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Da Vinci Connect

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Da Vinci Connect ranks 1715 th of 5857 California alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades K-12

1715^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Alternative Schools

Better than 71% of California alternative schools

Summary

Da Vinci Connect is a K-12 public alternative school serving 923 students in Hawthorne, California, within the Da Vinci Connect District, that achieves strong academic results and exceptional student engagement with notable efficiency.

The school consistently outperforms state averages in English Language Arts, with 63.55% of students proficient, and also exceeds state averages in math and science. What makes these results remarkable is that they are achieved with a high student-teacher ratio of 39-to-1 and lower per-student spending ($13,635) than most comparable schools. Furthermore, student engagement is outstanding, with a chronic absenteeism rate of just 4.1% and a very low dropout rate of 1.5%, suggesting a highly committed school community.

When compared to other alternative schools in the area, Da Vinci Connect's model stands out. For instance, Virtual Academy of the Arts & Entertainment has more resources but much higher absenteeism and dropout rates, while Marlton spends over $91,000 per student yet has very low academic proficiency. This contrast highlights that Da Vinci Connect has developed effective educational practices that deliver strong outcomes for its diverse student population without relying on small class sizes or high spending.

923

Students ?

39.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,635

Per pupil spending ?

43.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

12501 Isis Ave.
Hawthorne, CA 90250-6462

(310) 725-5800

District: Da Vinci Connect District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

37.6%

African American:

21.5%

White:

16.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 87th percentile in 2022 → 62nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (48% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Above the California median (71st percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 25 percentile points since 2022

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 39 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school48%

California avg41%

Elementary school

1,715^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 29%▼ down 12 pts since 2019

From top 17% (2019) to top 29% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

396^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 14%▼ down 8 pts since 2019

From top 6% (2019) to top 14% (2025)

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★★★★★

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High school

832^nd of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Top 38%▼ down 26 pts since 2022

From top 13% (2022) to top 38% (2025)

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★★★★★

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Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	67.4	1715 of 5857	70.7%	★★★★☆
2024	68.1	1681 of 5869	71.4%	★★★★☆
2023	76.2	1313 of 5859	77.6%	★★★★☆
2022	79.2	1223 of 5883	79.2%	★★★★☆
2019	83.6	986 of 5789	83.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	58.7	2008 of 5597	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.7	1677 of 5612	70.1%	★★★★☆
2023	72.4	1402 of 5609	75.0%	★★★★☆
2022	75.8	1291 of 5635	77.1%	★★★★☆
2019	82.2	973 of 5492	82.3%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	65.0	1447 of 5107	71.7%	★★★★☆
2024	57.9	1790 of 5107	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	68.8	1235 of 5087	75.7%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	63.9	1628 of 5460	70.2%	★★★★☆
2024	52.6	2225 of 5517	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	65.8	1438 of 5363	73.2%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	68.9	1567 of 5628	72.2%	★★★★☆
2024	66.0	1704 of 5643	69.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	76.5	1240 of 5638	78.0%	★★★★☆
2022	79.3	1134 of 5663	80.0%	★★★★☆
2019	80.9	1028 of 5510	81.3%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.9	541 of 718	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	44.9	433 of 670	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.3	375 of 669	43.9%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	61.5	1061 of 2598	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	59.9	1133 of 2651	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	44.2	1590 of 2661	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	56.5	1270 of 2726	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	62.5	1112 of 2834	60.8%	★★★☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	83.6	396 of 2761	85.7%	★★★★☆
2024	81.5	450 of 2783	83.8%	★★★★☆
2023	89.0	300 of 2781	89.2%	★★★★☆
2022	91.9	224 of 2740	91.8%	★★★★★
2019	93.9	173 of 2715	93.6%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	82.7	76 of 627	87.9%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	71.2	620 of 2533	75.5%	★★★★☆
2024	84.5	362 of 2551	85.8%	★★★★☆
2023	89.4	255 of 2531	89.9%	★★★★☆
2022	91.7	197 of 2509	92.1%	★★★★★
2019	90.0	223 of 2380	90.6%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	76.2	401 of 2395	83.3%	★★★★☆
2024	73.8	439 of 2388	81.6%	★★★★☆
2023	77.8	345 of 2374	85.5%	★★★★☆
2022	81.2	279 of 2359	88.2%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	68.9	555 of 2542	78.2%	★★★★☆
2024	63.2	682 of 2579	73.6%	★★★★☆
2023	68.6	545 of 2531	78.5%	★★★★☆
2022	79.3	314 of 2458	87.2%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	90.3	244 of 2534	90.4%	★★★★★
2024	76.6	499 of 2552	80.4%	★★★★☆
2023	86.1	326 of 2538	87.2%	★★★★☆
2022	89.4	261 of 2527	89.7%	★★★★☆
2019	95.2	122 of 2407	94.9%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	63.0	275 of 726	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.5	244 of 701	65.2%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	98.6	23 of 1552	98.5%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	83.0	185 of 1520	87.8%	★★★★☆
2024	78.2	268 of 1537	82.6%	★★★★☆
2023	83.3	181 of 1543	88.3%	★★★★☆
2022	86.0	135 of 1555	91.3%	★★★★★
2019	87.0	129 of 1602	91.9%	★★★★★

