Based on student learning results, Canyon View School has distinguished itself over its fourteen years of existence. Earning an Academic Performance Index score of 963 in 2012, Canyon View continues to be recognized as a top performing school in Orange County. Canyon View contributes the largest number of elementary science projects at the district science fair. School artists and musicians are regularly featured in I.U.S.D. Honor Band and chorus performances, as well as numerous art shows, such as the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts, the Imagination Celebration, City Hall and local merchant displays.

Canyon View School opened our doors for kindergarten through grade 6 at an interim portable site in September 1998, and moved to our current facility in spring, 2000. The Canyon View staff, in collaboration with our parents, students, and community partners, has created a broadly effective K-6 educational program that has received the highest state recognition -"California Distinguished School" both in 2002 and 2008, as well as national recognition as a "NCLB National Blue Ribbon School." Canyon View parents are deeply committed to our school and our staff, and ALL our students, and constantly look for ways to enrich our instructional program.