Museum School runs as a tuition-free public charter on the Hillcrest edge of Balboa Park, serving elementary and middle-grade students on a museum-partnership curriculum model. Field-study units pair classroom work with visits to historic-house collections like Marston House along the Balboa perimeter. Wheelchair-accessible parking and entry keep the charter campus open to families across SDUSD choice boundaries. Drama and performance electives connect students with youth-stage programs such as Center Stage Childrens Theatre in Mission Hills. Enrollment spans elementary through middle grades on an artifact- and primary-source-based model that replaces textbook-only instruction with museum immersion.