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Enrollment
562
High
DISTRICT 789 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 061062012422
Da Vinci Charter Academy
1400 East Eighth St., Davis, CA 95616 · (530) 757-7154 · Yolo County
GRADES 07–12HIGH23-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of California public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
139 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 110 | 20% |
| Grade 9 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 75 | 13% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
76.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.0pp since 2014
Math
58.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.3% | 41.7% | 14.8% | 9.2% |
| Math | 37.3% | 21.5% | 21.9% | 19.4% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 58.8% |
| 2023-24 | 65.3% | 57.1% |
| 2022-23 | 65.3% | 52.9% |
| 2021-22 | 71.8% | 49.5% |
| 2020-21 | 81.3% | 59.5% |
| 2018-19 | 72.3% | 60.3% |
| 2017-18 | 63.3% | 59.1% |
| 2016-17 | 74.1% | 55.1% |
| 2015-16 | 74.0% | 65.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.0% | 61.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Da Vinci Charter Academy
Da Vinci Charter Academy's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Da Vinci Charter Academy this school | 562 | 24.7% | 64.3% |
| Sutter Union High Sutter | 734 | 25.3% | 38.1% |
| Credo High Rohnert Park | 441 | 28.3% | N/A |
| Pacific Grove High Pacific Grove | 552 | 18.7% | 74.2% |
| Templeton High Templeton | 725 | 28.4% | 54.2% |
| New West Charter Los Angeles | 980 | 18.5% | N/A |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Da Vinci Charter Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Yolo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #136 of 1,052 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #100 of 1,056 ▼ 9 | #2 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #148 of 1,056 ▲ 184 | #3 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #276 of 1,044 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #972 of 2,093 | #5 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #318 of 1,352 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #378 of 1,351 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.7% | #1,447 of 1,575 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #615 of 802 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
562
-18 (-3%) vs 2020
+31% since 2010-11, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 22.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 562 | 30.7 | 18.3:1 | 25% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 33 | 17.6:1 | 14% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 611 | 30.7 | 19.9:1 | 16% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 26 | 22.3:1 | 16% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 24.3 | 24.5:1 | 18% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 24 | 24.3:1 | 8% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | N/A | N/A | 10% (44) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Da Vinci Charter Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (595 to 562); teachers up 26% (24.3 to 30.7).
About Da Vinci Charter Academy
Da Vinci Charter Academy operates as a small high school in Davis, California. The latest federal count shows 562 students in grades 7 through 12. Against the 838-student average for high schools in California, enrollment here is 33% lower.
The district for Da Vinci Charter Academy is Davis Joint Unified, with 16 schools and 8,241 students.
Roughly 56% of students at Da Vinci Charter Academy are White. Other groups make up 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 2% Black. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 18.3:1 comes from the school's 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 25% in 2024-25. That is 34 points below the 59% average for public schools in Yolo County.
The allk12 Grade for Da Vinci Charter Academy is A-. Compared with California public high schools, the school scored higher than 80% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Da Vinci Charter Academy's average proficiency rate on state tests of 64.3% is within a point of the 65.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Da Vinci Charter Academy is located in Yolo County, where the median household income is $91,752, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides Da Vinci Charter Academy, Yolo County has 66 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Da Vinci Charter Academy ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Da Vinci Charter Academy is coded as Suburb: Small in federal locale data. Da Vinci Charter Academy is a public charter school.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 18 fewer students in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.3:1 in 2020-21, and 18.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Yolo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
220,564
Census ACS
Median income
$91,752
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
29,820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davis Joint Unified
- Davis Senior HighHigh · 1,755 students
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior HighMiddle · 588 students
- Pioneer ElementaryElementary · 572 students
- Birch Lane ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- North Davis ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior HighMiddle · 533 students
Other schools in Davis
- Davis Senior HighHigh · 1,755 students
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior HighMiddle · 588 students
- Pioneer ElementaryElementary · 572 students
- Birch Lane ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- North Davis ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior HighMiddle · 533 students
Nearby schools
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High0.3 mi · 588
- Birch Lane Elementary0.7 mi · 571
- North Davis Elementary0.7 mi · 552
- Davis School for Independent Study0.7 mi · 124
- Martin Luther King High0.7 mi · 51
- Davis Senior High1.0 mi · 1,755
Frequently asked questions
About Da Vinci Charter AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Da Vinci Charter Academy?
Da Vinci Charter Academy enrolls approximately 562 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Da Vinci Charter Academy serve?
Da Vinci Charter Academy serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Da Vinci Charter Academy have?
Da Vinci Charter Academy employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Da Vinci Charter Academy?
At Da Vinci Charter Academy, the student body is approximately 56% White, 22% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Da Vinci Charter Academy public or private?
Da Vinci Charter Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Davis Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.