Sonia Sotomayor Elementary School

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Sonia Sotomayor Elementary School in Chula Vista's Village of Montecito is the newest campus in the Chula Vista Elementary School District, the largest K-6 district in California. The school launched its inaugural year in 2024 with a TK-through-sixth-grade enrollment of 508 students and a Spanish-language Dual Immersion strand that runs K through 6, a biliteracy pathway that parallels the early-childhood language development offered at Children's Choice Academy. Named for the first Latina justice on the United States Supreme Court, the campus at 1790 Santa Christina Ave in the 91913 ZIP code includes mild/moderate and moderate/severe special-education classrooms alongside a Specialized Academic Instruction program and a Language, Speech, and Hearing support track. Sotomayor Elementary's LEAD program supplements core academics with arts integration, and the school's visual and performing arts curriculum connects to the broader network of music instruction available through Gordon Kohl Music School in the surrounding Eastlake area. The 47th school in the CVESD portfolio operates general-education classrooms from transitional kindergarten through sixth grade, built to California Division of the State Architect accessibility standards with earthquake-resistant structural framing.