Palm Innovation Academy

Palm Innovation Academy operates as a reasonably sized elementary campus in Beaumont, California, run under Beaumont Unified. Current enrollment sits at 565 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 22% larger than typical.

Across the 14 schools in Beaumont Unified (12,430 students total), Palm Innovation Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Palm Innovation Academy reports that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 10% White, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Riverside County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Palm Innovation Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.4%, the actual is 35.1%, a residual of +7.7 points.

In the area at large, census data for Riverside County shows median household income runs about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Palm Innovation Academy is one.

Glen View High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Palm Innovation Academy at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 36.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 715 students in 2018 compared to 565 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 16% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 26.9:1 today.

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