Academy of Innovation
Corona · CA · Corona-Norco Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Lee V. Pollard High → Santiago High → Centennial High → Excelsior Charter School Corona-Norco → Scale Leadership Academy - East → Corona High → Corona Vista High → Orange Grove High →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 37% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Academy of Innovation compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Lee V. Pollard High, Santiago High, Centennial High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -13.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 556 students:
≈ 291 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $14,809 per student in district revenue, the 291 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $4,309,419/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee V. Pollard High Corona |
Public | 1.0 | 413 | -15.9% |
| Santiago High Corona |
Public | 1.4 | 3,577 | +4.6% |
| Centennial High Corona |
Public | 1.9 | 2,712 | -13.5% |
| Excelsior Charter School Corona-Norco Corona |
Public · charter | 2.0 | 96 | +4.3% |
| Scale Leadership Academy - East Corona |
Public · charter | 2.2 | 190 | -0.5% |
| Corona High Corona |
Public | 2.5 | 2,307 | +2.1% |
| Corona Vista High Corona |
Public | 2.5 | — | — |
| Orange Grove High Corona |
Public | 2.8 | 162 | -10.0% |