Education Alternatives in Irvine, California

Irvine is served primarily by the Irvine Unified School District, which has over 24,000 students in 22 elementary schools, 7 middle schools, 6 high schools, and 3 alternative schools. Its high schools are often ranked in the 1,000 Best Public High Schools in America, and the elementary and middle schools are some of the best in the nation.

There are many great colleges and universities in Irvine and the surrounding area. The University of California-Irvine is one of the ten University of California campuses, and was ranked as the 44th best university in the U.S. in 2006. When it was built, it served as the center of the master planned community known as Irvine. Some of the other universities and colleges include the Irvine Valley College, Concordia University, and the California Institute of Customer Engineering.