About Us:

Canyon View School is presently eight years old and one of the newer K-6 elementary schools in the Irvine Unified School District. We opened our doors for kindergarten through grade 5 in an interim portable site in September, 1998, and moved to our spacious new facility in spring, 2000. Within eight short years the staff has created a broadly effective K-6 educational program that has received the highest state recognition – “California Distinguished School.” Last year Canyon View also received national recognition as a “NCLB National Blue Ribbon School.” Canyon View parents have strongly collaborated with the staff to significantly support and enrich the instructional program.

Canyon View is a neighborhood school that serves the immediate community. A large percentage of parents are in professional occupations, with high expectations of the school and their children. Most of our parents value literacy and learning, and they generously support the goals of the school program. Many of our families are Irvine residents who wished to move up in size and quality of home but wanted to remain in Irvine because of the IUSD schools. Because of the rapid development of the community, we presently are operating at full capacity of 900 students, including three Special Day Classes. We have re-occupied ten of the portable classrooms at the interim site, which house a portion of our third, fourth and sixth grade classes in addition to special education classes.

Our mission is to empower students to succeed in a diverse and changing world. We welcome visitors to our campus and would like to invite you to experience our educational community firsthand.