Vista Academy of Visual and Performing Arts School

This is an excellent school and the way the teachers collaborate with one another to create specialized learning enviroments for all types of learns is what makes the school special. There is a diverse group of students which of course gives the teachers some challenges with english learning students. But research proves that these students also benefit from the arts integration programs and this school scores high with these students despite the budget cuts that have happened in the past. This school pulls many parents into the district due to its programs. If this magnet schools funding is cut there will be no reason to parents to keep their kids in this district.

AMAZING AMAZING VAPA is like no other school in Vista. The teachers are wonderful and the ARTS are everywhere!

LOVE THIS SCHOOL Our daughter is just finishing her Kindergarten year at VAPA. The school has been amazing, this is not a cookie cutter school. No where else in the district will you find and Arts program like this school has.The teachers, staff, parents and students are top notch. I look forward to anther year at this school.
--Submitted by a parent

Amazing school, The API score doesn t fully reflect this school. Yes, there are English learners but this in no way effects the teaching. The school scores one of the highest score in the district (API 925). The arts are amazing, one day they are in dance class, the next art, than drama and computer lab. You don t get this at any other school in the district!
--Submitted by a parent

This school rocks, there is so much going on here all the time. The parents are very involved. My daughter is in kindergarten and there is a teacher helper 5 days a week in the class and she is amazing! I m so happy we chose to send her to this school. Many parents over look this school only to send their child to a school with a different ratio, I really don t get that. The teachers are amazing I can t say enough about them. There are book fairs, pep rallies, art shows, talent shows, musicals, drama/dance productions, fall festivals, Haunted house and more! My daughter is already reading, adding and subtracting all with comprehension.
--Submitted by a parent

Love this school can t say enough good things about it. The students and teachers are the best I have ever seen. If you are thinking about sending your child here you won t be disappointed. The academics are spot on and the arts program is out of this world. It might not be the newest facility but that doesn t stop the teachers from doing an amazing job.
--Submitted by a parent

Arts Arts Arts This school has it all, excellent teachers and staff. An amazing involved and informative principal. The principal has monthly tea and coffee sit downs with the parents. She wants to hear what they have to say face to face and improve the school any way she can. With so many budget cuts and the arts and music being taken out of the schools this is one of the few gems left where that doesn t happen. I am so pleased with this school. The teaching is amazing and our son is excelling in all subjects.
--Submitted by a parent

LOVE THIS SCHOOL The reviews speak for themselves. If you are in the Vista district look at the other elementary school reviews on this site. VAPA has 90+ all other schools have around 20 or less. That tells you how involved the parents are and how much they love this school. It is truly an amazing school. I have heard so many people say they are sending their child to a school because the buildings are newer or the ratio is more even. That doesn t mean you are going to get a better education. The staff and teachers are the cream of the crop at this school. If you want a well round education than VAPA is a good choice.
--Submitted by a parent

My child just starting going to Kindergarten at VAPA this year. There are way too many students per teacher ratio. With there being so many students the school had to create a kindergarten class room outside the kindergarten compound . This class doesn t not even have a bathroom, so the kids have to walk across campus to go to the bathroom. This school is lacking safety, I never see a security guard on campus and the parking lot is the Indy 500 most the times. It seems the students going to the school are only going there because it is close to their home and not for the arts! This is really not a magnet
--Submitted by a parent

We ARE an arts magnet school. Go to any other elementary school in the district and you will immediately see/hear/notice the difference. None of the other elementary schools has a dance teacher, an instrumental music teacher, a visual artist and a drama teacher for all grades. Some of our students do come from the neighborhood but just because they live close by does not mean they are not here for the arts. We have a campus supervisor, which no other elementary school in the district has. We are an old campus - but the bathroom is just around the corner for the kindergarten students and not across the campus. And yes the parking lot is an issue which is more about the parents who are driving than about the school itself.
--Submitted by a teacher