Summary:
The Burnham Wood Charter School District contains a single high school, Davinci School For Science And The Arts, which serves grades 7 through 12 in El Paso, TX, with a total enrollment of 982 students.
Davinci School For Science And The Arts presents a mixed academic profile with notable strengths and weaknesses. The school's standout performance is in 7th-grade mathematics, where 49.26% of students are proficient—nearly 67% higher than the state average of 29.41%. It also performs slightly above the state average in Algebra I EOC (55.31% vs. 54.03%). However, the school struggles significantly in other areas, particularly 8th-grade social studies (11.3% proficient vs. 31.69% state), Biology EOC (52.81% vs. 70.51% state), and English I Reading EOC (38.08% vs. 55.43% state). The school's state ranking has improved from a low of the 25th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 34th-35th percentile in recent years, indicating a positive trajectory. The graduation rate is a solid 94.7%, paired with an exceptionally low dropout rate of 0.1%.
Context is critical for understanding this school's performance. Nearly 90% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating a highly economically disadvantaged population. The school's success in 7th-grade math and its improving graduation rate are commendable achievements given this challenge. However, the broad underperformance in literacy and science suggests the school may need additional targeted support. The district spends $11,072 per student with a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. The most dramatic finding is the extreme disparity between subjects—excelling in math while struggling profoundly in social studies and reading—which may indicate an imbalance in curriculum focus or resource allocation that warrants investigation.
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