Is Innovations Academy of Palmdale a good school?

Innovations Academy of Palmdale ranks in the bottom 3.3% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Innovations Academy of Palmdale?

In the 2022-23 school year, 486 students attended Innovations Academy of Palmdale.

What is the racial makeup of Innovations Academy of Palmdale?

Students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale are 68% Hispanic, 21% African American, 5% White, 3% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Summary:

Innovations Academy of Palmdale is a public virtual elementary school serving grades K-8 in the Palmdale Elementary District, with 486 students located in Palmdale, California. The school has consistently underperformed compared to the district and state, ranking in the bottom 5% of California elementary schools in recent years.

Innovations Academy of Palmdale faces significant challenges in supporting the academic achievement and engagement of its students. The school has seen low proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ranging from 5.81% to 29.07%) and Mathematics (5.81% to 10.64%), which are significantly below the district and state averages. Additionally, the school has experienced a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 0% in 2017-2018 to 47.2% in 2021-2022, before dropping to 0.7% in 2022-2023. This high rate of chronic absenteeism likely contributes to the school's poor academic performance. The school also serves a high-need population, with 88.27% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, higher than the surrounding schools in the district.

Interestingly, the nearby Manzanita Elementary, Mesquite Elementary, and Barrel Springs Elementary schools generally outperform Innovations Academy of Palmdale on academic measures, despite serving similar student populations. Additionally, Innovations Academy of Palmdale is located very close to Oak Tree Community Day, another small public school in the district that struggles with low academic performance and high chronic absenteeism, suggesting the need for targeted interventions and support for schools serving vulnerable student populations in the Palmdale area.

Detail:

Public, Virtual K-8

37230 37th St. East
Palmdale, CA 93550-2542

(661) 236-0161

District: Palmdale Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
5670^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $3,952

Student/teacher ratio: 28.9

Number of students: 486

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

68.1%

African American:

21.2%

White:

5.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 88.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Innovations Academy of Palmdale ranks worse than 96.7% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 19^th among 20 ranked elementary schools in the Palmdale Elementary School District. (See more...)

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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.68. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Innovations Academy of Palmdale is $3,952, which is the highest among 23 elementary schools in the Palmdale Elementary School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Innovations Academy of Palmdale:

SchoolDigger ranks Innovations Academy of Palmdale 5670^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Innovations Academy of Palmdale in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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SchoolDigger ranks Innovations Academy of Palmdale 2597^th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Innovations Academy of Palmdale in the ranking list.)

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Palmdale Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Palmdale Elementary 1346^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	4.79	5624^th	5662	0.7%
2022	11.85	5612^th	5883	4.6%
2023	9.56	5727^th	5874	2.5%
2024	10.20	5670^th	5862	3.3%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	21.86	3116^th	3311	5.9%
2023	20.45	3120^th	3250	4.0%
2024	16.09	3151^st	3160	0.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	14.69	4985^th	5264	5.3%
2023	11.03	5252^nd	5374	2.3%
2024	12.20	5308^th	5511	3.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	10.67	5501^st	5635	2.4%
2023	10.95	5460^th	5617	2.8%
2024	9.80	5468^th	5605	2.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	14.90	5220^th	5663	7.8%
2023	9.81	5531^st	5650	2.1%
2024	12.17	5357^th	5636	5.0%

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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	26.23	519^th	663	21.7%
2023	22.20	566^th	662	14.5%
2024	26.45	465^th	593	21.6%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	15.37	4776^th	5084	6.1%
2023	12.38	4940^th	5098	3.1%
2024	11.75	4933^rd	5102	3.3%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	16.28	2139^th	2480	13.8%
2019	15.36	2376^th	2715	12.5%
2022	15.72	2412^th	2740	12.0%
2023	10.30	2700^th	2802	3.6%
2024	11.68	2597^th	2777	6.5%

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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	20.69	1537^th	1540	0.2%
2024	21.15	1467^th	1477	0.7%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	17.67	1498^th	1538	2.6%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	9.23	2166^th	2230	2.9%
2019	16.15	2137^th	2369	9.8%
2022	17.54	2202^nd	2458	10.4%
2023	11.61	2445^th	2549	4.1%
2024	14.70	2359^th	2575	8.4%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	19.31	1870^th	2262	17.3%
2019	7.09	2333^rd	2380	2.0%
2022	15.64	2240^th	2509	10.7%
2023	9.72	2481^st	2547	2.6%
2024	9.04	2488^th	2546	2.3%

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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	29.80	1064^th	1531	30.5%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	6.65	2364^th	2407	1.8%
2022	16.30	2241^st	2527	11.3%
2023	11.81	2425^th	2558	5.2%
2024	17.10	2198^th	2547	13.7%

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Rank History for middle school African American students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	28.32	466^th	637	26.8%
2023	28.98	449^th	614	26.9%
2024	30.85	432^nd	626	31.0%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	15.40	1882^nd	2072	9.2%
2019	20.29	1884^th	2213	14.9%
2022	18.56	2071^st	2359	12.2%
2023	10.19	2320^th	2391	3.0%
2024	12.74	2246^th	2383	5.7%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Innovations Academy of Palmdale

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
2017	4	10	2	24	1	0	0	41
2018	9	6	2	38	0	0	0	55
2019	5	9	1	76	0	0	5	96
2020	7	15	0	56	0	0	2	80
2021	25	40	3	124	0	1	12	205
2022	33	218	19	752	3	3	38	1066
2023	25	103	11	331	3	0	13	486

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Innovations Academy of Palmdale

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2017	41	2.0	20.5	51.2
2018	55	1.8	29.5	70.9
2019	96	1.8	51.0	62.5
2020	80	n/a	n/a	81.3
2021	205	6.0	34.1	76.6
2022	1066	27.7	38.4	88.5
2023	486	16.7	28.9	88.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Innovations Academy of Palmdale

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2017	41	2.0	20.5	51.2
2018	55	1.8	29.5	70.9
2019	96	1.8	51.0	62.5
2020	80	n/a	n/a	81.3
2021	205	6.0	34.1	76.6
2022	1066	27.7	38.4	88.5
2023	486	16.7	28.9	88.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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