INNOVATION PREPARATORY ACADEMY

INNOVATION PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of the big elementary schools in WESLEY CHAPEL, Florida, run under PASCO, with 1,274 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so INNOVATION PREPARATORY ACADEMY sits 111% larger than that benchmark.

Within PASCO, which oversees 105 schools and 86,873 students, INNOVATION PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, INNOVATION PREPARATORY ACADEMY records that 35% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 32% White, 17% Black, 10% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, INNOVATION PREPARATORY ACADEMY has 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, INNOVATION PREPARATORY ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.5%; this one delivers 54.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Pasco County indicate median household income runs about $70,492, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. INNOVATION PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 111 public schools in Pasco County (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students).

WATERGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 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 INNOVATION PREPARATORY ACADEMY at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 61.4%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting. INNOVATION PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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