Original Research by School Decision on Leonardo Da Vinci Health Sciences Charter District
Leonardo da Vinci Health Sciences Charter District is a very small, single-school charter serving kindergarten through sixth grade in San Diego County. The school has a health sciences and project-based learning focus and operates on a year-round calendar.
The enrollment is around 260 students, spread across seven grades from kindergarten through sixth grade. The student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, with a substantial share identifying as multiracial. The district does not report free-or-reduced-price-lunch rates or English learner counts, so a parent would want to ask the school directly about the economic composition of the student population and the supports available for multilingual learners.
State testing data for this charter was not available in the sources reviewed. Because the school serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report; graduation data only applies to districts or schools with high school grades. This gap reflects the grade band the school serves rather than a performance issue.
One metric that does appear is chronic absenteeism. The district's rate places it in the bottom quartile when compared to other districts in San Diego County. This is a concrete area a parent may want to look into further with the school. Understanding what factors drive the absence patterns and what support systems exist around attendance could help clarify whether this reflects a challenge the school is actively addressing or a characteristic of the student population it serves.
Per-pupil spending falls in the lower-middle range for the county. The school's health sciences emphasis suggests a curriculum identity centered on that pathway, though the specific breadth of offerings, staffing depth, and enrichment programs are not detailed in available data.
The charter operates under authorization from Chula Vista Elementary School District. Beyond foundational facts about its grade span and instructional approach, concrete recent changes in operations, curriculum, or governance could not be confirmed through public sources. A parent considering this school would benefit from direct conversation with school leadership about its current strategic priorities, any recent programmatic shifts, and how it supports students across the range of academic and social needs present in its enrollment.
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