Northwood is a community encompassing the northern portions of the city of Irvine, in Orange County, California. It covers the area enclosed by the Santa Ana Freeway, Culver Drive, Portola Parkway and Jeffrey Road. Northwood, which began construction in the early 1970s, is the only community in Irvine that was developed independent of the Irvine Company. Like most of Irvine’s villages, Northwood is known for certain unique characteristics, the most prominent of which are the eucalyptus windrows that enclose neighborhoods and line main thoroughfares, and include many of the trees that were planted when the land was farmed, as crop protection against fierce Santa Ana Winds. These windrows are more frequent and closer together in the Northwood area than in other parts of Irvine. Also characteristic of the village are views of the Santa Ana Mountains to the north and a preponderance of single-family dwellings often situated on somewhat larger lots.
Northwood is within the Irvine Unified School District. All four of the elementary schools in Northwood, Santiago Hills Elementary School, Canyon View Elementary School, Brywood Elementary School, and Northwood Elementary School perform well. The elementary schools scored between 889 and 951 out of a possible 1,000 on the 2007 Academic Performance Index Base Report. Northwood Elementary was named a National Blue Ribbon School for 2008.
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Northwood Commute
Q2 2018 Median Sales Price
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$760.0k
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Northwood Elementary SCHOOLS
- KINDERGARTEN 6TH GRADE
- Principal Ms Astrid Ramirez
- Student / Teacher Ratio 24/1
- 1 WESTWOOD, IRVINE, 92620
- KINDERGARTEN 6TH GRADE
- Principal Ms Harmony Briscoe
- Student / Teacher Ratio 25/1
- 100 HONORS, IRVINE, 92620
- KINDERGARTEN 6TH GRADE
- Principal Ms Janelle Kellar
- Student / Teacher Ratio 21/1
- 28 CARSON, IRVINE, 92620
- KINDERGARTEN 6TH GRADE
- Principal Ms Carla Beal
- Student / Teacher Ratio 28/1
- 355 RUSH LILY, IRVINE, 92620
- KINDERGARTEN 6TH GRADE
- Principal Mr Alan Battenfield
- Student / Teacher Ratio 28/1
- 125 GREAT LAWN, IRVINE, 92620
- KINDERGARTEN 6TH GRADE
- Principal Dr Michele Ogden
- Student / Teacher Ratio 21/1
- 29 CHRISTAMON W, IRVINE, 92620
- KINDERGARTEN 6TH GRADE
- Principal Ms Christine Giguiere
- Student / Teacher Ratio 28/1
- 12025 YALE CT, IRVINE, 92620
Northwood Middle SCHOOLS
- 7TH GRADE 8TH GRADE
- Principal Michael Georgino
- Student / Teacher Ratio 26/1
- 155 VISIONS, IRVINE, 92620
- 7TH GRADE 8TH GRADE
- Principal Ms Lynn Matassarin
- Student / Teacher Ratio 28/1
- 2 LIBERTY, IRVINE, 92620
Northwood High SCHOOLS
- 9TH GRADE 12TH GRADE
- Principal Leslie Roach
- Student / Teacher Ratio 33/1
- 4515 PORTOLA PKWY, IRVINE, 92620
Northwood Private SCHOOLS
- Student / Teacher Ratio Not Reported/1
- 6304 IRVINE BLVD, IRVINE, 92620
- KINDERGARTEN 1ST GRADE
- Principal Ms Lisa Fukunaga
- Student / Teacher Ratio 10/1
- 12100 YALE CT, IRVINE, 92620
- PRESCHOOL 6TH GRADE
- Principal Dr Dina Eletreby
- Student / Teacher Ratio 8/1
- 1 TRUMAN ST, IRVINE, 92620
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