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Enrollment
477
High
STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INNOVATIVE ARTS ACADEMY CS·NCES 420089407594
Innovative Arts Academy CS
330 Howertown Road, Catasauqua, PA 18032 · (610) 403-2787 · Lehigh County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
35 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
337 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 48 | 10% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 59% · 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
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
9.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
0.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 1 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9.1% | 0.6% |
| 2023-24 | 12.4% | 0.0% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-38.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Innovative Arts Academy CS
Innovative Arts Academy CS's state test result (8.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovative Arts Academy CS this school | 477 | 70.6% | 8.9% |
| Phoenix Academy Lancaster | 305 | 89.2% | 3.9% |
| Building 21 Allentown Allentown | 415 | 99.0% | 17.6% |
| Kensington Health Sciences Philadelphia | 457 | 98.2% | 28.4% |
| Edison HS/Fareira Skills Philadelphia | 983 | 90.2% | 14.9% |
| Shenandoah Valley JSHS Shenandoah | 546 | 98.7% | 22.9% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 Innovative Arts Academy CS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.9% | #566 of 576 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 0.6% | #613 of 626 ▲ 7 | #11 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #621 of 626 ▼ 4 | #11 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #424 of 713 | #10 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #278 of 601 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.3% | #276 of 604 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.6% | #264 of 619 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.4% | #37 of 221 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
477
-56 (-11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 477 | 35 | 13.6:1 | 71% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 71% (337) |
| 2022-23 | 531 | 35 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 35 | 15.2:1 | 99% (530) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 25 | 16.1:1 | 40% (160) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Innovative Arts Academy CS.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (403 to 477); teachers up 40% (25 to 35).
About Innovative Arts Academy CS
Innovative Arts Academy CS sits in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, and is classified as a high school. In all, 477 students attend the school in grades 6 through 12. That puts enrollment 35% below the 738-student average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Innovative Arts Academy CS is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
The share of students at Innovative Arts Academy CS who are Hispanic is 81%. Smaller groups are 11% Black, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 28% of Lehigh County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 33% means there is a 33% chance two randomly chosen students at Innovative Arts Academy CS are from different groups.
Innovative Arts Academy CS lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.6 students per teacher. The school's 13.6:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for high schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 71% of the student body. Public schools in Lehigh County average a similar 70%.
Innovative Arts Academy CS holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 1% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 47.3% for Innovative Arts Academy CS, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 8.9%. The 38.5-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
In Lehigh County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $80,079 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Innovative Arts Academy CS, Lehigh County has 83 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Catasauqua Middle School, is about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Innovative Arts Academy CS is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Innovative Arts Academy CS is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Innovative Arts Academy CS had a net loss of 56 students, or 11%. The ratio was 15.2:1 in 2020-21 and 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Lehigh County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
378,792
Census ACS
Median income
$80,079
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
56,984 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Catasauqua
- Francis H Sheckler Elementary SchoolElementary · 589 students
- Catasauqua Middle SchoolMiddle · 477 students
Nearby schools
- Catasauqua Middle School0.4 mi · 477
- Francis H Sheckler Elementary School0.6 mi · 589
- George D Steckel Elementary School1.6 mi · 561
- Clarence M Gockley Elementary School1.7 mi · 574
- Catasauqua SHS1.7 mi · 467
- Whitehall-Coplay Middle School1.7 mi · 975
Frequently asked questions
About Innovative Arts Academy CSHow large is Innovative Arts Academy CS?
Innovative Arts Academy CS enrolls approximately 477 students in grades 06-12.
Is Innovative Arts Academy CS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Innovative Arts Academy CS is a high school covering grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Innovative Arts Academy CS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Innovative Arts Academy CS is approximately 13.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Innovative Arts Academy CS?
At Innovative Arts Academy CS, the student body is approximately 6% White, 81% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Innovative Arts Academy CS in?
Innovative Arts Academy CS is part of Innovative Arts Academy CS.
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