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	59.6	832 of 2162	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	61.0	746 of 2159	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	64.8	670 of 2170	69.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	85.9	272 of 2123	87.2%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	70.0	126 of 523	75.9%	★★★★☆
2024	65.9	136 of 517	73.7%	★★★★☆
2023	71.5	117 of 521	77.5%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.0	780 of 1906	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.0	757 of 1915	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.9	560 of 1915	70.8%	★★★★☆
2022	85.1	247 of 1858	86.7%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	62.6	654 of 1900	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	58.1	724 of 1902	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.6	754 of 1917	60.7%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	67.9	569 of 2013	71.7%	★★★★☆
2024	55.8	818 of 2026	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.0	563 of 2030	72.3%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	54.5	835 of 1942	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	60.7	673 of 1948	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.9	693 of 1963	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	82.3	287 of 1916	85.0%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.2	500 of 577	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.0	655 of 1252	47.7%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	84.1	152 of 1173	87.0%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Male (2025)72nd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)72nd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)70th percentile~ school

Female (2025)64th percentile-7 vs school

White (2025)59th percentile-12 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)25th percentile-46 vs school

Middle school

Special Education (2024)99th percentile+15 vs school

Male (2025)90th percentile+5 vs school

African American (2024)88th percentile+4 vs school

White (2025)88th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)83rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)78th percentile-7 vs school

Female (2025)76th percentile-10 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)62nd percentile-24 vs school

High school

White (2024)87th percentile+22 vs school

African American (2025)76th percentile+14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)72nd percentile+10 vs school

Hispanic (2025)66th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)59th percentile~ school

Male (2025)57th percentile-5 vs school

Special Education (2025)48th percentile-14 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)13th percentile-48 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy64%+15 vs state

Mathematics40%+3 vs state

Science37%+5 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				CAST Science (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)								% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% DTP (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% DTP KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Da Vinci Connect	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	12501 Isis Ave.	Hawthorne	90250	Los Angeles County	Da Vinci Connect District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 725-5800	923	24	39.0	43.4%	156 (16.9%)	198 (21.5%)	347 (37.6%)	59 (6.4%)	3 (0.3%)	6 (0.7%)	149 (16.1%)								(n/a)	46.8	54.0	27.2	31.2	37.3	51.0	54.0	66.0	62.0	72.4	69.4	64.3	63.6	44.9	32.0	45.7	49.3	51.3	50.0	14.8	40.5	93.6	96.8	96.8	96.8	$13,635	$432	$13,203
Success Learning Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	13530 Aviation Blvd.	Hawthorne	90250	Los Angeles County	Wiseburn Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 725-2101	14	2	7.0	28.6%	4 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (57.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (14.3%)								(n/a)
Redondo Beach Virtual Learning	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	1401 Inglewood Ave.	Redondo Beach	90278	Los Angeles County	Redondo Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(310) 379-5449	13	1	13.0	23.1%	3 (23.1%)	1 (7.7%)	3 (23.1%)	1 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (38.5%)								(n/a)																										$15,192	$1,051	$14,141
Computer Science Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	5010 11th Ave.	Los Angeles	90043	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(424) 429-4228	765	35	22.1	81.2%	71 (9.3%)	94 (12.3%)	525 (68.6%)	32 (4.2%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (4.8%)								(n/a)	35.6	37.6	20.3	36.4	31.6	25.7	36.8	53.3	43.9	36.4	34.9	27.4	36.2	31.4	25.6	26.7	40.4	44.8	38.7	31.7	36.0					$19,024	$3,261	$15,763
Culver City Unified School District iAcademy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	4601 Elenda St. CP Annex	Culver City	90230	Los Angeles County	Culver City Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(310) 842-4200	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Marlton	Public, Alternative	K-12	4000 Santo Tomas Dr.	Los Angeles	90008	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 296-7680	135	15	8.7	94.8%	4 (3.0%)	33 (24.4%)	95 (70.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)								(n/a)	0.0				0.0		7.1	5.9					5.5		7.1	0.0					5.5					$91,977	$11,379	$80,598
Iovine and Young Center	Public, Alternative	9-11	4120 11Th Ave.	Los Angeles	90008	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 290-6380	74	9	8.2	78.4%	2 (2.7%)	48 (64.9%)	17 (23.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	5 (6.8%)								(n/a)			57.7		57.7							88.5	88.5							46.2	46.2					$40,964	$2,875	$38,089
Compton Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	2300 West Caldwell St.	Compton	90220	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(310) 639-4321	0	1	1.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																										$28,764	$5,646	$23,118
Foshay Learning Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	3751 South Harvard Blvd.	Los Angeles	90018	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 373-2700	1,530	78	19.6	84.7%	10 (0.7%)	194 (12.7%)	1,296 (84.7%)	7 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (1.4%)								(n/a)	20.8	15.7	33.0		22.5	30.0	50.0	45.8	43.7	40.7	36.4	67.2	45.5	30.0	29.2	25.0	22.4	22.1	16.3	21.7	20.9					$19,610	$3,540	$16,070
Virtual Academy of the Arts & Entertainment	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	1254 East Helmick St.	Carson	90746	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(424) 444-0488	878	43	20.1	87.5%	46 (5.2%)	120 (13.7%)	647 (73.7%)	16 (1.8%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	44 (5.0%)								(n/a)	18.6	27.0	26.3		25.1	32.3	32.6	27.9	34.3	33.7	35.7	39.7	34.6	25.0	31.0	20.0	41.8	38.6	35.4	36.8	34.5					$18,598	$3,144	$15,454

Frequently Asked Questions about Da Vinci Connect

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Da Vinci Connect ranks 1715^th of 5857 California alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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How many students attend Da Vinci Connect?

In the 2024-25 school year, 923 students attended Da Vinci Connect.

What is the racial makeup of Da Vinci Connect?

Students at Da Vinci Connect are 38% Hispanic, 21% African American, 17% White, 16% Two or more races, 6% Asian.

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