Innovations Academy

Innovations Academy is a K-12 charter school in Rancho Cordova, a working-class suburb east of Sacramento that's been quietly growing in recent years with new businesses and a more diverse, younger population moving in. The school's all-grades setup can be appealing for families who value continuity — keeping kids in one community from kindergarten through graduation — and the project-based learning model tends to attract parents looking for something a little outside the traditional classroom mold. Academically it sits in the middle of the pack statewide, so families drawn here are typically more interested in the school's approach and culture than chasing top test scores.