NOVA Academy - Coachella: This school runs ahead of the state average. The bar itself is the harder conversation.
NOVA Academy - Coachella posts 41% meeting the standard against 36% statewide — ahead of most, with real headroom above the bar.
NOVA Academy - Coachella scores 46 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 52nd percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “41% proficient” and call it done. NOVA Academy - Coachella deserves a closer read. The school sits in Coachella, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
NOVA Academy - Coachella's low-income kids hit 72.2% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
As a charter, NOVA Academy - Coachella enrolls by application, not address — the score reads the same, the enrollment path doesn't.
NOVA Academy - Coachella's most underrated number
72.2% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 4 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
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.
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Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 46
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
The community around it
Student demographics
Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
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For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 41 | 27% | 41% | 12% | 20% | 68% | +21 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 41 | 7% | 7% | 32% | 54% | 15% | −9 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 19 | 0% | 16% | 79% | 5% |
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 | 36 | 72.2% | +43 | +34 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 40 | 70.0% | +40 | +31 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOVA Academy - Coachella ← | — | 46 | 17.1% | 41.5% | — | 4.1% |
| Coachella Valley High | 1.6 mi | 45 | 7.7% | 27.8% | — | 2.9% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |