow Park, Woodbury, and Westpark elementary schools, as well as the Irvine Adult Transition Program, was named a semifinalist for the national GRAMMY Music Educator Award.
IUSD continues its tradition of excellence, with state standardized assessment scores outperforming both state and Orange County averages. IUSD ranked No. 1 in California in Science, Mathematics, and English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA) for public school districts with 35,000 or more students.
Three IUSD students have been named among Thermo Fisher Scientific’s top 300 junior innovators.
Eighteen IUSD students earned the Congressional Gold Medal Award, the United States Congress’s highest honor bestowed upon a youth civilian.
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently recognized 62 IUSD students as semifinalists in its prestigious scholarship program, the highest number of qualifiers in the county.
