# Independence Charter Academy

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Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-charter-academy-helendale

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `061686013836`
- **School name**: Independence Charter Academy
- **Location**: Helendale, CA 92342
- **Address**: 15350 Riverview Rd. PO Box 249
- **District**: Helendale Elementary (LEAID `0616860`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Other
- **Grade range**: 0–12
- **Charter school**: Yes
- **Coordinates**: 34.74065, -117.32968
- **Phone**: (760)952-1760
- **Website**: https://www.helendalesd.com/cms/one.aspx?portalid54372&pageid384056

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 118
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 4
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 29.5:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 61.9%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Red
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: 0
  - math: Red
  - college_career: Red
  - ela: Orange
  - chronic_absent: Green
  - graduation: Yellow

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 27.3% proficient — 51 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 38.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 20.0% proficient

## Graduation rates
- **2024**: 87.1% (cohort of 31)
- **2021**: N/A (cohort of 30)

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 7.9% (6 students) [source: ca_dashboard]
- **2017**: chronic absence 1.3% (2 students) [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 1.6%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 43.4%
- **Black/African American**: 0.0%
- **Asian**: 9.0%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 44.7%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.8%
- **Two or more races**: 0.4%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 72.0%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 16.0% — 24 students
- **English Learners**: 10.7% — 16 students

## Disability category breakdown (CRDC)
- **Other Health Impairment**: 4 students
- **Specific Learning Disability**: 3 students

## Finance
### School-level (ESSA 2023-24)
- **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $44,248
- **Federal share**: $6,025
- **State + local share**: $38,223
- **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 150
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $16,606,486
- **Federal share**: 7.6%
- **State share**: 72.1%
- **Local share**: 20.3%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $8,487,292

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $60,385
- **Poverty rate**: 19.0%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 14.7%
- **Unemployment**: 6.5%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,206
- **Foreign-born residents**: 19.0%
- **Single-parent households**: 9.9%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 10.5 miles (GEORGE AIR FORCE BASE)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 0
- **Nearest brownfield**: 14.40 miles (FORMER NUWAY DRY CLEANING SITE)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: HELENDALE COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2019-01-01

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 9.08853 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 15.9 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **Sixth Street Prep** — 14.4 mi away, 5.6% (this school: 7.9%)
- **Goodwill High** — 14.5 mi away, 0% (this school: 7.9%)
- **Victor Valley High** — 14.6 mi away, 0% (this school: 7.9%)

### ela proficiency
- **Helendale Elementary** — 0.6 mi away, 42.5% (this school: 32.65%)
- **Riverview Middle** — 1.7 mi away, 46.6% (this school: 32.65%)
- **Academy of Careers and Exploration** — 1.7 mi away, 49% (this school: 32.65%)
- **Riverside Preparatory** — 9.8 mi away, 37.95% (this school: 32.65%)
- **George Visual and Performing Arts Magnet and Middle** — 12.5 mi away, 40.75% (this school: 32.65%)

### graduation rate
- **Academy of Careers and Exploration** — 1.7 mi away, 98.3% (this school: 87.1%)
- **Riverside Preparatory** — 9.8 mi away, 97.7% (this school: 87.1%)
- **Academy for Academic Excellence** — 14.7 mi away, 98.3% (this school: 87.1%)

### math proficiency
- **Helendale Elementary** — 0.6 mi away, 52% (this school: 20%)
- **Academy of Careers and Exploration** — 1.7 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Riverside Preparatory** — 9.8 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **George Visual and Performing Arts Magnet and Middle** — 12.5 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Challenger School of Sports and Fitness** — 13.7 mi away, 52% (this school: 20%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-charter-academy-helendale
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-charter-academy-helendale/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-charter-academy-helendale/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-charter-academy-helendale/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-charter-academy-helendale/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-charter-academy-helendale/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-charter-academy-helendale/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-charter-academy-helendale/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-charter-academy-helendale/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-charter-academy-helendale/workforce

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