Summary:
The Ingenuity Charter District in San Diego contains a single high school, Ingenuity Charter, which serves grades 6 through 12 with a total enrollment of 188 students.
This school faces significant challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom quartile of California high schools. Academic proficiency rates are well below state averages, particularly in mathematics where only 5.66% of students are proficient compared to 37.3% statewide. The graduation rate is 62.5%, which is 25 percentage points lower than the current state average, and the dropout rate is higher. A major contributing factor is an extremely high chronic absenteeism rate of 68.6%, more than triple the state average, indicating that a majority of students are missing substantial instructional time.
The student population has very high economic need, with 86.7% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school operates with a student-teacher ratio of 21.9 to 1 and a per-student spending of $11,368, which is notably lower than the typical California average. While the district ranks in the 8th percentile statewide, the school has maintained a consistent 1-star rating, meeting minimum operational standards. Potential areas of relative strength appear in 7th and 11th grade English Language Arts, though these scores still trail state benchmarks.
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