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Enrollment
594
Elementary
DISTRICT 684 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VICTOR ELEMENTARY·NCES 064104006773
Irwin Academy of Performing Arts
14907 South Mojave Dr., Victorville, CA 92395 · (760) 245-7961 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL594 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
24.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
564 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 127 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (127) is 74% larger than its 6th grade class (73).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
26.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.1pp since 2014
Math
14.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.3% | 17.8% | 22.6% | 51.3% |
| Math | 3.2% | 11.8% | 21.9% | 63.2% |
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 | 26.1% | 14.9% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 13.2% |
| 2022-23 | 18.3% | 10.4% |
| 2021-22 | 19.3% | 7.6% |
| 2018-19 | 26.1% | 15.7% |
| 2017-18 | 24.3% | 9.7% |
| 2016-17 | 23.6% | 8.5% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 9.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
18.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Irwin Academy of Performing Arts
Irwin Academy of Performing Arts's state test result (18.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irwin Academy of Performing Arts this school | 594 | 94.9% | 18.1% |
| Puesta del Sol Elementary Victorville | 609 | 92.1% | 13.0% |
| Deborah A. Williams Elementary Fresno | 582 | 95.9% | 21.3% |
| Green Tree East Elementary Victorville | 508 | 94.3% | 15.2% |
| Del Rey Elementary Victorville | 644 | 96.3% | 13.8% |
| Bob Holcomb Elementary San Bernardino | 598 | 91.0% | 22.1% |
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 Irwin Academy of Performing Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #4,740 of 5,151 | #275 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #4,752 of 5,172 ▲ 61 | #277 of 321 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #4,372 of 5,172 ▲ 501 | #250 of 321 ▲ 38 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,146 of 5,116 | #79 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 594 | #1,461 of 5,915 | #111 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.6:1 | #4,159 of 5,352 | #261 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #2,752 of 5,354 | #121 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.9% | #457 of 5,625 | #25 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #2,195 of 3,837 | #140 of 246 |
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
594
+16 (+3%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 817
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 594 | 24.2 | 24.6:1 | 95% (564) |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 24 | 24.3:1 | 95% (553) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 25 | 22.4:1 | 95% (535) |
| 2020-21 | 578 | 26 | 22.2:1 | 94% (541) |
| 2017-18 | 688 | 28 | 24.6:1 | 89% (610) |
| 2015-16 | 724 | 28 | 25.9:1 | 89% (647) |
| 2010-11 | 307 | N/A | N/A | 98% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 676 | 30 | 22.5:1 | 46% (309) |
| 1990-91 | 817 | 30 | 27.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Irwin Academy of Performing Arts.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (688 to 594); teachers down 14% (28 to 24.2).
About Irwin Academy of Performing Arts
At 14907 South Mojave Dr. in Victorville, California, Irwin Academy of Performing Arts operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 594 students. That is 28% larger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Within Victor Elementary, Irwin Academy of Performing Arts is one of 18 schools. The district enrolls 12,303 students.
At Irwin Academy of Performing Arts, 68% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 19% Black, 8% White, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of San Bernardino County is roughly 55% Hispanic. The diversity index for Irwin Academy of Performing Arts is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 24.6:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.3 students per teacher. The school reported 95% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 21 points above the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County.
Among California public elementary schools, Irwin Academy of Performing Arts outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Irwin Academy of Performing Arts posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 18.1%, compared with a predicted 23.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for San Bernardino County show median household income comes to about $85,478, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 583 public schools in the county, enrolling about 393,648, Irwin Academy of Performing Arts among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Victor Valley High, is about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Irwin Academy of Performing Arts ranks 3rd of 5 on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Irwin Academy of Performing Arts as Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 3%, from 578 to 594. Students per teacher increased from 22.2 in 2020-21 to 24.6 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Irwin Academy of Performing Arts. Members of the school community can share what they know.
San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Victor Elementary
- Liberty ElementaryElementary · 1,014 students
- Mojave Vista ElementaryElementary · 904 students
- Discovery School of the ArtsElementary · 902 students
- Challenger School of Sports and FitnessElementary · 843 students
- Park View ElementaryElementary · 793 students
- Brentwood ElementaryElementary · 790 students
Other schools in Victorville
- Victor Valley HighHigh · 2,255 students
- Excelsior CharterHigh · 2,170 students
- Silverado HighHigh · 2,165 students
- University PreparatoryHigh · 1,136 students
- Cobalt Institute of Math and ScienceHigh · 1,058 students
- Liberty ElementaryElementary · 1,014 students
Nearby schools
- Victor Valley High0.6 mi · 2,255
- Victor Valley Virtual Academy0.7 mi · 91
- Del Rey Elementary0.8 mi · 644
- Goodwill High0.8 mi · 58
- Goodwill Independent Study0.8 mi · 187
- Sixth Street Prep0.8 mi · 229
Frequently asked questions
About Irwin Academy of Performing ArtsHow many students attend Irwin Academy of Performing Arts?
Irwin Academy of Performing Arts enrolls approximately 594 students in grades KG-06.
Is Irwin Academy of Performing Arts an elementary, middle, or high school?
Irwin Academy of Performing Arts is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Irwin Academy of Performing Arts?
Approximately 24.6:1 students per teacher at Irwin Academy of Performing Arts.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Irwin Academy of Performing Arts?
At Irwin Academy of Performing Arts, the student body is approximately 8% White, 68% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Irwin Academy of Performing Arts in?
Irwin Academy of Performing Arts is part of Victor Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.