Enrollment
131
Elementary
DISTRICT 412 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL CENTRO ELEMENTARY·NCES 061203012660
Imperial Valley Home School Academy
2370 Main St., El Centro, CA 92243 · (760) 335-5100 · Imperial County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL131 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
26.2:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
76 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 22 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 11 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 13 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 8 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 38% larger than its 8th grade class (16).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
45.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.9pp since 2014
Math
27.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.3% | 30.6% | 28.2% | 25.9% |
| Math | 8.2% | 18.8% | 34.1% | 38.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.9% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 47.1% | 28.7% |
| 2022-23 | 48.4% | 22.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.7% | 33.8% |
| 2018-19 | 56.5% | 28.3% |
| 2017-18 | 50.0% | 30.8% |
| 2016-17 | 57.6% | 33.3% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 19.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Imperial Valley Home School Academy
Imperial Valley Home School Academy's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial Valley Home School Academy this school | 131 | 58.0% | 34.7% |
| Outside Creek Elementary Visalia | 125 | 54.4% | 44.9% |
| Empower Language Academy San Diego | 153 | 50.3% | N/A |
| Shandon Elementary Shandon | 167 | 65.3% | 25.2% |
| Mission Education Center San Francisco | 105 | 64.8% | 0.0% |
| Semitropic Elementary Wasco | 140 | 61.4% | 20.3% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Imperial Valley Home School Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Imperial County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #2,996 of 5,151 | #14 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #3,525 of 5,172 ▼ 310 | #18 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #2,374 of 5,172 ▼ 262 | #9 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.8pp | #445 of 5,116 | #3 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 131 | #5,562 of 5,915 | #35 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.0% | #3,565 of 5,625 | #34 of 36 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
131
-2 (-2%) vs 2020
+1210% since 2010-11, when it was 10
Student : Teacher
26.2:1
was 33.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 131 | 5 | 26.2:1 | 58% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 134 | 5 | 26.9:1 | 55% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 135 | 5 | 27.1:1 | 52% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 133 | 4 | 33.3:1 | 44% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 83 | 3.5 | 23.7:1 | 25% (21) |
| 2015-16 | 100 | 2 | 50.0:1 | 17% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 10 | N/A | N/A | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Imperial Valley Home School Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 58% (83 to 131); teachers up 43% (3.5 to 5).
About Imperial Valley Home School Academy
Imperial Valley Home School Academy is a public small elementary school in El Centro, California. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 131 students. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 72% smaller than that.
El Centro Elementary has 5,157 students in 12 schools, and Imperial Valley Home School Academy is one of those schools.
Imperial Valley Home School Academy's enrollment is 82% Hispanic. It is also 11% White and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Imperial Valley Home School Academy is 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 26.2:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 58% of students, or 76, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Imperial County averages 77%, higher than here.
Imperial Valley Home School Academy is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 24% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Imperial Valley Home School Academy are 10.9 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (34.7% actual, 45.5% predicted).
Imperial Valley Home School Academy is located in Imperial County, where the median household income is $57,681, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. Besides Imperial Valley Home School Academy, Imperial County has 75 other public schools.
Nearby, Sunflower Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Imperial Valley Home School Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Imperial Valley Home School Academy places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Imperial Valley Home School Academy is a public charter school.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 131, starting from 133. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (26.2:1) than in 2020-21 (33.3:1).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Imperial Valley Home School Academy. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Imperial County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
180,202
Census ACS
Median income
$57,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,513 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in El Centro Elementary
- Wilson Jr. HighMiddle · 605 students
- Harding ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- De Anza MagnetElementary · 504 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Margaret Hedrick ElementaryElementary · 446 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryElementary · 445 students
Other schools in El Centro
- Central Union HighHigh · 2,006 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,846 students
- McCabe ElementaryElementary · 1,109 students
- Wilson Jr. HighMiddle · 605 students
- Harding ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- De Anza MagnetElementary · 504 students
Nearby schools
- Sunflower Elementary0.1 mi · 427
- Margaret Hedrick Elementary0.6 mi · 446
- Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences0.7 mi · 230
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary0.9 mi · 445
- Lincoln Elementary1.0 mi · 399
- Wilson Jr. High1.0 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About Imperial Valley Home School AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Imperial Valley Home School Academy?
Imperial Valley Home School Academy enrolls approximately 131 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Imperial Valley Home School Academy serve?
Imperial Valley Home School Academy serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Imperial Valley Home School Academy?
Approximately 26.2:1 students per teacher at Imperial Valley Home School Academy.
What is the student diversity at Imperial Valley Home School Academy?
Student demographics at Imperial Valley Home School Academy are roughly 11% White, 82% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Imperial Valley Home School Academy?
Imperial Valley Home School Academy is overseen by El Centro Elementary in Imperial County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.