Da Vinci Schools

The public school serving multiple grade levels Da Vinci Schools is located in JACKSON, Michigan. Its enrollment is 322 students, spread over kindergarten through 12.

Da Vinci Schools is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.

The share of White students at Da Vinci Schools is 68%, a majority. Other students are 14% Black, 13% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. That is lower than the 83% White share among all Jackson County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.

There are 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Da Vinci Schools, giving a ratio of 19.8:1. The school's 19.8:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for combined schools in Michigan. By family income, 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 26 points above the 53% average for public schools in Jackson County.

For the population of Jackson County, the median household earns about $66,073 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Jackson County, 68 public schools serve about 21,681 students.

About 1.3 miles separate Da Vinci Schools from the closest public school, South Central Michigan Virtual. The five-mile area around Da Vinci Schools holds at least 8 other public schools.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Small, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers. Da Vinci Schools is classified as a virtual school.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 8%, from 350 to 322.

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