Garvey/Allen Visual & Performing Arts Academy for STEM
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 12 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 28% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 71% smaller than its 8th grade class (58).
Schools most like Garvey/Allen Visual & Performing Arts Academy for STEM
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garvey/Allen Visual & Performing Arts Academy for STEM this school | 210 | 93.3% | N/A |
| Frank D. Parent Inglewood | 235 | 87.2% | 24.4% |
| Crete Academy Los Angeles | 284 | 94.7% | N/A |
| Hardy Brown College Prep San Bernardino | 316 | 89.9% | N/A |
| Forty-Second Street Elementary Los Angeles | 215 | 89.3% | 21.8% |
| Broadacres Avenue Elementary Visual & Performing Arts Magnet Carson | 275 | 85.5% | 32.3% |
Where Garvey/Allen Visual & Performing Arts Academy for STEM ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 210 | #5,313 of 5,915 | #292 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,699 of 5,352 | #101 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #2,785 of 5,354 | #118 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #662 of 5,625 | #34 of 294 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 210 | 9.3 | 22.6:1 | 93% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 201 | 10 | 20.1:1 | 69% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 157 | 7 | 22.6:1 | 72% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 122 | 5 | 24.4:1 | 64% (78) |
About Garvey/Allen Visual & Performing Arts Academy for STEM
Garvey/Allen Visual & Performing Arts Academy for STEM is an elementary school located in Moreno Valley, California, in Riverside County. It has an enrollment of 210 students in kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 55% below that mark.
Garvey/Allen Visual & Performing Arts Academy for STEM is a school in Garvey/Allen Visual & Perf Arts Acad for STEM DIST.
More than half of the students at Garvey/Allen Visual & Performing Arts Academy for STEM are Black (67%). The remaining shares are 21% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Riverside County's population at about 6%. The diversity index for Garvey/Allen Visual & Performing Arts Academy for STEM is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 9.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. A total of 196 students, or 93%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Riverside County average 74%.
Census data for Riverside County show the median household earns about $93,074 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Riverside County number 543, with about 424,872 students.
Garvey/Allen Visual & Performing Arts Academy for STEM is about 0.4 miles from Creekside Elementary, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Garvey/Allen Visual & Performing Arts Academy for STEM is one of the charter schools in California.
In 2020-21 the school reported 122 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 210. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.4:1 to 22.6:1.
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