DCS is unique from other Christian private schools because of the diversity of our student’s academic ability, financial status, and race.  Many Christian or secular private schools have tuition costs so high that they limit students that are of modest financial means.  Since DCS is a non-profit arm of Downey Memorial Church, tuition costs are kept to a bare minimum.  Even though we have low tuition and work with the Children First Scholarship program, we still have HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARD.

Another area that sets DCS apart from other schools is our approach to meeting the academic needs of our students.  Our elementary classrooms only have a maximum of 20 students to each teacher and our grades 5 through 12 have a maximum teacher to student ratio of 1:16 (teachers to students). Along with this low teacher to student ratio, we use the A.C.E. curriculum in grades 5 through 12 to give us the ability to work with students who are academically challenged as well as those students that are gifted, by allowing them to move ahead at their own speed. Students that need more time or extra help with their school work can also take advantage of our free tutoring that is available for grades 5 through 12 after school each day.

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