Fast Facts

Our Academics

Learning experiences at Ideaventions Academy capture student interest through hands-on work, authentic research, independent projects, self-paced learning experiences, lively debates and discussions, and both project and problem-based learning. We feature a world-class, advanced STEM-based curriculum focused on research and innovation, including full-year engineering and computer science beginning in our lowest grade, 4th grade.

Ideaventions Academy students have had success in a wide variety of learning experiences, but generally, the most successful ones have been the ones with real-world applications. These experiences have resulted in increased student engagement and an emotional connection to their learning experience, resulting in improved learning outcomes and excitement about learning.

Reading & Writing

On average, Ideaventions students read 24 books per year.

After one year at Ideaventions Academy, our students are 2.2 years above grade level in English Grammar.

Science

Of the students who have completed the middle-school science sequence, 62% are ready for the college-level course that corresponds to the class taken by the start of high school.

The middle-school science sequence consists of high-school level Chemistry, Biology and Physics taken in 6th through 8th grades.

Computer Science

We are one of 685 out 18,000 to receive the College Board's AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for attaining female student representation in AP Computer Science Principles for 2018.

After participation in the Lower School Computer Science curriculum, 100% of students were prepared for and signed up for AP Computer Science as high-school freshmen.

Math

After one year at Ideaventions Academy:

On average, Ideaventions students complete 1.9 grade levels of Math per school year
On average, Ideaventions students are 2.4 years above grade level in Math

Math Competitions:

100% participation of Ideaventions students
96% of Ideaventions students received Math Olympiad award
21% of Ideaventions students were Top 10% world-wide for the Math Olympiad
10% of Ideaventions students were Top 2% world-wide for the Math Olympiad
35% of Ideaventions’ 2017-18 MathCounts participants and 25% of Ideaventions’ 2018-19 MathCounts participants earned “Highly Commendable” score
2017-2018 Team High-Achievement Award for the Elementary Math Olympiad team

Results

We selected the ACT Aspire as our standardized assessment for its alignment with the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks and as a way to measure progress towards college and career readiness.

We are proud that of our students who took the ACT Aspire test in 2018:

96% were “STEM Ready" in spring 2018
96% were "ELA (English and Language Arts) Ready" in spring 2018

Ideaventions Academy students' scores are as follows:

Math: 100% Pass Advanced or Proficient (92% Exceeding)
Science: 96% Pass Advanced (Exceeding)
Reading: 91% Pass Advanced or Proficient (61% Exceeding)
English:100% Pass Advanced or Proficient (96% Exceeding)

For comparison, Virginia's statewide Standards of Learning (SOL) averages in 2018 were: