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ABOUT OUR SCHOOL

Mueller Charter School is one of 44 schools in the Chula Vista Elementary School District. Located 7 miles north of the Mexico/California border, Mueller is in its 16th year as a Charter. MCS was built in 1955 and consists of 36, K-8 classrooms. Two additional classrooms are used for special education programs: one for RSP students and one for SDC/SH students. Though the campus is old, a multi-million dollar modernization project in the summer of 2000 significantly upgraded our physical facilities. The school plant now features a performing arts center, literacy center, computer lab, and classrooms equipped with the latest in educational technology.

MCS enrolls approximately 1,000 extraordinary students. Though children can attend on both interdistrict and intradistrict transfers, the vast majority live within walking distance to the school.

Many of our children qualify for free or reduced lunch and many come from homes whose incomes are below the poverty level. In addition, many of our students are learning English as a second language and often come to school significantly behind their grade level peers. Coupled with a high mobility rate, Mueller has all of the hallmarks of a high poverty school.

In spite of these circumstances, or perhaps because of them, Mueller is staffed by teachers and support staff who have the training, the resources, and the commitment to create a national model for serving low income children.

Toward A National Model

Mueller was granted its first charter in 1993, not long after California passed the Charter School Act of 1992. The charter must be renewed every five years. We are now in our 4th cycle and continue to thrive as one of the state's most innovative public schools.

We are a national model for engendering academic excellence in spite of the challenges of poverty and second language acquisition.

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