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Invention And Design Educational Academy
4191 COLTS WAY, SAN DIEGO, CALIF., 92115 | Grades 9-12
| Students | Total Teachers | Inexp. Teachers | AP Courses | |
| This School |
330
|
19
|
11% | 7 |
| District | 120K | 5,588 | 6% | 9 |
| State | 5.34M | 237,404 | 6% | 11 |
Invention And Design Educational Academy, part of the San Diego Unified district, is located in San Diego, California. The school reports enrolling 330 students in grades nine through 12, and it has 19 teachers on staff.
Invention And Design Educational Academy is above both the state and district averages for the percentage of students eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch. On average, 53 percent of students in California qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, while 93 percent of students at Invention And Design Educational Academy do. At the district level, 64 percent of students qualify.
ProPublica's analysis found that all too often, states and schools provide poor students fewer educational programs like Advanced Placement, gifted and talented programs, and advanced math and science classes. Studies have linked participation in these programs with better outcomes later in life. Our analysis uses free and reduced-price lunch to estimate poverty at schools. We based our findings on the most comprehensive data set of access to advanced classes and special programs in U.S. public schools — known as the Civil Rights Data Set— released by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
Invention And Design Educational Academy offers seven AP courses, and 8 percent of students participate in those classes.
The school's pass rate for AP exams is 13 percent. This is lower than the district average of 49 percent.
A school's AP pass rate is determined by the number of students who both sat for AP exams and passed some or all of those exams.
Invention And Design Educational Academy has enrollment rates of 23 percent and 8 in chemistry and math classes, respectively.
Miramonte High, in Orinda, Calif., is a lower-poverty school than Invention And Design Educational Academy. It does not have any students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers 15 AP courses, and 41 percent of students are enrolled in those classes.
These data points were reported by schools and districts to the Office for Civil Rights. For more information about the data, see our full methodology.
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