Innovations Academy of Palmdale: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.
Innovations Academy of Palmdale posts 29% meeting the standard and 13.8% exceeding it, against 43% and 21.3% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45 | 14% | 29% | -7.5 | 12.6% | 0.2% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Innovations Academy of Palmdale scores 45 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 56th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
🤝 Culture First — Ask whether the low absenteeism and suspension numbers come from what the school does or from the community it serves — both can produce the same numbers, and only a visit tells you which.
Most rating sites would stop at “29% proficient” and call it done. Innovations Academy of Palmdale deserves a closer read. The school sits in Palmdale, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 30.0% of English learners reached the top ELPAC level, versus 18.0% statewide.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 16th to the 56th percentile since 2022 — past roughly 2300 elementary schools.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | — | 16% | 22% | 16% | 31% |
| Grade 4 | — | 18% | 11% | 15% | 30% |
| Grade 5 | — | 23% | 17% | 20% | 33% |
| Grade 6 | 33% | 23% | 13% | 16% | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 16% | 30% | 21% | 15% | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 33% | 25% | 16% | 29% | 28% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | — | 10% | 18% | 9% | 37% |
| Grade 4 | — | 3% | 8% | 11% | 20% |
| Grade 5 | — | 5% | 3% | 9% | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 4% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 8% | 8% | 3% | 6% | 25% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 8.4pp across grades; the proficiency floor barely moves. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Innovations Academy of Palmdale in Palmdale, 29.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 27.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Innovations Academy of Palmdale outperforms its district average for low-income students by 1.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (21.9% Math proficient); Hispanic students (34.5% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 4.7 percentage points for black students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 269 students tested.
8 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 0.7pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +5.4pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Grades 7–8 students miss school at roughly three times the rate of TK/K students (16.6% vs 2.4%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$486 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
On the state's science test (CAST), 18% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 47
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 28
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 35 | 20% | 11% | 20% | 49% | 31% | −12 |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 11% | 20% | 23% | 46% | 30% | −14 |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 12% | 21% | 16% | 51% | 33% | −15 |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 8% | 25% | 31% | 37% | 33% | −14 |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 1% | 31% | 26% | 41% | 33% | −15 |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 6% | 23% | 37% | 35% | 28% | −18 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 35 | 20% | 17% | 14% | 49% | 37% | −9 |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 9% | 11% | 27% | 54% | 20% | −22 |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 12% | 9% | 19% | 60% | 21% | −14 |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 10% | 13% | 23% | 54% | 23% | −12 |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 19% | 10% | 23% | 49% | 29% | −5 |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 17% | 8% | 15% | 59% | 25% | −7 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 114 | 4% | 14% | 59% | 23% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 269 | 29.4% | +2 | −9 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 226 | 34.5% | +3 | −4 |
| Black/African American | 29 | 20.7% | +4 | −12 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovations Academy of Palmdale ← | — | 45 | 13.8% | 28.7% | −7.5 | 0.2% |
| Barrel Springs Elementary | 1.1 mi | 54 | 16.6% | 41.9% | +0.6 | 0.2% |
| Palmdale Academy Charter | 1 mi | 45 | 9.9% | 35.4% | — | 3.1% |
| Antelope Valley Learning Academy | 1.1 mi | 41 | 12.5% | 25.0% | — | 1.0% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23 | 16 | #4848 | 3.9% | 12.6% | 47.1% | 0.0% | +1.2pp |
| 2023 | 23 | 10 | #5141 | 3.1% | 13.3% | 1.0% | 0.0% | -10.4pp |
| 2024 | 29 | 17 | #4772 | 2.2% | 13.3% | 24.4% | 0.1% | +1.6pp |
| 2025 | 45 | 56 | #2516 | 13.8% | 28.7% | 12.6% | 0.2% | -7.5pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 11.0% | 13.3% | +2.3pp |
| Male | 4.8% | 10.5% | +5.7pp |
| Black/African American | 7.1% | 20.2% | +13.1pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 9.2% | 9.6% | +0.4pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 0.0% | 4.0% | +4.0pp |
| English Learners | 5.9% | 8.1% | +2.2pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 5.7% | 12.6% | +6.9pp |
| All Students | 8.1% | 12.0% | +3.9pp |
| Two or More Races | — | 18.5% | — |
| Homeless | — | 38.1% | — |
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