The California Department of Education released 2025-26 results for the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) on Thursday, October 15, 2026. Across all tested grades (3 through 8 and 11) in the Irvine Unified School District (IUSD), 74.33% of students scored Proficient (Level 3) or Advanced (Level 4) in English language arts and 70.65% did so in mathematics, above both the Orange County and statewide figures. The results pages already use the four renamed achievement levels.
Who Is Affected by the IUSD 2025-26 CAASPP Results
The summary figures on the results website are as follows (share of students at Proficient or Advanced):
| Scope | ELA, all grades | Math, all grades | ELA, grade 11 | Math, grade 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irvine Unified | 74.33% | 70.65% | 72.21% | 64.18% |
| Orange County | 59.17% | 50.20% | 63.43% | 41.86% |
| California | 49.26% | 38.35% | 57.41% | 31.92% |
Among all IUSD test takers, 45.21% in English language arts and 48.85% in mathematics reached the top level, Advanced. The Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) reported the same day that the county’s math rate rose from 49.2% in 2025 to 50.2%, close to the 50.4% recorded in 2019, and that about 46% of county students met the science standard, compared with about 36% statewide. The state also updated the California School Dashboard that day; the statewide four-year graduation rate reached 87.9%, the highest in a decade.
What to Do Now After the IUSD CAASPP Results Release
Read the student’s own score report. District summaries describe only the overall picture. How to read an individual report and what the new level names mean are explained in the EDUBUS brief CAASPP Results Go Public Oct 15 with New Level Names.
Read grade 11 results by purpose, not as a ranking. Grade 11 students who opt into the Early Assessment Program (EAP) have their English and math results sent to the California State University system and participating community colleges, where they are used for course placement only and not for college admission. High school preparation for college still centers on course selection, GPA, and AP results; school-level data are in the IUSD high school guides, and other Orange County public high schools are covered in the Orange County Top 10 Public High Schools Guide.
Look up individual schools. The results website can filter by school, grade, and student group, and it can compare a school with its district and the state.
Sources
- CAASPP Reporting: Irvine Unified 2025–26 Smarter Balanced Results, All Grades (accessed October 15, 2026)
- CAASPP Reporting: Irvine Unified 2025–26 Smarter Balanced Results, Grade 11 (accessed October 15, 2026)
- CAASPP Reporting: Orange County 2025–26 Results, All Grades (accessed October 15, 2026)
- CAASPP Reporting: Orange County 2025–26 Results, Grade 11 (accessed October 15, 2026)
- CAASPP Reporting: State of California 2025–26 Results, All Grades (accessed October 15, 2026)
- CAASPP Reporting: State of California 2025–26 Results, Grade 11 (accessed October 15, 2026)
- Starting Smarter: Frequently Asked Questions (accessed October 15, 2026)
- Orange County Department of Education: OC students continue to outpace state averages as math and science scores rise (accessed October 15, 2026)
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