Provides a home study education organization for students through the 8th grade. Offers family networking and community support, opportunities to participate in multi-age and family fields trips, and school wide social events. Provides access to a house library, community garden, hands-on resources, specialty courses, and expert guidance.

Forest Charter School is a K–12 accredited school that offers the following choices of educational delivery overseen by highly qualified California-credentialed supervising teachers (ST):

• Individualized programs
• Home schooling support
• Cooperative classes
• Small group instruction through block classes
• Tutoring
• Online courses
• The High School Global Studies Academy
• ROP and Work Experience Education
• Community college opportunities
• College and career advisors
• Field studies and field trips

FCS serves students from four counties: Nevada, Placer, Yuba and Sierra.

Four sites:
The Nevada City Learning Center is located at 470 Searls Avenue in Nevada City, CA 95959. Forest Charter School's business and administrative offices are located here, as well as our P.A.C.E. Co-ops, Global Studies Academy, K–8th grade, and high school block classes.
 
The Truckee/Tahoe Learning Center is located at 10725 Pioneer Trail in Truckee, CA 96161 in the Sierra Building. We serve students with a variety of pr… [read more]

Academics
The arts distinguish education at Nevada City School of the Arts. Our program is interdisciplinary at its core, exploring the ground where science, history, literature, and art meet. NCSA provides a rigorous academic curriculum in which students have the opportunity to create art, understand its cultural and historical context, and respond to, and make critical judgments about, art. In this setting two tenets are important: art is a lens through which we see the world, and the production of art has inherent value. The School of the Arts is not an "art school" in the sense that it does not solely produce or attract "artists." There are many students here who do not identify themselves as "artists" or even as "artistic," but who are nonetheless expressing themselves through the arts, and comprehend their academic studies through artistic expression, be it story, dance, painting, fiber arts, martial arts or musical composition.
 
Music
The music program at NCSA, designed to en… [read more]

Twin Ridges Home Study has been providing families with K-8 home schooling support and enrichment programs since 1978. For the last 40-plus years, the school, staff and families have developed a strong, knowledgeable team with a commitment to every unique student. Families can expect a resourceful staff and flexible home study program. Currently the school has sites located in Nevada City, Truckee, and Wheatland. One to two days of optional Enrichment are offered in multi-age groups. These sites may also be used for parent-organized groups and tutoring when possible. Our school sites provide families access to an extensive resource library of curriculum, resources, hands-on materials, and books across all subjects and are available for checkout.
 
Nevada City Site
111 New Mohawk Road
Nevada City, CA 95959
530- 478-1815
Christina Verdone
cverdone@trhs.us
 
Truckee Site
Community Arts Center
10046 Church Street
Truckee, CA 96161
(530) 550-8673
Paige AhToong
pahtoong@trhs.us
 
Wheatland Si… [read more]

School District offices provide a number of services, including information about school lunches and other school meal programs and school food resources, and school closures.

The current directory of all the schools is available at the website for Nevada County Superintendent of Schools here: https://nevco.org/schools/

Here are the School Districts and the schools within them. Please note that as of 10/24/2021 you must dial area code 530 for all phone numbers.

CHICAGO PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT
Elementary School (TK-8 -111 Students)
Charter School (K-8 - 42 Students)
15725 Mt. Olive Road Grass Valley, CA 95945-7906
Phone 346-2153 Fax 346-8559
www.chicagoparkschool.org
Katie Kohler, Superintendent/Principal

CLEAR CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT
(K-8 -162 Students)
17700 McCourtney Road, Grass Valley, CA 95949-7636
Phone 273-3664 Fax 273-4168
www.clearcreekschool.org
Carolyn Cramer, Superintendent/Principal

GRASS VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
(K-8 -1,694 Students)
10840 Gilmore Way Grass Valley, CA 95945-5409
Phone 273-44… [read more]

The 2022-23 school directory from Nevada County Superintendent of Schools is below. Please note that as of 10/24/2021 you must dial area code 530 for all phone numbers.

2022-23 SCHOOLS DIRECTORY – NCSOS

NEVADA COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
380 Crown Point Circle, Grass Valley, CA 95945
Phone 530-478-6400 Fax 530-478-6410
www.nevco.org

Scott W. Lay, Superintendent
Darlene Waddle, Chief Business Official, Business Services
Teena Corker, Assoc. Superintendent, Educational Services
Eli Gallup, Assoc. Superintendent, Special Ed./SELPA

CHICAGO PARK
Elementary School (TK-8 -111 Students)
Charter School (TK-8 - 42 Students)
15725 Mt. Olive Road Grass Valley, CA 95945-7906
Phone 346-2153 Fax 346-8559
www.chicagoparkschool.org
Katie Kohler, Superintendent/Principal

CLEAR CREEK
(K-8 -162 Students)
17700 McCourtney Road, Grass Valley, CA 95949-7636
Phone 273-3664 Fax 273-4168
www.clearcreekschool.org
Carolyn Cramer, Superintendent/Principal

GRASS VALLEY
(K-8 -1, 1694 Students)
10840 Gilmore Way Grass Valley, CA 95945-… [read more]

Bitney Prep Charter High School believes that each and every student is a unique individual who is capable of spectacular things. We know that a supportive learning environment is critical to prepare young people for their journey into adulthood. That is why Bitney Prep believes in:

• One Student at a Time
• Real-World Learning
• Small Supportive Environment
• Big Picture Learning

Offers project-based, hands on, college preparatory academics. Serves grades 9th through 12th. Authorized charter school through the Nevada Joint Union High School District.

Yuba River Charter School was the first public charter school in the United States to be guided by the principles of public Waldorf education (Rudolf Steiner’s developmental model of the child). Our vision for a charter school using Waldorf-trained teachers began years ago, due to the active interest of many local parents and teachers.
 
In July 2007 Yuba River Charter School joined with five other charter schools in Nevada County to form a county-wide benefit charter authorized by the Nevada County Office of Education and Nevada County Superintendent of Schools. This collaboration has allowed the schools to purchase business services together and form a JPA for special education purposes. It also allowed YRCS to become a non-profit public benefit corporation which entitles the school to apply for many grants and funding opportunities that benefit only non-profit organizations.
 
YRCS MISSION
We engage the mind, enliven the imagination, and strengthen the will through an educatio… [read more]

Each school district and county office of education must designate an educational liaison for foster and homeless youth. The Foster and Homeless Youth Liaison ensures proper educational placement, school enrollment, and checkout from school. Additionally, the Foster and Homeless Youth Liaison assists with the transfer of grades, credits, and records when there is a school change.