Original Research by School Decision on Ivy Academia District
Ivy Academia District is a small charter district operating a single school in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles County. The enrollment spans kindergarten through eighth grade, with roughly even distribution across grade levels up through grade eight and no high school grades currently served. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller shares of Black, White, and Asian students, and a very small number of Native Hawaiian and other represented groups.
The district relocated to its permanent Woodland Hills facility in spring 2021 after operating across temporary and shared sites for years. The move to a dedicated location marked a significant stabilization for the school. However, the district faces a major structural change: it will close in 2026 and become part of Lashon Academy. This is a hard endpoint that matters enormously for families considering enrollment. A parent enrolling a child in kindergarten today would have roughly four years in this district before transition, and families with older elementary students face even shorter windows. Anyone considering Ivy Academia must plan explicitly for what comes next, since the school will not exist in its current form.
The narrowing from a TK-12 program to TK-8 is another planning reality. The school previously ran the full span through twelfth grade during the 2021-2023 school years at the Woodland Hills site. That has ended. Families now cannot rely on Ivy Academia for high school and must arrange a secondary placement elsewhere. This is a material change from what some families may have expected when the permanent campus first opened.
On the operational side, the district's chronic absenteeism rate places it in the bottom quartile among Los Angeles County's districts, meaning attendance is a concern relative to peers. Per-pupil spending falls in the lower-middle range for the county. State assessment results and proficiency data were not available, so we cannot speak to how students perform academically relative to standards or similar districts. A parent may want to contact the school directly about testing outcomes and curriculum, since those metrics did not surface in the available data.
Enrollment data does not include the free-or-reduced-price lunch rate or English learner population share, so the full picture of student economic and language diversity is incomplete. Special education enrollment counts were also absent from the records.
For families drawn to a small, structured school environment in Woodland Hills, Ivy Academia offers that setting. For families planning around the high school years, or seeking a school that will remain in place beyond the next few years, this district's scheduled closure and grade-span limitations make it a short-term option rather than a long-term anchor. The closure timeline and transition to Lashon Academy is the defining fact that should drive any enrollment decision.
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