San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts

San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts
Address
2425 Dusk Drive San Diego 92139 US
Information
Type	Public magnet school Specialist arts school
Established	1978
School district	San Diego Unified School District
Principal	Timothy E. Farson
Faculty	56.43 (FTE)[1]
Grades	6–12
Enrollment	1,429 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	25.32[1]
Campus type	Suburban
Website	www.sandi.net/scpa

The San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts, known as SDSCPA, is an audition-only public arts magnet school in southeastern San Diego, California, US. The San Diego SCPA is a non-tuition, public, dedicated magnet school in the San Diego Unified School District serving families throughout San Diego County. The San Diego SCPA provides pre-professional training in the arts alongside a college preparatory curriculum. All students audition and complete a required series of specialized arts training in Theater, Music, Dance, Visual and Cinematic Arts, or Creative Writing. Upon graduation, most SDSCPA students continue to universities or conservatories for further study in the arts and academics. Recent acceptances include the Juilliard School, Cornish, Art Institute of Chicago, Curtis, New England Conservatory, Oberlin Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, Boston Conservatory, Peabody Institute, and CalArts.