NOVA Academy - Coachella

NOVA Academy - Coachella is one of the one-room-style high schools in Coachella, California, one of the schools within NOVA Academy - Coachella District, with 235 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 72% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

NOVA Academy - Coachella is a school of NOVA Academy - Coachella District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, NOVA Academy - Coachella reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Riverside County) shows that median household income runs about $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. NOVA Academy - Coachella is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Nearest neighbor: Peter Pendleton Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

NOVA Academy - Coachella operates from a suburban location. NOVA Academy - Coachella operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On this page, the feed for NOVA Academy - Coachella typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.